The appearance of a test airframe for the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) ASM-3 this month shows that the Japanese have worked through at least five configurations for the supersonic anti-ship missile.

Missile manufacturer MBDA has delivered a trio of Environmental Data Gathering (EDG) rounds to the UK defense ministry to support the integration of the Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile on the Lockheed Martin F-35B.

Mainplane skins, flaperons, tail surfaces and rear fuselage are made of carbon fiber. Rollout is due in April 2021.

U.S. military and space organizations show off some of their latest weapons and rockets.

Two state-owned companies in Singapore and Israel agreed on July 16 to set up a joint venture (JV) to market advanced anti-ship missiles.

New threats posed by advances in heat-seeking missiles have prompted new development efforts by the U.S. Army and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to protect helicopters and fighters. 

The outlook for Eurofighter and F-35 looks bright, but questions remain about the future of the Hawk jet trainer.

Near-term acquisition programs are hardly altered. Most proposals will go ahead late in the 2020s or in the 2030s.