The Pentagon on Aug. 19 announced its latest $775 million batch of military aid for Ukraine in its war with Russia, including for the first time 15 Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle long-endurance uncrewed aircraft systems.
U.S. Air Force and Navy crews launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile early Aug. 16 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in the first test since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The U.S. Defense Department’s Inspector General has launched an evaluation of the ability of the U.S. Army and Navy’s shared hypersonic programs to meet schedule goals for development and fielding.
The U.S. Air Force is planning one more major test of the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon this year after multiple recent successes.
The scheduled deliveries of the first live Dark Eagle missiles are set to occur nearly a year before the final qualification test, underscoring the urgency of the effort to loosely match China's DF-17.
A Boeing/Nammo team has completed the first long-range test of a ramjet-powered, 155 mm artillery shell launched by a howitzer, the U.S. manufacturer announced on Aug. 9 at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium here.
The impact of inflation, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages are causing defense companies to submit “almost unaffordable” proposals for weapons contracts, the U.S. Army’s missile buyer says.
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has fired “multiple” Dongfeng-series ballistic missiles toward Taiwan as part of a three-day exercise intended to impose maximum military pressure on the island following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
In anticipation of potential surface threats from China, the Japanese government will fast-track the research of an improved Type-12 anti-ship missile using a so-called “agile development” method. The aim is to bring forward serial production from fiscal 2026 to as early as 2023.
The U.S. State Department on Aug. 2 approved two major air defense sales to nations in the Middle East: a possible $3.05 billion sale of MIM-104E Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia and a possible $2.245 billion sale of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missiles to the United Arab Emirates.
The U.S. Army is comfortable with access to test ranges for its current hypersonic weapon program, but says the lack of infrastructure for the entire military will affect future programs beyond the Dark Eagle.
The U.S. Army is moving ahead with a full competition to replace its current Raytheon Stinger surface-to-air missiles, while refurbishing existing ones to avoid a potential shortage after sending current stocks to Ukraine.
Raytheon executives say the latest version of the 44-year-old, radar-guided, air-to-air missile program has set two new time-of-flight records in the past 15 months.
