Towards the end of 2021, the United States government awarded Boeing and General Atomics a joint contract to create a ...

The award combines the Thermal Protection Shield and Common Hypersonic Glide Body programs to advance hypersonic weapon ...

Countries around the world are rapidly deploying laser weapons for air defense and counter-drone operations. The real ...

MBDA’s 300-kg Crossbow missile has gone through a rapid development cycle. Credit: Robert Wall/AW&ST High-end performance is no longer the principal driver of much of Europe’s weapons agenda. Instead, ...

Raytheon's latest smart weapon, the StormBreaker, has completed another key milestone in its development program. Although not ready for action yet, this milestone has been achieved remarkably quickly ...

The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise missiles.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s inability to share more details openly with Congress and the public about its progress with hypersonic weapons development could be contributing to increased costs and ...

Weapons development and procurement account for only a fraction of the total U.S. defense budget. Still, the Pentagon’s annual spending on weapons alone is higher than the total yearly military budget ...

As the United States has fallen behind its adversaries in hypersonic weapons development, private-sector actors are attempting to help close the gap. The race for hypersonic weapons is on, and the ...

MILLBROOK, England–Thales is looking to begin industrialization of its Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon (RFDEW) developed in the UK. The company secured one of two UK defense ministry contracts ...