Japan will modify its destroyer JS Chokai (DDG-176) to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles by 31 March 2026, Defence Minister Gen Nakatani confirmed on Tuesday.
On 10 September at DSEI UK 2025, MBDA unveiled STRATUS as the new name for the Future Cruise / Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) programme.
MBDA is in talks with potential customers to demonstrate its new low-cost, long-range cruise missile concept, Crossbow, before the end of 2025.
Ukraine is set to receive low-cost, long-range, air-launched cruise missiles from the United States, opening a fresh supply line of precision weapons against Russian forces.
The U.S. State Department has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to Ukraine of ERAM air-delivered munitions and related equipment valued at $825 million.
Ukraine has publicly revealed a new long-range version of its domestically developed cruise missile, known unofficially as the “Long Neptune.”
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration this week approved the sale of 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) air-launched missiles to Ukraine.
On 17 August, initial information about a new Ukrainian cruise missile named Flamingo was released online.
On 31 July, the United States Department of Defense announced the signing of a framework agreement with Lockheed Martin for the production of additional batches of AGM-158 JASSM-ER cruise missiles and AGM-158C LRASM anti-ship missiles.
The U.S. Navy has announced plans to upgrade between 35 and 96 Tomahawk cruise missiles to the anti-ship Block Va standard.
Anduril Industries’ Barracuda-100M autonomous air vehicle achieved a key milestone in May with the successful completion of additional flight tests under the U.S. Army’s High-Speed Maneuverable Missile (HSMM) programme.
On 23 June, South Korea conducted the first flight test of its air-launched cruise missile (KALCM), the Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) announced two days later.
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