A B-2 stealth bomber successfully fired the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile against a target vessel, while the Navy simultaneously unveiled a new glide-based torpedo program aimed at hunting enemy submarines from the air.
The Pentagon's first production contract for the extended-range Joint Direct Attack Munition signals a deliberate shift toward keeping aircraft and crews out of dense enemy air-defense envelopes.
The FQ-42 and FQ-44 Collaborative Combat Aircraft designs are both cleared for production in a deliberate dual-vendor structure, with Anduril, Shield AI, and Collins Aerospace separately contracted for the autonomy layer.
