:

Weapons

Mako Missile Offered by Lockheed Martin For Close and Standoff Missions

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

SHARE:

Mako Missile Offered by Lockheed Martin For Close and Standoff Missions

Pictured is a Mako missile guidance section under inspection. "Producing these parts using additive manufacturing delivers significant time and cost savings," Lockheed Martin says (Lockheed Martin Photo).

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 offering the missile for a variety of aircraft in close and standoff missions. "Named after the fastest shark in the seas, Mako blazes down on time-sensitive targets when every second counts," the company said on July 22. "Able to maneuver in a high-altitude hypersonic regime, it penetrates advanced air-defense systems…

Congress

Senate Appropriators Concerned With DoD’s Reconciliation Plan For Top FY ‘27 Priorities, Aide Says

Senate defense appropriators have concerns with the Pentagon’s decision to include key fiscal year 2027 funding priorities, such as critical munitions and drones production, among its request for $350 billion […]

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]