Frustrated by declining funding for advanced technology programs, a key U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hinted on June 21 that control of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) could be stripped from the Pentagon’s Research and Engineering (R&E) branch led by Undersecretary Michael Griffin. 

A panel of U.S. lawmakers wants the U.S. Navy to start integrating a hypersonic missile on the Zumwalt-class DDG 1000 destroyer fleet next year. 

Japan is considering installing at least one Aegis system on a pontoon, following the decision on June 15 to halt a program to build two batteries on shore, the Jiji news agency reports.

An AESA radar has been in Eurofighter road map for more than a decade, but partner nations have been reluctant to make the investment.

U.S. Navy fixes EMALS issue; AARGM-ER clears design review; Germany reviews P-3 replacements; China’s quantum key advancement.

Northrop Grumman said on June 18 that the critical design review is complete for the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range. 

Satellites and interceptors for hypersonic defense are in development, but fielding strategy remains mostly unfunded.

Tokyo will not countenance the risk of boosters from anti-ballistic-missile interceptors falling on civilian land.