"...The deployment of the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) was part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, a multinational war game hosted by Australia in July, during which the U.S. conducted a live-fire drill with its Mid-Range Capability (MRC) missile system. ..."
Reference: www.newsweek.com .
"Defending America at Home and Abroad ...The SMD Symposium is the leading educational, professional development and networking event in the space and missile defense community. The symposium is widely attended by leaders and professionals from the United States and our allies around the world...."
Reference: smdsymposium.org .
"...The deals, with Lockheed Martin for the Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile and Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile and RTX for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, are expected to cover hundreds, if not thousands of munitions. ..."
Reference: www.airandspaceforces.com .
"...The military said air defense systems successfully intercepted the threat. The sirens sounded across central Israel, including the Tel Aviv area, the Shfela region, Jerusalem and parts of the West Bank. ..."
Reference: www.ynetnews.com .
"...Navy unveiled its new Modular Attack Surface Craft program, which would likely see unmanned surface vessels carrying missiles long distances at sea.
The program calls for the development of a rugged, flexible and high-capacity unmanned surface vessel, or USV, capable of hauling a variety of “containerized payloads,” per a July 28 solicitation. Such payloads would include the maximum equivalent of more than four 40-foot containers — cargo that would roughly equal the size of the Navy’s anti-ballistic missile system, the Mark 70 Mod 1 Payload Delivery System. ..."
"...$172 million for surface-to-air missile systems. ...“We have to,” Trump said. “They have to be able to defend themselves. They’re getting hit very hard now. We’re going to send some more weapons — defensive weapons primarily.”
Trump recently endorsed a plan to have European allies buy U.S. military equipment that can then be transferred to Ukraine. It was not immediately clear how the latest proposed sales related to that arrangement. ..."
"...Yemen’s Houthi rebels have announced a new escalation, threatening to target any commercial vessels connected to Israeli ports regardless of their country of origin. This campaign, focused on the strategic Bab el Mandeb Strait, aims to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The Houthis have already attacked over 100 ships, sunk multiple vessels, and launched missiles at Israel..."
Reference: timesofindia.indiatimes.com .
"...Another missile arcs over the Middle East as the Houthis intensify their campaign against Israel. On Friday night, Israeli air defence systems intercepted a hypersonic ballistic missile launched from Yemen. The Houthi rebels claimed the strike was aimed at a “sensitive target” in Beersheba..."
Reference: timesofindia.indiatimes.com .
"...“We’ve been very, very selective on getting not only the right talent, but the right personalities that understand how to go fast,” Guetlein said Tuesday at the Innovate Space Global Economic Summit in Arlington, Virginia. “Not everybody understands what it takes to move at that speed.”...Guetlein said he has a long way to go in building his team but has a list of 30 names, identified from across industry and academia that he hopes will join the effort. ..."
Reference: www.airforcetimes.com .
"...“The [defense secretary] determined that the construction … is necessary to obtain full operational control of the border at the [Barry M. Goldwater Range] and requested each Service Secretary to assess and decide on the need for this project,” according to the Pentagon’s request to Congress.
Earlier this month, the Pentagon established a new national defense area, or NDA, near the bombing range as an extension of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and placed this NDA under control of the Navy. ..."
"...The investment case for the stock is relatively easy to understand. It's based on the enduring need for defense equipment and services, as well as its increasing importance in an age of geopolitical conflict. Not only is President Donald Trump seeking to ramp up the defense budget to a record $1.01 trillion, but NATO has also been enlarged, and its members have recently agreed to invest 5% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on core defense requirements as well as defense and security-related spending by 2035. ..."
Reference: www.aol.com
"...The U.S. Space Command headquarters appears poised to be moving to Huntsville after Alabama Sens. Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt talked with President Donald Trump about relocating it from Colorado this week.
Tuberville expressed confidence Thursday that North Alabama will soon be home to SPACECOM, which could bring to a close the years-long saga over where the permanent headquarters should be located.
“I know we’re all excited about getting Space Command to Redstone Arsenal once and for all,” Tuberville told reporters. “This week, I’ve spent several hours on the phone and several hours in the Oval Office with President Trump and Secretary Hegseth talking about the future of Space Command, not if, but when it happens, and that will be soon.”..."
"...As proposed, the Air Force would acquire 3,010 FAMM weapons in fiscal 2026 alone, the first year of production. That is equivalent to more than half of the 5,569 Lockheed Martin AGM-158 cruise missiles expected to be acquired over the decades-long life span of the similar—albeit considerably pricier—Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) program. ...The Anduril Barracuda-500 and the Zone 5 Technologies Rusty Dagger cruise missiles are the finalists to win the first FAMM production contract next year. ..."
