The Australian Defense Department has signed a contract with Kongsberg Defense Australia to build a missile factory in Newcastle, New South Wales.

Industry is being asked by the U.S. Air Force to submit ideas for a new countermeasure system that can defeat infrared-guided missiles and air vehicles.

Australia expects to use a series of demos with the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat CCA this year to define its investment plan for such a capability, an official says.

Anduril is trying to interest the Royal Australian Air Force in its Fury CCA and would consider local production, the company's president says.

Lockheed Martin is in advanced stages of identifying where it plans to put a weapons production site in Europe as it scales up output, a company official says.

The ability of an Aegis guided missile destroyer to detect, track and intercept a maneuvering hypersonic missile has been demonstrated in a simulated test.

Australian drone company Innovaero, which sports BAE Systems as a shareholder, has kicked off flight testing its OWL-X counter-uncrewed aircraft system.

Boeing plans to fire an air-to-air missile from its MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed combat aircraft demonstrator late this year or early next, a company official says.