U.S. Army aviation leadership intends to go before the Army Requirements Oversight Council in the “coming weeks” to approve the requirements for the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System that is envisioned to replace the Textron RQ-7B.

Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon’s largest contractor by annual sales, will close its Middle River factory near Baltimore, affecting 465 employees and shuttering a facility whose roots date to 1929.

The Booster Test Flight at the Point Mugu Sea Range off California will mark the first of several flight test missile releases to support the Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). 

Instead of demonstrating swarming technologies on existing weapons, Colosseum will focus on creating a live, virtual and constructive testing and demonstrating environment.

Flight testing of the Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) demonstrators designed by a Lockheed Martin/Aerojet Rocketdyne team and a Raytheon/Northrop Grumman team has been delayed since the end of 2019. 

Asked during an event by the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the Next Generation Interceptor, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff cited the program as a growing concern about competitiveness and resilience in the defense industry. 

European missile manufacturer MBDA and Emirati defense firm Tawazun have signed agreements that could lead to the joint design and development of the SmartGlider family of glide bombs.

Emirati defense company Edge Group has unveiled a range of indigenously developed loitering munitions and a surface-launched anti-ship missile, demonstrating local advances in weapons development.