U.S. Foreign Military Sales rebounded to about $50 billion in fiscal 2022, driven largely by assistance to the Ukrainian military’s fight against Russia but also the world’s emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic and potential threats in the Indo-Pacific region, according to the director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

“We know, and Russian commanders on the ground know, that their supplies and munitions are running out," the director says.

The U.S. Army is planning multiple, critical live-fire tests of its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon—assessing the common hypersonic glide body, two-stage rocket motor and ground systems—as it moves toward a fielding date of late 2023.

A week before the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the geopolitical environment has completely changed, yet fear is rising again about a nuclear conflict between Russia and NATO.

Anduril Industries has introduced loitering munition variants of its Altius 600 and 700 drones.

A multinational project led by missile manufacturer MBDA for the European Defense Industrial Development Program has further proven the ability to perform beyond-visual-line-of-sight engagement of missiles using micro uncrewed aircraft systems. 

The Pentagon announced on Oct. 6 that Dynetics has been selected to lead development of a Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB).

The Leidos-owned company won the contract for the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB), the Pentagon said on Oct. 6.