Missile Defense & Weapons

Northrop Grumman lost an extra $477 million on early B-21 production, raising red ink on the first five annual lots of fixed-price contracts to over $2 billion.

Startup Beehive Industries is on track to start ground tests of its additively manufactured Frenzy engine next month, ahead of planned altitude tests with AFRL.

The imminent kickoff of the Enduring High-Energy Laser program gives industry a platform to mainstream directed-energy technology.

DARPA launched a program on April 17 to develop a new solid rocket motor with a burn surface area that can be altered after manufacturing.

The explosion that destroyed a Northrop Grumman solid rocket motor facility in Utah will not impact the company’s operations related to the Sentinel ICBM.

The C-130’s new role opens the door for a novel class of mass-produced, low-cost cruise missiles to enter U.S. and foreign weapon inventories.

Companies say they are ready to support the White House’s Golden Dome initiative. They just need the green light.

U.S. Army officials are beginning to grasp the challenges of President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome initiative.

Italy’s ELT Group has unveiled a new modular electromagnetically silent anti-drone system.

India’s defense development agency demonstrated an indigenous, land-based, high-energy laser in a live shoot-down event of a fixed-wing drone on April 13.

U.S. satellite launch firm Rocket Lab has joined a growing number of foreign companies to help advance hypersonic weapon capabilities for the UK.

Taiwan's Tron Future Tech sees burgeoning global demand for its counter-unmanned aircraft systems.

Hanwha Aerospace has agreed to produce the rockets for the K239 Chunmoo system in Poland after already agreeing to produce the launcher in the country.

Northrop Grumman will advance to Phase 2 of DARPA’s Modular Efficient Laser Technology (MELT) program.

Anduril Industries successfully test-fired two large solid rocket motors recently for the U.S. Navy.

Turkey’s Aselsan has adapted its Tolun glide bomb for ground launch from multiple-launch artillery systems.

Australia can join a growing foreign order backlog of RTX AIM-120 Amraam missiles as U.S. military orders dwindle for the medium-range air-to-air missile.

A new executive order calls for scrutinizing or canceling any major acquisition program that is either 15% behind schedule or 15% over budget, according to a fact sheet released by the White House on April 9.

General Atomics has announced a partnership with Rafael to offer a new version of the optically guided Bullseye Icebreaker cruise missile to the U.S.

The Space Development Agency is now accepting proposals for its next batch of missile tracking satellites, to be launched in early 2029.

Israeli loitering munition developer UVision has acquired competitor Trim Robotics, expanding its portfolio offering.

Longtime aerospace executive Tony Gingiss will lead the small satellite company as it expands its production capacity to fulfill key Space Force contracts.

The New Zealand Ministry of Defense sets goals to rearm the country with strike capabilities and new long-endurance UAS.

UK and U.S. scientists have completed a series of trials in support of the UK’s domestic development of a hypersonic cruise missile demonstrator.

Diehl Defense and Elbit Systems are offering a laser-guided rocket system for Germany’s Airbus H145M helicopters.