The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s fiscal 2022 budget request for $8.9 billion is a decrease of 2.5% compared to the previous year, but the agency continues to fund key programs like the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor and a Guam defense system to compete with China.

The fiscal 2022 budget request submitted by the U.S. Air Force on May 28 includes $200.1 million for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile. 

Three Spanish companies have established a joint venture to develop the remote carrier unmanned air vehicles that will form a component of the European Future Combat Air System.

The third demonstration on May 25 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico created a swarm of six networked bombs, which were also linked to a ground station.

MBDA’s Sea Ceptor naval air defense system has been selected for use on the UK’s new Type 31 frigates.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 25 development of the Almaz-Antey S-500 Prometheus air-defense system is being completed.

The U.S. has abolished the 42-year-old U.S.-South Korea Missile Guidelines, allowing South Korea to develop increasingly capable ballistic missiles.

The newly-branded Advanced Reactive Strike (ARES) missile and the Modular Payload System (MPS) launcher could be fielded in 4-7 years, depending on the booster configuration.