Raytheon is investing in its Standard Missile 3 lines to accelerate the production rate of the U.S. Navy weapon, as global interest in procuring the capability expands amid successful intercepts ...

Learn about the $900 million SM-6 Block I Missile FMS request made by Japan and the State Department's approval of it.

The USS Indianapolis is the first Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be modified to fire Hellfire missiles meant to take ...

The U.S. Navy's premier hypersonic missile program, SM-6 Block IB, based on the SM-6 Block IA, has a new look, seen for the first time at SNA 2025.

While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other U.S. weapons, the SM-6 represents a specific strategic capability against ...

and 20 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles and SM-3 missiles. The SM-2 missiles alone run around $2 million a piece while the newer SM-6 missiles, capable of knocking out other ballistic missiles in ...

He said GBIs were never meant to stand alone and called for the inclusion of SM-3 block IIA missiles and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-ballistic missile system. “When viewed from ...

The cruiser Lake Erie fires an SM-3 Block 1B in 2013. (U.S. Navy) Raytheon is investing in its Standard Missile 3 lines to accelerate the production rate of the U.S. Navy weapon, as global ...