Northrop Grumman started developing the new motor in response to a U.S. Navy request for an upper-stage rocket for an “extended-range, hypersonic capability.”

The purchase is in part to restock Norway’s inventory after it donated air defense gear to Ukraine for its war with Russia.

The German government has signed an agreement with industry to modernize its MBDA Taurus cruise missile, with the aim of keeping the system viable long term.

The UK and partners are including more counter-uncrewed air systems (C-UAS) and loitering munitions in a new £225 million ($284 million) package for Ukraine.

The Venus Detonation Rocket propulsion system combines a rotating detonation rocket engine with a ramjet.

The annual China Military Power Report estimates China’s nuclear arsenal totaled about 600 warheads at the end of last year, a gain of 100 compared to the end of 2022.

Ursa Major in partnership with missile developer Raytheon has completed two flight tests of a newly developed long-range solid rocket motor.

The planned test of the second Talon TA-2 flight was scrubbed because winds at the planned recovery site at Vandenberg Space Force Base were out of limits.