Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis

Mar 07, 2023
Australia is planning its future military expansion as it seeks to fend off the widening influence of China and build its defense industrial capabilities.
Mar 01, 2023
A decades-old concept for a ubiquitous battlefield network concept is starting to become reality.
Feb 23, 2023
Under new leadership and with increased scrutiny, the U.S. Air Force wants to make ABMS operational with new awards and a different approach to testing.
Feb 16, 2023
Companies from 98 nations around the world displayed their wares at Aero India. Here is a small sampling of some of the products at the show.
Feb 09, 2023
Ukraine has kept its skies contested using a collection of internationally donated systems, though experts warn of donors’ complacency.
Feb 19, 2026
U.S. Navy officials started shopping on Feb. 19 for an air-launched, long-range, anti-radiation missile that can be acquired in the hundreds every year.
Feb 19, 2026
The DOD is stepping up investment in North American germanium producers to strengthen supply chains strained by China’s critical mineral export restrictions.
Feb 18, 2026
European missile-maker MBDA has secured a backlog of orders now valued at around €44 billion ($52 billion), joint venture partner BAE Systems disclosed Feb. 18.
Feb 18, 2026
BAE Systems' sales growth generated in Europe is poised to accelerate after with the business there now surpassing the British defense company’s sizable Saudi Arabian activities.
Feb 17, 2026
The U.S. Air Force is now planning for its first missile pad test launch of its next intercontinental ballistic missile next year.
Feb 17, 2026
An air-launched missile-carrying UAS developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for DARPA’s LongShot project has been designed the X-68A.
Feb 17, 2026
BAE Systems will transform the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II with dual-mode seekers to make the 2.75-in.-dia. guided rocket more effective at shooting down volleys of large numbers of one-way attack munitions.
Feb 16, 2026
Saudi Arabia will acquire four Leonardo C-27J airlifters for maritime patrol, giving the kingdom a fixed-wing maritime patrol capability for the first time.