North Korea announced on March 25 that it had tested a new type of short-range ballistic missile (SRBM), according to the country’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The two teams competing to develop the Next-Generation Interceptor—Lockheed Martin and a Northrop Grumman-Raytheon Technologies partnership—are entering an initial baseline phase that will lead into a preliminary design review for a system designed to protect the U.S. from long-range missile attacks.

The future of the ground-based air defense system formerly known as Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) appears fragile after procurement of the system by the German government was put on ice. 

The Eurosam consortium of MBDA and Thales has been contracted to develop a new version of the SAMP/T ground-based air defense system. 

The anti-surface Joint Strike Missile (JSM) manufactured by Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace performed a series of successful test drops from a U.S. Air Force F-35A at Edwards Air Force Base, California in February. 

The U.S. Navy on March 19 published a sources sought notice to identify potential contractors for integrating hypersonic Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) missiles on Zumwalt-class destroyers.

A U.S. Army AH-64E successfully fired a Spike Non-Line-of-Sight missile from 32 km (20 mi.) away, hitting a stationary vessel target.

European missile manufacturer MBDA is to develop a new generation anti-ship missile for Italian Navy warships.