Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
May 20, 2024
As Europe faces multiple potential axes of attack, more European countries might need to reconsider their ground-based air defense plans.
May 17, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Apr 25, 2024
Aviation Week editors assess the recent performance of Israel’s air and missile defense umbrella and discuss new missile defense technology needed to address potential and evolving threats.
Apr 19, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Apr 19, 2024
Cost is becoming an increasing challenge to missile defense systems, even as Israel’s success against Iran shows the value of the capability.
Feb 02, 2026
The U.S. Navy is evaluating proposals to make prototypes for an affordable, anti-ship cruise missile to provide to partner countries.
Feb 02, 2026
The UK defense ministry has aked MBDA to examine if the Aster surface-to-air missile can be launched from Lockheed Martin’s MK 41 vertical launch system.
Feb 02, 2026
Zulu Pods plans to conduct a series of ground-based altitude chamber tests of its self-contained oil tank and pump system on expendable small gas turbines.
Feb 02, 2026
DOD's new National Defense Strategy raises questions on the future of USAF's “North Star” ahead of what will be a transformational budget plan to come.
Feb 02, 2026
Singapore has selected the Saab Giraffe 1X radar to replace its Portable Search and Target Acquisition Radar for low-level air defense missions.
Feb 02, 2026
Specter Aerospace expects to conduct flight tests of a plasma-assisted, ramjet-powered supersonic missile in 2026, followed by tests of a larger dual-mode ramjet-scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise vehicle in 2027-28.
Feb 02, 2026
Boeing announced Feb. 2 it picked Australian company Ferra Engineering to produce wing kits for an anti-submarine torpedo for its P-8A maritime patrol aircraft.
Feb 01, 2026
ST Engineering has unveiled the EagleStrike loitering munition at the Singapore Airshow.