A TASS report offers the first timeline for fielding of the new weapon designed to strike maritime and land targets at up to Mach 9.

Gen. Timothy Ray, the head of Global Strike command, favors a concept not based on a modification to an existing aircraft.

The March 19 test means the technology can transition into weapon systems development for the Army and Navy, the Pentagon says.

A new, low-cost turbojet designed to power future generations of swarming cruise missiles has completed flight testing, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced on March 19.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is planning for its Poland-based Aegis Ashore complex to be operational by 2022, four years later than originally planned.

Lockheed wants BAE to design and manufacture a new generation of infrared seekers for THAAD.

The terse reference in a written submission by Navy officials to the House Armed Services Committee on March 11 also likely offers the first proof that the SM-6 Block 1B remains in development.

A series of requests for information to industry since last fall has generated proposals to accelerate the current, 10-year schedule.