The missile is the company’s entry in the U.S. Army’s Future Interceptor program, a competition in which the Army has now moved Lockheed into the next stage of development.
Raytheon has secured a five-year contract worth up to $6.3 billion to produce and sustain SM-3 Block IB interceptors.
ASELSAN has signed €2.46bn in contracts with Turkey’s Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB) to supply hybrid air defence systems.
Rafael and Raytheon’s joint venture has delivered the first Iron Dome Tamir interceptor built and assembled entirely in the United States to the Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO).
Sweden plans to send a Patriot air defence unit to Poland from December to guard the NATO logistics hub through which military and civilian support flows to Ukraine, the Swedish Ministry of Defence said.
Boeing has received a seven-year contract worth approximately $14.7 billion from Lockheed Martin to expand production of seekers for Patriot PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors.
NATO has broadened its Air Policing mission into a comprehensive Air Defence posture during 2026, combining it with Eastern Sentry and rotational deployments of air defence systems.
The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) in Whittier, Alaska, bringing its second Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer into active service.
Norway has successfully fired an Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block 2 from HNoMS Otto Sverdrup for the first time.
A U.S. B-1B Lancer joined NATO air defence training in Lithuania and Latvia on 29 September, marking the first American bomber participation under the Alliance’s new air defence framework.
The U.S. Navy has awarded RTX’s Raytheon a five-year contract valued at up to $24.4 billion to accelerate SM-6 missile production.
The U.S. Navy will relocate the guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone (DDG-122) from Mayport, Florida, to Naval Station Rota, Spain, this fall.
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