Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Jul 13, 2026
Kongsberg is setting expansion plans for its newly acquired U.S. business Zone 5, looking for European partners to set up production capacity.
Jul 10, 2026
The U.S. Army has kicked off a competition to build an interceptor with a goal of testing within the next several months and possibly fielding it within a year.
Jul 10, 2026
The U.S. Marine Corps on June 30 successfully test-fired its new mobile medium-range air defense system in an exercise at the service’s newest base.
Jul 10, 2026
Turkey has begun talks with Russia to enable it to sell on the controversial S-400 air defense system, the purchase of which got it banished from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.
Jul 10, 2026
Ukraine will try to develop a missile defense system with performance similar to the U.S. Patriot but with an eye on easier interceptor production.
Jul 10, 2026
Australia and the U.S. have conducted the first live-fire test of a new medium-range surface-to-air missile system based on the RTX Standard Missile-2.
Jul 10, 2026
In a sign of the times, NATO gets its new flagship aircraft not from the U.S. but from a Swedish system based on a Canadian platform.
Jul 09, 2026
The Pentagon has funded nLIGHT Defense and Lockheed Martin Aculight to build laser systems to defend against next-generation cruise missiles and uncrewed aircraft systems.