The Pentagon needs a fresh look at the Missile Defense Agency’s effort to acquire a new glide-phase interceptor (GPI) that could shoot down adversaries’ hypersonic weapons, a government watchdog is ...

A notional rendering of a Glide Phase Interceptor capable of defeating hypersonic threats. (Courtesy of Northrop Grumman) The Missile Defense Agency has chosen Northrop Grumman to design an ...

Under pressure to develop new capabilities for countering adversaries’ hypersonic weapons, the head of the Missile Defense Agency said he isn’t ready to commit to a timeline for delivering a new glide ...

Northrop Grumman beat out Raytheon for next stage of the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) weapon with the deal described as marking “a turning point for hypersonic glide phase defence”. The US Missile ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Japan are exploring a partnership to develop a hypersonic missile defense capability as the Pentagon enters the early stages of a program to develop an interceptor capable of ...

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, one of the branches of Raytheon Technologies, has always been at the forefront of cutting-edge weapon systems development, and now it will also be known as the ...

Japan and the US will aim to strengthen regional deterrence while enhancing long-standing missile defence cooperation through developing a Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI). The US DoD and Japan’s MoD ...

The Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile, pictured above launching from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii, is jointly developed by the US and Japan. The MDA said if GPI joint ...

The Aegis-class destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) launches an SM-3 Block IA during exercise ‘Stellar Avenger'. (US Navy) The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has selected Northrop Grumman as the prime ...

Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) have received contract modifications worth at least $41 million each from the Missile Defense Agency to further develop their Glide ...

TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, has been selected by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) as one of the companies to ...

A conceptual drawing of a hypersonic glide weapon, a weapon the Pentagon wants to counter. (U.S. Missile Defense Agency) WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Japan are exploring a partnership to develop a ...