The Japanese Ministry of Defense has requested billions of yen to study and develop both defensive and offensive capabilities in the unmanned, hypersonic, electronic warfare and space domains.
The SCiFIRE project is expected to build on the DARPA Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept program and mature technology for the follow-on Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile program.
Another new variant of a stealthy Lockheed Martin cruise missile has appeared to highlight the surging popularity of powered, expendable munitions and reveal a fundamentally vital new capability.
The U.S. Navy has approved Northrop Grumman to launch production of the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile - Extended Range (AARGM-ER) for Boeing F/A-18E/Fs, EA-18Gs and Lockheed Martin F-35B/Cs.
Russia has said that deliveries of Pantsir ground-based air defense systems to Myanmar are on track despite February’s military coup in the Southeast Asian country.
Leonardo and Northrop Grumman have agreed to a long-term pricing arrangement for the laser pointers/trackers used in the Northrop Grumman-made Common Infrared Countermeasures system used by the U.S. Army.
Taiwan’s defense ministry is considering spending as much as NT$200 billion ($7.1 billion) to accelerate mass production of indigenous long-range missile systems.
Chinese state media reported on the launch of the weapon without specifying the designation, but the images suggest the system strongly resembles the Dong Feng-15B class of missile with a new series of warhead.
A Coalition aircraft shot down an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with an air-to-air missile near a U.S. military base in eastern Syria on Aug. 21, U.S. Central Command told Aviation Week.
An EC-130SJ and a C-17A have airdropped pallets containing simulated cruise missiles during demonstrations at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the U.S. Air Force said on Aug. 20.
In the last 20 years, the Missile Defense Agency has seen a shift in focus, from spending time defeating missiles that are deploying countermeasures to defending against coordinated attacks with maneuver and speed, MDA director Vice Adm. Jon Hill says.
A Raytheon-designed laser weapon prototype will be fielded to four mobile, short-range air defense platoons by the end of fiscal 2022, U.S. Army officials said on Aug. 18.
A key test for the U.S. Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon has been postponed for several months, adding a new wrinkle to the tightly choreographed plan to introduce the land-based missile in fiscal 2023, program officials say.
Contractors vying to develop the future system that would defend the U.S. against intercontinental ballistic missiles say they can meet the aggressive schedule being pushed by military leaders.
