Missile Defense & Weapons

The UK is facing scathing international criticism over its decision to increase its stockpile of nuclear weapons.

Gen. Glen VanHerck’s testimony, which was submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee, adds another detail into the public domain about the U.S. intelligence community’s analysis of China’s nuclear modernization plans.

Russia, China and France are developing or have deployed hypersonic glide vehicles with nuclear warheads, unlike the U.S.

The UK Royal Air Force has used Storm Shadow cruise missiles launched from Eurofighter Typhoons during combat for the first time, striking insurgents in Iraq.

A mass attack by land-based ballistic missiles, air-launched cruise missiles and surface- and submarine-launched cruise missiles against Guam poses a significant defensive challenge for the U.S. military.

The Philippines Navy has confirmed interest in acquiring the Indian/Russian Brahmos cruise missile as a shore-based, anti-ship weapon, according to a local report.

When budgets tighten, one-shot missiles cannot match the power projection of fighters and bombers.

Munitions in the 120mm class are typically ballistic rounds, but the Iron Sting mortar uses laser and GPS guidance to hit a target precisely.

The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs office, which is leading the design of IRCPS and LRHW, awarded the contract to Lockheed’s Space division based in Littleton, Colorado, where 32% of the value of the contract will be performed.

IAI and SIGN4L, an EDGE subsidiary that specializes in electronic warfare, plan to create system that can identify and intercept UAS with soft- and hard-kill technology, the companies said on March 11 in a joint news release.

A new project intended to augment U.S. battle control centers gives NORAD more time to update its North Warning System.

The status of the short-lived Screaming Arrow program changed with no official explanation, but a source familiar with the issue told Aviation Week the cancellation may be temporary.

India has carried out a successful launch and flight test of a solid-fuel ducted ramjet missile demonstrator, technology the country’s defense ministry hopes can be integrated onto long-range air-to-air missiles.

The French Air Force has declared the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual range air-to-air missile operational on the Dassault Rafale.

A second airbreathing, hypersonic cruise missile program may give the U.S. Navy multiple options for a carrier-compliant, F/A-18E/F-compatible weapon.

The ER GMLRS is designed to more than double the 70 km.-range of the baseline GMLRS, but the first flight met test objectives with an 80 km. flight.

A memorandum of understanding announced jointly by Israel Aerospace Industries and Korea Aerospace Industries on March 3 expands on cooperation between the two companies.

U.S. Army aviation leadership intends to go before the Army Requirements Oversight Council in the “coming weeks” to approve the requirements for the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System that is envisioned to replace the Textron RQ-7B.

Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon’s largest contractor by annual sales, will close its Middle River factory near Baltimore, affecting 465 employees and shuttering a facility whose roots date to 1929.

A cyberattack on a newly acquired manufacturing asset and a foreign policy shift by the new Biden administration combined to overshadow topsized financial results disclosed by aerospace supplier Kaman on Feb. 26.

The Booster Test Flight at the Point Mugu Sea Range off California will mark the first of several flight test missile releases to support the Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW).

Instead of demonstrating swarming technologies on existing weapons, Colosseum will focus on creating a live, virtual and constructive testing and demonstrating environment.

Digital manufacturing trend yields new experimental, air-launched UAS at Lockheed’s rapid prototyping house.

Flight testing of the Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) demonstrators designed by a Lockheed Martin/Aerojet Rocketdyne team and a Raytheon/Northrop Grumman team has been delayed since the end of 2019.

Asked during an event by the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the Next Generation Interceptor, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff cited the program as a growing concern about competitiveness and resilience in the defense industry.