The framework is intended to support higher production rates for both SM-3 variants as demand for the interceptors increases.
Lockheed Martin is preparing to test a space-based interceptor designed to engage ballistic missile threats during the first minutes after launch.
Northrop Grumman Chief Executive Officer Kathy Warden said more than $3 billion in new multi-year framework agreements will increase production and speed deliveries of technologies used in U.S. integrated air and missile defense.
The platform will allow registered organisations to submit concepts and designs directly to programme decision-makers.
Lockheed Martin has received a $211 million U.S. Department of War contract to produce and deliver additional THAAD launchers for the United Arab Emirates.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have neutralised more than 260,000 Russian fixed-wing and multirotor drones since the start of 2026, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence.
Boeing is evaluating the technology for use across its integrated air and missile defense, direct attack and cruise missile portfolios.
Northrop Grumman has unveiled Raid Hunter, a new 50mm Gun-Based Air Defense system designed to counter cruise missiles, drone swarms and other high-volume aerial threats.
Lockheed Martin has won a Missile Defense Agency contract to modernize the digital simulation framework used to test the U.S. missile defense system.
Lockheed Martin said the investment is intended to move new technologies from concept to tested hardware in months rather than years.
Ukraine’s F-16 fighters have shot down about 2,000 aerial targets, including cruise missiles and Shahed drones, according to a senior Ukrainian Air Force officer quoted by the official magazine of the Danish Armed Forces.
Cambridge Aerospace has raised $300 million in a Series C funding round at a $3.4 billion valuation, giving the British air defence company fresh capital to expand manufacturing and deliver existing contracts.
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