The Tel Aviv-based manufacturer sold a naval version of the electro-optical guided missile to one Asian customer and a ground-launched version of the HAROP to another Asian customer.
A group of private equity investors and aerospace managers have teamed to create Los Angeles-area Karman Missile & Space Systems, which they bill as one of the largest independently owned pure-play suppliers for the space, missile, interceptor and hypersonic markets.
Northrop Grumman is giving up a legacy contract that supports testing of cluster bomb components after a decision to apply sustainability precepts to the work, leaders of the large defense prime said Jan. 28.
The requests for enhanced white papers show the U.S. Army’s plans for the next iteration of a portfolio of Long Range Precision Fires programs, which includes the Precision Strike Missile and the Mid-Range Missile Capability.
A team headed by Spirit Aerosystems will lead the development and demonstration of a low-cost unmanned combat aircraft that could go on to operate as a loyal wingman for the UK’s Typhoon, F-35, and later Tempest manned fighters.
The U.S. Army plans to roll out a series of PRSM upgrades in the years ahead. But the baseline missile program calls for delivering a new weapon with a range up to 499 km.
MBDA has conducted demonstration firings of its MMP anti-tank missile guided to a target beyond visual line-of sight with help from a multi-copter drone.
One reason why Japan is pursuing development of an improved, extended-range Type 12 ground-launched, anti-ship cruise missile is to push back against U.S. plans to host its intermediate-range missiles on Japanese soil, a Japanese government official told the Mainichi newspaper.
A new study published by two scientists—Cameron Tracy, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and David Wright, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—seeks to debunk claims that hypersonic weapons are invincible.
Advanced air mobility, electric aircraft and hypersonic flight are the focus of the latest academic research projects to be funded under NASA’s University Leadership Initiative.
The new development program is part a series of contracts awarded in the past year worth a total of $974 million to continue and expand production of the radar seekers for PAC-3.
As the system integrator for the intermediate-range OpFires missiles, Lockheed’s Missile and Fire Control division completed a preliminary design review during Phase 3a.
The U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center is funding GA-EMS to develop another set of hypersonic projectiles fired from a railgun, along with the necessary guidance and control electronics.
North Korea is planning an active year of military technology research, including plans to build a prototype hypersonic glide vehicle, begin production of a military reconnaissance satellite and develop a new UAV, according to North Korean state media.
