A week before the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the geopolitical environment has completely changed, yet fear is rising again about a nuclear conflict between Russia and NATO.

Anduril Industries has introduced loitering munition variants of its Altius 600 and 700 drones.

A multinational project led by missile manufacturer MBDA for the European Defense Industrial Development Program has further proven the ability to perform beyond-visual-line-of-sight engagement of missiles using micro uncrewed aircraft systems. 

The Pentagon announced on Oct. 6 that Dynetics has been selected to lead development of a Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB).

The Leidos-owned company won the contract for the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB), the Pentagon said on Oct. 6. 

The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) should be strengthened to address the potential proliferation of ballistic missile technology through the development of new-generation satellite launchers, a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has suggested. 

France has selected MBDA’s Akeron LP air-to-ground missile to arm its future fleet of Eurodrone medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft systems. 

A Norwegian company has demonstrated a high-supersonic propulsion technology for missiles in two flight tests in August that were partly U.S. military-funded, the Pentagon announced on Oct. 5.