Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis

May 15, 2025
Stratolaunch is shifting its focus to its 747 launch platform after successful repeat flights of the first autonomous, fully reusable hypersonic test aircraft.
May 15, 2025
Tekever plans to grow UAS ecosystem and test sites through £400 million Overmatch investment plan in the UK.
May 08, 2025
Some 22 ships from 10 NATO navies will face attacks from subsonic, supersonic and ballistic missiles in wargames off the northwest coast of Scotland.
May 02, 2025
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Apr 22, 2025
The imminent kickoff of the Enduring High-Energy Laser program gives industry a platform to mainstream directed-energy technology.
Apr 23, 2026
Dutch defense startup Destinus says it has begun flight trials of key features of its Ruta Blk. 2 deep-strike weapon.
Apr 23, 2026
Saab has been delivering its Giraffe 1X air surveillance radars built before orders were even placed to Middle East customers to address urgent needs there, CEO Micael Johansson says.
Apr 23, 2026
The Israeli Defense Ministry says it has awarded Elbit Systems deals worth more than NIS600 million ($200 million) to boost output of air-launched weapons.
Apr 23, 2026
A French government defense spending boost coupled with strong export demand has Safran expecting up to a fivefold increase in missile-related production.
Apr 22, 2026
Germany’s quest to field deep-strike capabilities may involve multiple suppliers and different services, rather than narrowing those options at the outset, the Bundeswehr’s top officer says.
Apr 21, 2026
Lockheed Martin will integrate the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement into the Aegis Combat System under a roughly $200 million contract from the U.S. Navy.
Apr 21, 2026
U.S. budget documents released on April 21 reveal that the U.S. Navy plans to buy 4,500 air-launched hypersonic missiles for Boeing F/A-18E/Fs over the next five years.
Apr 21, 2026
AeroVironment says its Locust laser weapon to counter drones has undergone naval trials.