Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Jun 29, 2022
A U.S. Space Force mission scheduled to launch June 30 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will kick start a three-year experiment to test a missile warning and tracking satellite prototype.
Jun 28, 2022
Berlin wants to have an electronic attack and escort jamming capability ready before the end of the decade to meet a NATO commitment.
Jun 24, 2022
A secret contract award to Israel Aerospace industries on June 13 starts a three-year program to field “Standoff In” capabilities.
Jun 20, 2022
Trials will measure ability to handle applications such as a long-range artillery shell and a Mach 4 air-launched missile.
Jun 13, 2022
NASA takes on UAP study; Three-way weapon competition; Gray Wolf development slows; AFRL building “virtual range” for directed energy
Sep 17, 2025
Iron Beam prime contractor Rafael, along with the Israeli Air Force and the Directorate of Defense Research & Development, have completed weeks of testing in southern Israel.
Sep 17, 2025
British-made alternative to the StormBreaker small diameter glide bomb.
Sep 17, 2025
Denmark is to acquire long-range precision weapons in a bid to strengthen the country’s security in the face of the new regional threat, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen says.
Sep 17, 2025
Atmos Space Cargo is expanding its focus on the defense market, floating the idea of using its capsule to allow military users to rapidly deploy missiles from space.
Sep 16, 2025
Raytheon is internally testing the addition of an air-breathing propulsion system to its air- and ground-launched GBU-53/B StormBreaker.
Sep 16, 2025
The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon recently set a new record for longest AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile shot by a fifth-generation fighter.
Sep 16, 2025
A new layer of high-altitude platforms carrying optical tracking sensors could be added to the U.S. missile defense architecture in the future.
Sep 15, 2025
The Swedish developers of a low-cost anti-drone effector are working on a longer-range loitering munition capable of engaging targets beyond line of sight.