Lockheed Awarded $1.17B Initial Contract for First Sea-Based Hypersonic Strike Capability
Lockheed Martin will deliver hypersonic missiles that can be integrated with the Navys Zumwalt-class destroyers under a $1.17 billion deal awarded Friday
S.Korean LIG Nex1 to Manufacture Missiles in Romania
South Koreas LIG Nex1 signed a memorandum of understanding with Romania's state-run Romarm as it seeks to export its anti-aircraft missiles to the European country. Lee Hyun-soo, LIG Nex1s overseas business manager, and Florentina Micu, president of Romarm, signed the agreement in Bucharest
Contract Signed to Produce 'Several Dozen' Tsirkon Hypersonic Missiles
Russias defense ministry has ordered an additional batch of Tsirkon hypersonic missiles. The first Tsirkon deal was finalized in the summer of 2021
Iran Develops Hypersonic Ballistic Missile
Irans has announced the development of a new hypersonic ballistic missile “capable of penetrating all defense systems.” “The missile has a high velocity and can maneuver both in and out of the Earths atmosphere,” Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, told reporters on Thursday...
Russia Conducts Land, Sea & Air Nuclear Strategic Deterrence Drill
Russia conducted a nuclear strategic deterrence drill for troops firing test missiles from land, sea and air platforms amidst reports that Moscow was planning to release a 'dirty' bomb or a small nuclear weapon in Ukraine.Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, reported to the...
South Korea, U.S. Launch 4 Missiles into the Sea of Japan
Forces of South Korea and the United States fired 4 surface-to-surface missiles into the Sea of Japan as part of their joint military exercise. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) stated that four Army Tactical Missile Systems and a Hyumoo-2 ballistic missiles were fired
Raytheon, Northrop to Deliver ‘Operationally Ready’ Hypersonic Missile to U.S. Air Force...
Raytheon in partnership with Northrop Grumman has been selected to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) for the U.S
Boeing Awarded $5 Billion for Ground-Based Midcourse Missile Defense System
Boeing is being awarded a $5,021,000,000 contract for system integration, test, and readiness (SITR) of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) missile system of the U.S
China Shows off DF-17 Hypersonic Missile from Mobile Launcher
A video showing off the Chinese Armys military might, released just ahead of the Army Day, showed a DF-17 hypersonic missile from a transporter erector launcher on a highway. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) celebrates ‘Army Day on August 1 every year to commemorate the founding of the PLA during the 1927 Nanchang Uprising
S. Korea Plans Three-Axis Defense to Counter Nuclear, Missile Threats
South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has outlined a total of 197 projects in a recent parliamentary session to establish the "three-axis" defense system. The "three-axis" defense system is being developed to cope with North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, Elbit Systems Sign MoU to Work on Rocket Artillery
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), Elbit Systems Land and Elbit Systems Deutschland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide for cooperation in the area of rocket artillery. The MoU comes as a step to address the growing interest for Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) capabilities by European customers
Northrop Wins $3.3B Develop Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Weapon System Program
The Pentagon awarded Northrop Grumman $3.3 billion to design, manufacture and deliver the next-generation Ground-Based Midcourse Interceptor for the Missile Defense Agency
First 6 Rafales for the Croatian Air Force just Landed in Zagreb
Rostec firm Develops Portable Radar to Detect Drones at Ultra-low Altitudes
Oshkosh Defense Secures $40M Contract Extension for ROGUE-Fires UGV
European Defence Fund Supports STORE Project to Enhance Land Forces' Imaging Systems...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...