Due to budget constraints, the U.S. Navy has canceled its HALO hypersonic missile program but continues investing in long-range strike capabilities like the LRASM.

The Missile Defense Agency's effort to field an NGI is also delayed by roughly 18 months or more, its director said.

Lockheed Martin is in a period of transition, focused mostly on getting the most it can out of existing programs including the F-35 while awaiting the next big thing. The company's relatively poor 0.8 ...

The following is the April 24, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, The U.S. Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic ...

"The speed, range, and survivability of hypersonic weapons are key to integrated deterrence for America," said Navy Secretary John Phelan. Lockheed Martin Corp is the prime contractor for the weapon.

May 2, 2025 US Navy tests sea-based hypersonic missile launch system ... Germany's Rheinmetall and U.S. firm Lockheed Martin have agreed to expand their cooperation and extended a memorandum ...

In naming the hypersonic weapon, “Dark Eagle,” the Army is emphasizing its speed, stealth, and power; it’s designed to ...

Hypersonic weapons travel in the upper atmosphere at more than five times the speed of sound, or about 6,200 km (3,853 miles) per hour. Arms makers like Lockheed Martin Corp, Northrop Grumman Corp ...

Lockheed Martin is in a period of transition ... to a range of Pentagon priorities from aviation to missile defense to hypersonics. And the company offers a dividend currently yielding nearly ...