Reference: aviationweek.com .
"Navy is planning for its next-generation destroyer, currently known as the DDG(X)...The DDG(X) is intended to replace what are called “Aegis destroyers,” which include the Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. They are known as “Aegis destroyers,” because they feature the Aegis Combat System, described by the Navy as “the first fully integrated combat system built to defend against advanced air and surface threats.”...The DDG(X) will have increased cruising range and hold 96 standard Vertical Launch System cells, with an ability to replace 32 of these with 12 missile launch cells. "
Reference: www.navytimes.com .
"...According to information published by Anduril Industries via its official X account on July 17, 2025, the company has completed a new series of flight tests for its Barracuda-100M autonomous air vehicle, conducted in May 2025 under the U.S. Army’s High-Speed Maneuverable Missile (HSMM) program. ..."
Reference: armyrecognition.com .
"...Lockheed Martin is developing a second version of its Common Multi-Mission Truck (CMMT) system—a low-cost vehicle meant to carry a variety of payloads...The larger of the two designs is the CMMT-D, an unpowered glide vehicle, and the smaller is the CMMT-X, which has a motor. The CMMT-D was dropped vertically from a pallet"
Reference: www.airandspaceforces.com .
"...No reports of injuries from attack by Iran-backed rebels, which set off sirens in several communities near the Dead Sea; Houthis claim they targeted Ben Gurion Airport..."
Reference: www.timesofisrael.com .
"...The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies selected the 11th SWS for the first-ever General Atomics Space Force Unit of the Year largely for unit’s the precise early warning of incoming missiles, which helped Air Force fighter pilots thousands of miles away launch to destroy hundreds of incoming Iranian missiles aimed at Israel in April and October of 2024. ..."
Reference: www.airandspaceforces.com .
"...Syria announced it had begun withdrawing its army from Druze-majority Sweida city...Witnesses in Sweida had said government forces dispatched to Sweida with the stated objective of ending clashes between Druze and Bedouin fighters had actually joined with the latter to attack Druze fighters and civilians. ...Amid the talk of a truce, Israel kept up its bombardment of Syrian government forces, vowing to defend the Druze, as around 1,000 members of the community in Israel rushed across the border to join the fight. IDF troops and two Israeli Druze lawmakers went into Syria to try to bring the Israeli civilians back. ..."
Reference: www.timesofisrael.com .
"...LOUISVILLE — Raytheon, an RTX business, was awarded a $74 million contract to produce RAM Guided Missile Launching Systems (GMLS) for the U.S. Navy.
Under the contract, Raytheon will provide several new launcher systems, refurbishments on current systems, and hardware required to support upgrades as well as various spares. ..."
"...The Israeli military said it would not allow Syria’s current government to build up its forces near the border and commit violence against the Druze minority group in the city of Sweida.
... “Air force aircraft have attacked over the past 24 hours — and continue to strike — tanks, rocket launchers, combat equipment and pickups armed with heavy machine guns making their way to the Sweida area of southern Syria,” the IDF added.
Wednesday’s strikes in Damascus specifically hit the entrance to the new government’s military headquarters and another target near the presidential palace, according to the IDF.
The military action comes after Sheik Mowafaq Tarif, the spiritual leader of Israeli Druze, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz to discuss the violence in Sweida. ...
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"...One day, I was getting my haircut in Searcy, Arkansas. These old guys were talking about the missile silos that were around Arkansas. I'd never heard about these places that housed nuclear missiles, so I started researching. ...The place has 7,000-pound doors. Its three floors are made out of a steel structure nicknamed "the birdcage."
It's on eight springs and actually hangs from the ceiling. And the reason is if it gets hit by a bomb, it allows the structure to shake to try to preserve the equipment and the people inside."
"...The 12,946 square foot Atlas E missile silo is listed on Zillow for $1,450,000. ..."
Reference: mynorthwest.com .
"...From April through June, more than 80 excess property material readiness orders were issued to local reuse customers for equipment originally valued at about $1.5 million. The very first reuse recipient was a U.S. Army air defense artillery regiment that had recently arrived at Al Udeid to man Patriot missile defense systems. When the regiment visited the agency’s site to turn over unneeded property, they found a brand-new source of free equipment..."
Reference: www.dla.mil .
"...U.S. Army Patriot air defense systems were deployed to Poland in September 2024. The U.S. will send equipment including Patriot systems to NATO and the alliance will distribute the weapons to Ukraine, President Donald Trump said July 10, 2025. ...the Pentagon halted deliveries in connection with a global review to assess weapons stockpile levels. But on Monday, the Defense Department said Trump had directed it to send additional weapons to Ukraine."
Reference: www.stripes.com .
