Russian President Vladimir Putin referred for the first time in a speech on Dec. 24 to the “land- and sea-based” versions of the Zircon weapon.

A powered target simulating a cruise missile was shot down by a guided 2.75-in. rocket fired by a Lockheed Martin F-16 to demonstrate a relatively affordable capability to defend bases from attacks by waves of cheap cruise missiles.

The deal gives Leidos an instant foothold in Huntsville, increasingly the epicenter of U.S. missile and military space work

Lockheed Martin has extended its long-running hypersonic links with Aerojet Rocketdyne.

A conference agreement by the House and Senate on Dec. 16 inserts at least three-quarters of a billion dollars in fiscal 2020 budget accounts linked to the U.S. military’s bulging hypersonic weapons portfolio.

The U.S. is ready for a “Christmas gift” from the North Koreans in the form of a long-range ballistic missile test, a USAF official says.

Counter-drone systems continue to proliferate on the market, but tech and operational challenges in countering UAS have not yet been fully surmounted, a new study says.

The USAF’s bidding deadline for the $85 billion contract to develop the GBSD missile passed on Dec. 13 with no offer from Boeing, leaving Northrop Grumman as expected as the sole bidder.