Lockheed Martin Aegis Combat System

With Tokyo awarding contracts to build two new Aegis System Equipped Vessels, Lockheed Martin believes there are still details to be ironed out about the new SPY-7 Aegis destroyer.

The U.S. and Japan have chosen Northrop Grumman to continue development of a new long-range hypersonic defense system known as the glide phase interceptor.

The data is driving quick-turn software improvements to ships at sea and will also help inform the Aegis-based defense of Guam, officials say.

Tokyo says construction of the destroyer-sized ASEV has been expedited to begin in fiscal 2024.

Japan is studying a new class of air defense destroyer.

Lockheed Martin’s two electronic warfare pod programs progress toward flight testing and airworthiness certification.

U.S.-led training highlights how air operations must change to prepare for a potential conflict in the region.

Mercury Systems had a respectable fiscal 3Q, but overshadowing the performance was significant pressure on margins tied to slow-moving development programs.

A multilayered plan to defend Guam from swarming missile attacks will require a new level of integration between Army and Navy interceptor systems.

Japan is fitting the SPY-7 Aegis Ashore radar on to two destroyers after public concerns of SM-3 missile boosters falling over populated areas.

A decades-old concept for a ubiquitous battlefield network concept is starting to become reality.