Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Oct 26, 2022
The service’s experiment has become the Pentagon’s lead JADC2 proving ground, but more work is needed to connect sensors and shooters.
Oct 24, 2022
Expeditionary units could recharge their equipment with laser energy redirected by UAVs.
Oct 21, 2022
While promising continued nuclear modernization, the White House aims to lower tensions by deemphasizing use of weapons.
Oct 20, 2022
NATO nations are heeding air defense lessons from Ukraine and preparing to invest in their ground-based surface-to-air defenses.
Oct 14, 2022
Industry officials expect a quick decision on next variant of the Precision Strike Missile program after submitting bids in September.
Aug 28, 2025
Saab is in talks with potential customers over the sale of a new, low-cost counter-drone interceptor that aims to fill a gap between gun-based air defenses and more expensive missiles.
Aug 27, 2025
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) wants to rush a new interceptor through development.
Aug 27, 2025
A 12-country consortium plans to start developing a major new variant of the RIM-162 Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM).
Aug 26, 2025
Lockheed Martin passed the first hurdle in a competition to supply a long-range missile for U.S. Army infantry units, the company said on Aug. 26.
Aug 26, 2025
Ukraine is set to start receiving the first long-range, air-launched cruise missiles from the United States by the beginning of next month.
Aug 26, 2025
India says it used a high-energy laser to down a drone as part of the first live-fire tests of its Integrated Air Defense Weapon System.
Aug 25, 2025
U.S. Navy officials canceled the service’s high-speed, air-launched, anti-ship missile program but not the goal of a missile that can defeat modern air defenses
Aug 25, 2025
York Space Systems has delivered 21 satellites ahead of the first launch of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.