Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Feb 11, 2020
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a rocket motor and scramjet propulsion company, will deliver “enabling technologies” for a Northrop Grumman-designed hypersonic interceptor missile in development by DARPA, the company announced Feb. 10.
Feb 11, 2020
The Pentagon will launch a Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program and build out its command-and-control system as part of a budget request that seeks $20.3 billion for “Missile Defeat and Defense activities.”
Feb 10, 2020
The Trump administration’s fiscal 2021 defense budget request is “flat” for the Pentagon but doubles down on space, hypersonic and cyber capabilities against China, Russia and others and would make recent changes to the national security structure “irreversible,” officials said Feb 10.
Feb 10, 2020
The U.S. Defense Department plans to increase spending on hypersonic offensive and defensive capabilities in fiscal 2021.
Feb 10, 2020
The Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) has acquired “Fire Weaver,” a networked sensor-to-shooter system. The system is expected to serve the Israel…
Feb 10, 2020
Drone swarms are a new threat, and Singapore has an answer.
Feb 07, 2020
From the rise and fall of research dollars to signs of a successful reorganization of space acquisitions, experts at the Center for Strategic and…
Feb 03, 2020
The U.S. Navy has moved to greatly expand the role of P-8A maritime patrol aircraft by proposing to integrate several new types of missiles, bombs, mines and advanced decoys.