A salvo of two Raytheon SM-6 Dual II missiles missed a medium-range ballistic missile target in a U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intercept test on…

Budget justification documents released by the Navy on May 29 list the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) and the Supersonic Propulsion Enabled Advanced Ramjet (SPEAR) demonstrators as candidates for the Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare (OASuW) Increment II program. 

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s fiscal 2022 budget request for $8.9 billion is a decrease of 2.5% compared to the previous year, but the agency continues to fund key programs like the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor and a Guam defense system to compete with China.

The fiscal 2022 budget request submitted by the U.S. Air Force on May 28 includes $200.1 million for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile. 

Three Spanish companies have established a joint venture to develop the remote carrier unmanned air vehicles that will form a component of the European Future Combat Air System.

Russian S-500 production; combatant chief supports tanker retirements; UK chooses U.S. weapon; South Korean missile development.

The third demonstration on May 25 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico created a swarm of six networked bombs, which were also linked to a ground station.

MBDA’s Sea Ceptor naval air defense system has been selected for use on the UK’s new Type 31 frigates.