Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Mar 18, 2021
UK Defense Review Provokes Backlash; China’s hypersonic ambitions; Yaogan-31 satellites launched; and Pentagon awards launch contract.
Mar 16, 2021
Russia, China and France are developing or have deployed hypersonic glide vehicles with nuclear warheads, unlike the U.S.
Mar 15, 2021
When budgets tighten, one-shot missiles cannot match the power projection of fighters and bombers.
Mar 08, 2021
A new project intended to augment U.S. battle control centers gives NORAD more time to update its North Warning System.
Feb 26, 2021
Digital manufacturing trend yields new experimental, air-launched UAS at Lockheed’s rapid prototyping house.
Jan 03, 2024
The award to Raytheon/MBDA joint venture Comlog will supply GEM-T missiles to Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, and Spain initially, although NATO says other Patriot users are expected “to benefit from the conditions of the contract.”
Dec 27, 2023
Japan will reportedly transfer an unspecified number of MIM-104 Patriot missiles to the U.S.
Dec 22, 2023
Ukraine’s allies need to make the war-torn nation’s ground-based air defenses sustainable, an Estonian defense report suggests.
Dec 21, 2023
German lawmakers have approved €3 billion ($3.3 billion) in spending for the procurement of some 1,900 missiles.
Dec 21, 2023
The U.S., Japan and South Korean militaries have activated a missile data sharing system to track and disseminate North Korean missile information in real time.
Dec 19, 2023
More details about France’s V-MAX hypersonic glider flight test have emerged.
Dec 18, 2023
There are two different levels of fire control tracks.
Dec 14, 2023
The Nov. 16 demonstration moves the GE project closer to a full-scale ground test in late 2025 of a unique new turbine-based combined cycle engine.