U.S. Army

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has validated requirements for two types of uncrewed, high-altitude aircraft.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy’s top officer stepped aside Aug. 14, meaning that three services are without Senate-confirmed leaders amid an ongoing hold by a lone senator.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has a series of Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) missiles almost done with production and ready to be deployed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Buying counter-UAS as a service is part of the U.S. Army’s plan for more directed energy to target large numbers of attacking drones.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is now the acquisition executive for the large-scale plan to defend Guam from air and missile threats.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to launch the two prototype satellites for its Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor system later this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The THAAD and PAC-3 MSE integration was a long, multiyear effort that was fielded and accepted earlier this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The service in March announced the creation of a new cross-functional team (CFT) in Army Futures Command.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon needs a new way to coordinate and advocate for “missile defeat,” the U.S. Army’s top missile defense official says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army plans to increase its Patriot missile defense units even as it faces intense recruiting issues sparked by a congressional push to grow its force.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Army’s Program Executive Office-Soldier last month announced creation of the Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO) program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military has set up a new joint pathway aimed at bringing on nontraditional suppliers to try to grow the propulsion industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting is President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the four-year-old command.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army awarded Dynetics a $351 million contract in 2019 to produce the first 20 CHGBs, and the deal included an option for a follow-on order.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
U.S.-led training highlights how air operations must change to prepare for a potential conflict in the region.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
About 650 U.S. military officers are caught up in a blanket hold on nominations.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Leidos has received a $48 million contract to start training the U.S. Army's future high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pilots.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
House appropriators are not impressed with how major Pentagon hypersonic programs have performed in recent tests.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jen DiMascio
Aerojet Rocketdyne is teaming with Lockheed Martin to develop a propulsion system for the U.S. Army’s Long-Range Maneuverable Fires missile program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
GE Aerospace says the first T901 flight test engine for the U.S. Army's FARA contest will be delivered to competitors Bell and Sikorsky in the next few months.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has finalized contracts with Japan’s MOD to enter the next phase of development of a new hypersonic weapons portfolo.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The airborne launch demonstration of the 18-kg, anti-tank loitering munition occurred during the U.S. Army’s Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army’s analysis of alternatives for its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft is underway.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The goals of the Heavy VTOL (HVTOL) program exceed the requirements of the Marine Corps’ ongoing Medium Unmanned Logistics System - Air (MULS-A) competition.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is set to test its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon in the near future.
Missile Defense & Weapons