Pacific land force leaders seek ‘positional advantage’ against China
More ships, partnerships and strike assets are in store for Pacific land forces.
By Todd South
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Navy leaders look to expand munitions options as supplies run low
Operations against Houthi militants in the Red Sea have drawn down missile supplies potentially needed for future operations.
US Army Space and Missile Defense Command firms up role with new space organization
Army Space and Missile Defense Command is now officially the Army service component command to U.S. Space Command.
By Jen Judson
US Army’s future missile defense command system nearly simultaneously defeats cruise, ballistic missile threats
Find out how the Army's most recent IBCS live-fire test went, and see footage a Black Dagger target missile launch.
By Jen Judson
Missile Defense Agency director lays out hurdles in path to layered homeland missile defense
To carve out a path for a layered defense of the homeland, the Missile Defense Agency is looking to an upcoming test of the SM-3 Block II missile and advanced development of engagement coordination.
By Jen Judson
Trio of prototyping contracts brings new approach for collecting military weather data
The U.S. Space Force hopes its prototype low-Earth orbit weather satellites will entice commercial businesses and allied nations to partner up on the project, reducing the cost of delivering critical weather data to the war fighter.
By Nathan Strout
The US Army is building zombies. (No, not the brain-eating kind.)
The Army is building zombies — threat-representative ballistic missile targets for tests using recycled hardware — and it's saving the service cash.
By Jen Judson
US Army hangs back on future interceptor pursuit but continues research
The Army isn't rushing toward the development of a future ballistic missile interceptor, but is keeping the research light while it waits for other parts of its Integrated Air-and-Missile Defense System to come to fruition.
By Jen Judson
Army missile defense battle command system takes out cruise missile threats in major test
The Army's Integrated Battle Command System took out two cruise missiles in a test. With one more major live fire event to go in a limited user test, service officials are finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel for the troubled effort.
By Jen Judson
Hungary plunks down $1 billion for new air defenses
The sale includes the Raytheon-made AMRAAM-Extended Range missile, of which Hungary requested some 60 copies in May through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program.
Griffin joins Rocket Lab board following Pentagon exit
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin has joined the board of Rocket Lab, a small launch provider.
By Nathan Strout
Serbia considers buying Chinese missiles despite US warning
Serbia is considering buying a modern Chinese air defense missile system, the Serbian president said Tuesday, as the United States warned that such deals with Beijing could jeopardize the Balkan country’s proclaimed European Union membership goals.
By Dusan Stojanovic, The Associated Press