Tag: Shoot the Archer

Marauder–Blackbeard: Autonomous Hypersonic Strike by 2027

Steve Schneider - June 12, 2026

Saronic Technologies and Castelion Corporation have announced plans to demonstrate the launch of a hypersonic vehicle from an autonomous surface vessel by 2027. The...

Resilience and Adaptation Matter More Than Missile Numbers

Steve Schneider - May 21, 2026

The article, "Missiles Aren’t Strategy: Lessons From Iran for a Pacific Air War" by David Deptula and Jahara Matisek for War on the Rocks,...

Barracuda-500M Could Reshape US Long-Range Precision Fires Strategy

Steve Schneider - May 15, 2026

Anduril Industries announced a framework agreement with the US Department of War to mass-produce its new surface-launched Barracuda-500M (SLB-500M) cruise missile system, with plans...

France Advances Long-Range Strike Capability

Steve Schneider - May 12, 2026

Thales and ArianeGroup have successfully launched the FLP-t 150 ballistic munition, a major milestone for France’s long-range strike capabilities. Thales is developing the X-Fire launcher...

Ursa Major Hits 10-Flight Milestone With Hypersonic Hadley Engine

Steve Schneider - April 20, 2026

Ursa Major Technologies announced that its Hadley liquid rocket engine has completed 10 consecutive successful flights with Stratolaunch, including missions at sustained hypersonic speeds. Several...

Precision Fires at Full Throttle: Lockheed Martin to Quadruple PrSM Production

Steve Schneider - March 26, 2026

Lockheed Martin and the US Department of War announced a framework agreement on March 25th, 2026, to accelerate production of Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM),...

Next-Gen PrSM Proves It Can Hit Moving Targets

Steve Schneider - March 13, 2026

Lockheed Martin successfully completed the first flight test of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, also known as the Land-Based Anti-Ship Missile (LBASM),...

Supersonic Missile Demo Signals New Era in Affordable Rapid Strike

Steve Schneider - March 13, 2026

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Ursa Major successfully executed a flight of the Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator (ARMD), powered by the Draper...

Blackbeard Moves Toward Operational Deployment Under New Navy Contract

Steve Schneider - March 2, 2026

Castelion announced that it has been awarded a $49.9 million contract by the U.S. Navy to advance its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon from prototype...

US Ready to Wreak HAVOC at Hypersonic Speed

Steve Schneider - February 26, 2026

Ursa Major has unveiled the HAVOC Missile System, a modular hypersonic weapon designed for rapid production, affordability, and large-scale deployment to meet urgent warfighter...

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