The Trump administration’s Golden Dome initiative seeks to address the new threat posed by hypersonic weapons.

All further details of the Kratos project—including the design, performance and schedule—cannot yet be released.

The new facility will support Kratos’ work on the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities Hypersonic Testbed program.

MBDA says it expects to double missile production output this year compared with 2023 and is exploring cooperation with the car industry to accelerate this.

The German Air Force says its efforts to field armed uncrewed aircraft systems have suffered delays because of the military situation in Israel.

The Third Multi-Domain Task Force is also pressing for additional long-endurance uncrewed aircraft systems.

FL-60A was developed by state-owned armed manufacturer Norinco and has an estimated range of 100 km (62.1 mi).

China has completed development of the Feilong-60A, the country’s first modular rocket-based loitering munition dubbed locally as “Chinese HIMARS.”