The test comes as the Trump administration is pushing for the deployment of a next-generation missile defense shield.

Lastly, from long-range, hypersonic missiles could attack and degrade the enemy fleet’s forward-deployed warships. The latest version of the subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile has a range of 900 ...

from cruise missiles to ballistic projectiles. Boeing (NYSE:BA) manufactures the seeker under subcontract to Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) for the U.S. Army and allied defense forces worldwide.

That initiative is spending $474 million on research and development for ways to counter hypersonic weapons and advanced cruise missiles. The project was announced Nov. 22, 2024. Hypersonic weapon ...

SOM-J was originally developed to fit inside the F-35’s internal bays. Meant for both land and sea targets, it will also be ...

A still from the video released by Mehmet Fatih Kacır shows the F-16 carrying the SOM-J cruise missile that was tested. (Ministry of Industry and Technology of Türkiye) Turkish Minister of ...

A Boeing-led team completed the construction of 20 new missile silos for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense, or GMD, system at Fort Greely, Alaska. Shown here is a 2023 GMD test at Vandenberg ...

China’s advancements in hypersonic missile technology, including successful tests and demonstrations of hypersonic glide vehicles and hypersonic cruise missiles, underscore its leadership position in ...

Credit: Robert Wall/Aviation Week Network AVALON, Australia—Boeing plans to fire an air-to-air missile from its MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed combat aircraft demonstrator late this year or early next ...

The seeker enables the Patriot system to identify, track, and defeat threats such as hostile aircraft and ballistic and cruise missiles. Boeing is ... including hypersonic glide vehicle warheads.