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MBDA Meteor integration nears flight trials after F-35A ground vibration and fit checks at Edwards AFB

Lockheed Martin, MBDA and the F-35 Joint Program Office completed ground-based integration tests — including vibration, fit checks and internal weapons‑bay structural trials — on the CTOL F-35A at Edwards AFB. The results pave the way for upcoming flight trials of the European Meteor beyond‑visual‑range air‑to‑air missile.

2025-12-04T02:24:08.637341-08:00

DefenseNews.com

Pentagon pre‑qualifies 1,000+ firms for Golden Dome and missile‑defense frameworks; MDA distances SHIELD list

2025-12-03T11:17:28.247428-08:00

The War Zone

Russian Shahed/Geran-2 loitering munitions recovered carrying Soviet R-60 air-to-air missiles

2025-12-01T12:02:23.219926-08:00

Reuters

Raytheon‑Rafael JV wins $1.25B U.S. contract, opens U.S. Tamir (Iron Dome) interceptor plant

2025-11-21T06:46:57.444662-08:00

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Wall Street Journal

Castelion and startups raise $350M as U.S. races to close hypersonic gap with Russia and China Castelion and peer startups have secured $350 million in fresh capital as the U.S. moves to close a hypersonic weapons gap with Russia and China. The funding will accelerate development and integration of Mach‑5 strike systems as industry and government push to field competitive capabilities.

2025-12-05T03:28:58.414019-08:00

Castelion and startups raise $350M as U.S. races to close hypersonic gap with Russia and China

FlightGlobal

South Korea launches KRW435.9bn program to build indigenous short-range AAM for KF-21; KRW225bn Cheongnam production award Seoul has launched a KRW435.9bn ($296m) program to develop an indigenous short‑range air‑to‑air missile for the KF‑21 fighter, contracting Hanwha and LIG Nex1, and separately awarded a KRW225bn production contract for Cheongnam anti‑tank missiles, with initial fielding targeted by 2032, DAPA said.

2025-12-04T22:32:00.504001-08:00

South Korea launches KRW435.9bn program to build indigenous short-range AAM for KF-21; KRW225bn Cheongnam production award

FlightGlobal

MBDA Meteor integration nears flight trials after F-35A ground vibration and fit checks at Edwards AFB Lockheed Martin, MBDA and the F-35 Joint Program Office completed ground-based integration tests — including vibration, fit checks and internal weapons‑bay structural trials — on the CTOL F-35A at Edwards AFB. The results pave the way for upcoming flight trials of the European Meteor beyond‑visual‑range air‑to‑air missile.

2025-12-04T02:24:08.637341-08:00

MBDA Meteor integration nears flight trials after F-35A ground vibration and fit checks at Edwards AFB

The War Zone

F/A-18 Super Hornet Employs Rare AGM-84H/K SLAM‑ER in U.S. Strikes on Houthi Targets The U.S. used the seldom‑seen AGM‑84H/K SLAM‑ER from an F/A‑18 Super Hornet during strikes on Houthi targets earlier this year, one of a suite of precision‑guided munitions employed. The move highlights continued operational use of long‑range, highly accurate standoff weapons.

2025-12-03T11:25:42.748885-08:00

F/A-18 Super Hornet Employs Rare AGM-84H/K SLAM‑ER in U.S. Strikes on Houthi Targets

DefenseNews.com

Pentagon pre‑qualifies 1,000+ firms for Golden Dome and missile‑defense frameworks; MDA distances SHIELD list The Pentagon pre‑qualified more than 1,000 firms — including BAE Systems, Booz Allen, L3Harris and General Atomics — to compete across a $151 billion missile‑defense contracting framework for the Space Force's Golden Dome effort. The Missile Defense Agency says the SHIELD vendor list is not a Golden Dome preview.

2025-12-03T11:17:28.247428-08:00

Pentagon pre‑qualifies 1,000+ firms for Golden Dome and missile‑defense frameworks; MDA distances SHIELD list

Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin opens 17,000 sq ft Hypersonics System Integration Lab in Huntsville Lockheed Martin has opened a 17,000‑square‑foot Hypersonics System Integration Lab at its Huntsville campus, a roughly $17.1 million facility designed to accelerate integration, testing and maturation of next‑generation hypersonic weapons. The SIL aims to shorten development timelines and bolster U.S. high‑speed defense capabilities.

2025-12-03T06:51:05.042885-08:00

Lockheed Martin opens 17,000 sq ft Hypersonics System Integration Lab in Huntsville

Satellite Evolution

Northrop Grumman and IHI AEROSPACE sign MoU to pursue transpacific space and missile propulsion collaboration Northrop Grumman and IHI AEROSPACE signed a memorandum of understanding on Dec. 2 to explore collaboration on space and missile propulsion technologies, creating a transpacific partnership to jointly research propulsion systems. The deal underscores deeper US–Japan industrial cooperation amid regional strategic tensions.

2025-12-03T05:27:48.267840-08:00

Northrop Grumman and IHI AEROSPACE sign MoU to pursue transpacific space and missile propulsion collaboration

Aviation Week

North Korea unveils MQ‑9‑like MALE UAS and Taurus‑style air‑launched cruise missile at air force anniversary At its 80th Air Force anniversary at Kalma Airfield, North Korea publicly displayed a new MALE UAS—visually similar to the MQ‑9 and reportedly derived from the Saebyeol‑9 family—and a new air‑launched cruise weapon with visual features resembling South Korea’s Taurus, shown alongside Su‑25 fighters.

2025-12-02T09:10:42.831688-08:00

North Korea unveils MQ‑9‑like MALE UAS and Taurus‑style air‑launched cruise missile at air force anniversary

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