A conference agreement by the House and Senate on Dec. 16 inserts at least three-quarters of a billion dollars in fiscal 2020 budget accounts linked to the U.S. military’s bulging hypersonic weapons portfolio.
Norway and Sweden look set to receive shots in the arm to their defense capabilities in the 2020s, as neighboring governments react to the threat posed by Russia.
Counter-drone systems continue to proliferate on the market, but tech and operational challenges in countering UAS have not yet been fully surmounted, a new study says.
The USAF’s bidding deadline for the $85 billion contract to develop the GBSD missile passed on Dec. 13 with no offer from Boeing, leaving Northrop Grumman as expected as the sole bidder.
The USAF's Space and Missile Systems Center was responsible for rapidly buying the medium-range, ground-launched ballistic missile that traveled more than 310.6 mi. Dec. 12 from Vandenberg AFB in California.
Russia’s military gave U.S. nuclear weapon inspectors a first, close-up look at the Avangard missile with the hypersonic glide vehicle over the last three days, according to state-owned wire service TASS.
An Emirati and South African joint venture building precision guidance kits for dumb bombs is working on a range extension program to be able to reach targets well in excess of 120 km (75 mi.).
