The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly for a $1 billion bill to replenish Iron Dome interceptors for Israel on Sept. 23, one day after a group of lawmakers stripped the measure from another spending bill.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall is not satisfied with progress on testing hypersonic weapons and said the service has not clearly determined what a role for the weapons would be.

The U.S. Air Force this December will conduct a live demonstration of palletized cruise missiles from the back of cargo aircraft, after multiple tests on aircraft including C-17s and EC-130s.

Paris has recalled its ambassadors from Australia and the U.S. and canceled defense talks with the UK following Canberra’s decision to halt a multi-billion euro submarine procurement from France in favor of a nuclear submarine buy with the U.S. and UK. 

L3Harris Technologies announced plans to grow a classified campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to meet expected business demand from the Pentagon’s “growing and urgent need for advanced, resilient satellites.”

Being developed for the KF-X fighter, the ALCM separated from an F-4E and extended its glide wings before striking a target over an unspecified distance.

Germany’s Diehl Defense is working to adapt its IRIS-T short-range air-to-air missile for use on future low-observable platforms.

BAE Systems and MBDA have been contracted to finalize te development and integration of the Meteor BVOS AAM and Spear 3 onto the JSF.