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DARPA Cancels Liberty Lifter WIG Seaplane Project Over Cost and Certification Hurdles

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has shut down its three-year effort to build the Liberty Lifter, a heavy-lift seaplane that would skim above waves on a cushion of air. According to industry sources, the agency notified performers on July 12 that

July 11, 2025

Missiles / Drones / Directed Energy

How Revolver MP Stacks a Dozen Mark 58 CRAW Torpedoes in a Single Tube

Project Revolver has moved from lab study to fleet priority in less than three years. Senior officers at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) now describe the program as "an essential magazine-depth booster for fast-attack boats operating west of Guam." Defense officials

July 8, 2025

Air & Missile Defense Systems

U.S. Defense Firms at Le Bourget Outline Step One Using NASAMS, THAAD for Golden Dome

The Paris Air Show gave America's biggest defense suppliers a global stage to describe how they would fold familiar missiles, radars and command-and-control networks into President Donald Trump's Golden Dome homeland-defense plan. They argued that starting with hardware already in service will

July 7, 2025

Missiles / Drones / Directed Energy

European Defence Agency Pushes Drone-UGV Supply Missions Adopted from Ukraine

European armies just wrapped up three weeks of hands-on trials that pushed small drones and ground robots through the same last-mile supply missions now common on Ukrainian front lines. Engineers and soldiers moved ammunition, water, and medical kits without a single crewed

July 4, 2025

Missiles / Drones / Directed Energy

$25 Million Set Aside as Army Plans 2026 Tests of Blackbeard Hypersonic Round on Autonomous Launchers

The Army is moving fast to fold a new hypersonic strike option into its tactical fires family. Budget lines for fiscal year 2026 outline Project HX3, a pathway that funnels $25 million toward Castelion's Blackbeard Ground Launch missile and an autonomous launcher

July 3, 2025

Directed Energy

U.S. Army Debuts Stryker-Mounted DE M-SHORAD Laser in Live Field Test

Soldiers at Fort Sill fired a Stryker-mounted laser in a real tactical drill for the first time. The short event lasted only minutes, yet it closed a twenty-year gap between early laboratory trials and practical field use. Defense officials confirm that the

July 2, 2025

Air & Missile Defense Systems

U.S. Army Commences 2025 Production of IFPC Increment 2 to Strengthen Mid-Tier Air Defense

The Army has given the green light to start low-rate production of its Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 system this October. Defense officials confirm that the signed acquisition decision memorandum cleared the final gate after a quick turn-around review on 28

July 2, 2025

Cybersecurity & Electronic Warfare

Germany and Israel Launch Joint Cyber Dome to Strengthen National Defense

Germany has opened a new front in its security agenda. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, during a 48-hour visit to Israel, said Berlin will build a joint cyber research center with Israeli partners and anchor a nationwide "Cyber Dome" to shield critical networks

July 2, 2025

Missiles / Drones / Directed Energy

U.S. Navy’s SM-6 Missile Line at Risk Without Reconciliation Bill Funding

The U.S. Navy built its Fiscal Year 2026 weapons plan around one assumption. Congress will pass a one-time reconciliation bill that adds billions to the base defense budget. Inside that bill sits most of the money for 139 Standard Missile-6 interceptors. The

July 2, 2025

Advanced Propulsion Systems

Why DARPA Cancelled Its DRACO Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Project

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has closed the books on its Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations program. Defense officials confirm the termination order went out late Monday. The move ends a five-year push to field a nuclear-thermal upper stage able

June 30, 2025

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