Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis

Oct 24, 2025
Trump’s Golden Dome is driving calls for a new layer in the Pentagon’s future on-orbit architecture.
Oct 23, 2025
From deep strike to launched effects, the U.S. Army wants to field new weapons quickly.
Oct 20, 2025
A product 30 years in the making passed a real-world evaluation with flying colors and now is set to enter Israel’s air and missile defense architecture.
Oct 15, 2025
Turkish defense giant Aselsan has taken a lead role in Steel Dome—a homegrown air defense network to counter low-cost multicopter drones and hypersonic missiles.
Oct 10, 2025
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Jul 21, 2026
Embraer is considering adding a missile-launch capability to the KC-390 tanker transport and is also set to expand production of Saab Gripens.
Jul 21, 2026
Pratt & Whitney has named its new family of small, scalable collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) engines the Valox.
Jul 21, 2026
Israeli defense technology specialist Rafael should be able to scale its Iron Beam laser air defense technology in the coming years to be able to intercept even ballistic missiles, says Chairman Yuval Steinitz.
Jul 20, 2026
Karman Holdings, the corporate shell for U.S. defense technology upstart Karman Space & Defense, announced that it was expanding into Europe by buying Glasgow, Scotland-headquartered Walker Precision Engineering for about $94 million total.
Jul 20, 2026
Patriot manufacturers begin early planning with the U.S. government to explore potential interceptor production in Ukraine.
Jul 20, 2026
MBDA has unveiled an upgrade to its ground-launched Asraam air defense system, pairing the missile with a lower-cost interceptor and other enhancements.
Jul 20, 2026
Boeing Defense, Space and Security CEO Steve Parker says the MQ-28, which appeared alongside MBDA Meteor missiles, is designed to quickly integrate weapons.
Jul 20, 2026
European defense startup Destinus is adding a counter-rocket interceptor to its portfolio with plans to have the system customer-ready in 2028, CEO Mikhail Kokorich says.