Weapons
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Air ForceSiAW Test Missile Delivered to USAF, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday that it has delivered to the U.S. Air Force a Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) test missile “to verify that the launch aircraft can safely […]
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Navy/USMCHypersonic Weapons On Zumwalt Destroyer Pushed Back To 2027
Testing the first hypersonic missiles on the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) destroyer is running at least two years behind plan for 2025, pushed back to 2027, a Navy official said Thursday. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Kongsberg $961 Million Contract For Naval Strike Missiles
The Navy awarded Norway’s Kongsberg a $961 million multiyear contract for the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), also known as the Over the Horizon-Weapons System encanistered missiles. NSMs are currently deployed […]
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Air ForceUSAF Eyes $100,000 Per Copy Munitions
The U.S. Air Force’s inventory of high-end munitions is sufficient, as the service moves to field lower-cost, $100,000 models in the coming years to bolster capacity to deter China and […]
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InternationalBAE Nabs Contract For 10 Netherlands and Belgium Frigate Naval Guns
BAE Systems on Friday said it signed a contract with the Netherlands to provide eight new Bofors 40 Mk4 40mm naval guns for the Royal Netherlands and Belgian Navies. The […]
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InternationalState Department Approves Potential $360 Million Sale For Hundreds Of RAM Missiles To Japan
The State Department on Friday approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of hundreds of RTX [RTX] Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2B tactical missiles and related equipment for Japan. […]
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Unmanned SystemsMarines To Add Anduril, Invariant Systems To MADIS Air Defense Platform
The Marine Corps last Wednesday awarded $200 million contracts Anduril Industries and Invariant Corp. to provide capabilities that will be integrated into an existing mobile platform to defeat drone threats […]
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Unmanned SystemsArmy Awards Epirus $17 Million To Integrate New Sensor Suite For IFPC-HPM Counter-Drone System
Epirus has received a $17 million contract from the Army to upgrade the company’s high-power microwave (HPM) drone killer with a new radar and electro-optic and infrared sensor (EO/OR) suite […]
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WeaponsMore Than $2 Billion in UAE/Saudi Arabia Foreign Arms Sales Approved by U.S. State Department
As the U.S. tries to deter Iran and its proxies, the U.S. State Department has approved more than $2 billion in foreign military sales (FMS) to Saudi Arabia and the […]
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Unmanned SystemsBoeing Laser System Defeated Group 3 UAS In Recent Red Sands Experiment
A directed energy system based on laser technology successfully defeated large drones in a recent counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) exercise hosted by U.S. Central Command and Saudi Arabia, Boeing […]
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