US to Deploy its First Hypersonic Weapon by 2023: Esper
The United States plans to deploy its first hypersonic missile system with US forces by 2023, defence secretary, Mark Esper has said. "As our competitors develop long-range fires to inhibit our freedom of maneuver, we're increasing our investments in hypersonics over the next five years, so we can ramp up testing...
Russia Could Use Hypersonic Missile as Bargaining Chip in Arms Control
Russia could use its Hypersonic anti-ship missile, “Tsirkon” as a bargaining chip in arms control negotiations with the United States. The Russian ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, said yesterday that the successful tests of the newest Russian hypersonic missile Tsirkon (also spelt as "Zircon") gives confidence to Russian diplomats...
BrahMos Missile with India-made Components Successfully Test Fired
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile featuring Indian propulsion system, airframe, power supply and other major indigenous components, was successfully test fired at 10.30 AM today from the Indian missile test range, Chandipur in Odisha on the Bay of Bengal
Boeing, GA-EMS, Aerojet Team to Bid for MDA’s Next Generation Interceptor Project...
Boeing on Thursday said it is teaming with General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Aerojet Rocketdyne in its bid to build the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) for the U.S
Moscow Rubbishes Trump Claim that Russia Stole Hypersonic Missile Info from US
Russia has categorically denied stealing hypersonic missile information from the United States as claimed by President Donald Trump. Russian leader Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Moscow began working on hypersonic weapons after U
India’s DRDO Tests Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle
Indias state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation flight tested Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) today. “DRDO has today successfully flight tested the Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle using the indigenously developed scramjet propulsion system
Hypersonic BrahMos Missile to fly by 2028
BrahMos Aerospace has set 2028 as the target year for the hypersonic variant of BrahMos missile to take to the skies. “We plan to develop BrahMos hypersonic missile that can attain speeds of Mach 4
Iran Unveils Ballistic Missile Named After Assassinated General Qassem Soleimani
Iran exhibited two new weapons- a cruise missile and a surface-to-surface ballistic missile named after the slain top general Qassem Soleimani. "The surface-to-surface missile, called martyr Qassem Soleimani, has a range of 1,400 km, and the cruise missile, called martyr Abu Mahdi, has a range of over 1,000 km," Defense Minister Amir Hatami said in a televised speech on Thursday
Air Leak in International Space Station, Astronauts Safe
The International Space Station recorded a small air leak in the American segment, but it does not threaten the safety of the crew. "The ISS crew is isolated for three days in the Russian Zvezda module while searching for a leak in order to organize pressure control in the modules of the American segment," Roscosmos press service told Russian media
US Air Force Test Fires Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
An unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile was launched early Tuesday morning over 4,000 miles from a base in California into the Pacific Ocean, the US Air Force Global Strike Command announced. The Minuteman III missile was fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base, located an hour from Santa Barbara, at 12:21 a
US Allows S.Korea to Develop Solid-Fuels for Space Vehicles
The United States has lifted decades-old restrictions on Seouls use of solid fuels for its space rocket launches. “Today, (the two sides) have adopted the 2020 revision of the missile guidelines to completely remove the restrictions on the use of solid fuels for (South Korea's) space vehicle,” Kim Hyun-chong, deputy national security adviser, told reporters on Tuesday
Some 90 Chinese Nuclear Scientists Resign
State Council of the Peoples Republic of China has set up a team to investigate to probe the recent resignation of over 90 nuclear security scientists at a Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology (INEST). In a statement, CAS said last week that the team consisting of officials from the State Council's general office, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the CAS and other departments, will be sent to Hefei, Anhui province, to investigate the situation
BAE Systems Selects Hanwha USA to Modernize Building at Redford Ammunition Plant
Iranian Nuclear Facilities Unscathed after Alleged Israeli Strike
Australia Planning A$36B-A$44B Investment into Landing Craft, HIMARS, Helicopters
Argentina to Join NATO as Global Partner
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...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...
How Indian MQ-9B SkyGuardian Acquisition Plan Changes Drone Equation in South Asia
India has recently gained U