SM-6 Archives - Defense Daily https://www.defensedaily.com/tag/sm-6/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:11:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.defensedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-dd-icon-150x150.png SM-6 Archives - Defense Daily https://www.defensedaily.com/tag/sm-6/ 32 32 RTX Signs Framework Agreements With DoD To Increase Production On Five Munitions https://www.defensedaily.com/rtx-signs-framework-agreements-with-dod-to-increase-production-on-five-munitions/weapons/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:11:01 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1246543 The crew of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN-760) successfully launches Tomahawk cruise missiles off the coast of southern California as part of a Tomahawk Flight Test (TFT) on June 26, 2018. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ronald Gutridge)

]]> MDA Still Trying To Quicken Hypersonic Defense, SM-6 Increment Three To Increase Hypersonic Targeting https://www.defensedaily.com/mda-still-trying-to-quicken-hypersonic-defense-sm-6-increment-three-to-increase-hypersonic-targeting/missile-defense/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:17:25 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1182895 Raytheon Missiles & Defense concept art of a potential ship-based Glide Phase Intercept hypersonic defense system. (Image: Raytheon Technologies)

]]> RTX Tested SM-6 Integrated With LTAMDS And IBCS https://www.defensedaily.com/rtx-tested-sm-6-integrated-with-ltamds-and-ibcs/missile-defense/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:30:43 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1180826 An SM-6 is launched from the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) during Flight Test Standard Missile-27 Event 2 (FTM-27 E2) to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile (MBRB) target in 2017. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

]]> RTX Wins $344 Million Contract To Develop New SM-2 And SM-6 Variants With New Guidance Section https://www.defensedaily.com/rtx-wins-344-million-contract-to-develop-new-sm-2-and-sm-6-variants-with-new-guidance-section/missile-defense/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:18:46 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1174004 The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG-52) launches a Standard Missile (SM)-2 during a live-fire missile exercise as part of Pacific Vanguard (PV) 22 while operating in the Philippine Sea on Aug. 28, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson)

]]> SECNAV Says MidEast Ops Have Used Almost $1 Billion In Munitions, Supplemental Needed To Replace Them https://www.defensedaily.com/secnav-says-mideast-ops-have-used-almost-1-billion-in-munitions-supplemental-needed-to-replace-them/navy-usmc/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:18:14 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1173356 The USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) fires an SM-3 Block IB missiles during Formidable Shield 2017. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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