The Missile Defense Agency has selected Raytheon Missiles & Defense to continue to develop a first-of-its-kind counter-hypersonic missile, the Glide Phase Interceptor. GPI is designed to intercept hypersonic weapons in the glide phase of flight, providing the U.S. and allies with an additional layer of defense against regional hypersonic missile threats. This ...
Saab has shipped the last of five fully installed T-7A Red Hawk aft fuselages from its factory in Linköping, Sweden to Boeing’s production site in St. Louis. In addition to the five Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) aft fuselages, Saab has over the program also delivered two test fuselages, one for ...
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (Dstl) miniaturised space weather instrumentation suite will be aboard Virgin Orbit which is aiming to launch from Spaceport Cornwall later in 2022. Dstl’s miniaturised space weather instrumentation suite will be one of the payloads aboard Virgin Orbit which is targeting the first UK satellite launch this summer from ...
An ambitious Defence Science and Technology agenda, backed by £2 billion of investment, including an exciting new satellite launch, has been commissioned. Aimed at driving forward cutting-edge research and developing new Defence capabilities, the Science and Technology Portfolio outlines a series of ambitious programmes, encouraging industry collaboration and input to meet future Defence ...