Weapons

The U.S. Air Force plan to field a limited number of RTX [RTX] Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missiles (HACM) by 2028 has led to a stated concern by the House Armed […]

The key element of the modification program for the Boeing [BA] 20-foot, 30,000 pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is the Large Penetrator Smart Fuze (LPSF). L3Harris Technologies‘ [LHX] L3 […]

The top items on the Navy’s FY 2026 unfunded priorities list (UPL) are focused on munitions buys and funding the sixth-generation fighter program. As the top priority at $841 million, […]

The top unfunded priorities of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) in the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2026 budget request are all-domain unmanned systems, coming in at more than $4.4 billion. The […]

Missiles and munitions dominate the U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2026 unfunded priorities list (UPL). At the top is $300 million for the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) by Lockheed […]

The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2026 budget request includes $387 million for production of Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] AGM-183A hypersonic Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). ARRW “quantities (price per unit) and […]

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), which has expertise in the destruction of hard and deeply buried targets, has studied Iran’s Fordow nuclear site since at least June 2008, Chairman […]

Last year, in their versions of an FY 2025 defense bill, Senate and House appropriators proposed reductions for the U.S. Air Force’s Hard and Deeply Buried Target Defeat System (HDBTDS) […]

The U.S. Air Force may need a significant increase in its drone force to help defend Europe, if Russia tries to invade Eastern European nations beyond Ukraine. Dedicated close air […]

Anduril Industries last Friday said it has been selected by Saab, Inc. to design, develop, qualify, and produce solid rocket motors for the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB). Saab Inc. […]