A program to develop, field and sustain 300 ballistic missiles with maneuverable reentry vehicles over a 20-year period would cost $13.4 million, CBO says.

France and Italy are jointly purchasing nearly 700 Aster surface-to-air missiles.

Defense against both North Korean and potentially Chinese ballistic missiles are among Seoul and Tokyo’s top defense priorities.

The program should be considered the “most successful hypersonic air breathing flight test program in U.S. history,” DARPA says. 

The U.S. Army in the next two months will award multiple large contracts to replenish its stocks of critical munitions that have been sent to Ukraine.

Raytheon Technologies will merge its two defense divisions under the Raytheon brand.

The solicitation comes four months after the DIU solicited for a modular payload that can be demonstrated at hypersonic speeds within 18 to 24 months.

The agreement comes as research and development intensifies in the U.S. to catch up with hypersonic weapons developments by both China and Russia.