Weapons

Rocket motor developer X-Bow Systems recently static fired its large Ballesta solid rocket motor using propellant it produced in-house, a key milestone demonstrating its advanced manufacturing process that it believes […]

In development since 2017, Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Mako missile did not enter Phase 2 in the U.S. Air Force Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) competition last year, but the company is […]

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is introducing the WIND DEMON air-to-surface cruise missile, the company said on July 22 at England’s biennial Farnborough International Air Show. “IAI’s newly developed WIND DEMON […]

The U.S. Air Force is seeking proposals for an Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) for Ukraine. “This munition is pivotal for accelerating Ukraine’s capability to meet warfighter needs efficiently and […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) wants the Pentagon to lay out a counter unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) strategy and to establish a counter UAS (c-UAS) task force. SASC would […]

The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) is recommending a $324 million cut to the U.S. Air Force’s research and development request of $3.7 billion for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel […]

Anduril Industries on Monday said it is investing more than $75 million in its Mississippi-based solid rocket motor (SRM) facility to dramatically expand production to meet increasing demand for the […]

On Sept 18 last year, Rep Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) posted on X that he and Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel, had recently […]

Engine developer and manufacturer Ursa Major has hot-fired its new Draper liquid engine dozens of times since the first test in early March, a strong early endorsement of the performance […]

Foreign military sales (FMS) of the Boeing [BA] Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), including the JDAM Extended Range (ER) for Ukraine to counter the Russian GPS jamming threat, may carry […]