The new development program is part a series of contracts awarded in the past year worth a total of $974 million to continue and expand production of the radar seekers for PAC-3.

As the system integrator for the intermediate-range OpFires missiles, Lockheed’s Missile and Fire Control division completed a preliminary design review during Phase 3a.

The first program under JCO’s new architecture is now about to be launched by the Air Force.

The U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center is funding GA-EMS to develop another set of hypersonic projectiles fired from a railgun, along with the necessary guidance and control electronics. 

North Korea is planning an active year of military technology research, including plans to build a prototype hypersonic glide vehicle, begin production of a military reconnaissance satellite and develop a new UAV, according to North Korean state media.

Deliveries to the Raytheon division should begin this year under the order, according to a CPI news release. 

The first-ever flight demonstration of the Golden Horde program’s autonomous payload for munitions was only partially successful, but marks a long-awaited first step for collaborative weapons technology. 

The UK has contracted with MBDA for the production of its Spear 3 network enabled air-to-ground missile which will become the primary weapon of the UK’s F-35 fleet.