European defense companies established a consortium to develop an exoatmospheric interception capability to deal with medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.

French President Emmanuel Macron says his government has approved Ukraine to produce Aster 30 air defense missiles under license, as well as AASM standoff munitions and Scalp cruise missiles.

Boeing has spent about $200 million in the past two years to raise its own capacity of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 production.

Dassault says it has demonstrated the use of its Rafale fighter in cooperation with an uncrewed air vehicle in a mock attack on an adversary’s air defenses.

Kongsberg is setting expansion plans for its newly acquired U.S. business Zone 5, looking for European partners to set up production capacity.

The U.S. Army has kicked off a competition to build an interceptor with a goal of testing within the next several months and possibly fielding it within a year.

The U.S. Marine Corps on June 30 successfully test-fired its new mobile medium-range air defense system in an exercise at the service’s newest base.

Turkey has begun talks with Russia to enable it to sell on the controversial S-400 air defense system, the purchase of which got it banished from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.