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MDA Boss: Let’s ‘Think Creatively’ for Hypersonic Defense While Waiting for New System

June 6, 2024 | By Greg Hadley
While lawmakers are pressing the Pentagon to move faster in developing a new missile defense system for intercepting hypersonic weapons, the Missile Defense Agency should focus on developing more immediate, make-do solutions now and not rush to field the more advanced weapon, its director suggested June ...

Pentagon Partners with Japan to Save on New Hypersonic Defense, But How Fast Can It Come?

March 20, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Advances by both Russia and China with hypersonic weapons have the U.S. Air Force general in charge of homeland defense seriously concerned about how to detect and defend against the threat—and the new 2025 budget request is pushing hundreds of millions of dollars toward the ...

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