Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis

Mar 20, 2026
The record-high defense top line is intended to grow aircraft fleets, increase munition buys and bolster missile defenses.
Mar 20, 2026
The phones are ringing at defense companies from governments urgently seeking more weapons. Often, they are being put on hold.
Mar 18, 2026
European defense companies see a pot of gold under missile defense dome developments.
Mar 17, 2026
Aviation Week editors Robert Wall and Steve Trimble discuss the evolution and future of laser weapons that are now getting their first battlefield kills.
Mar 17, 2026
Pittsburgh-based Near Earth is flight-testing its modular autonomy system in a Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk.
Jun 10, 2026
Momentum is building with Diehl Defense for a potential integration of its IRIS-T short-range air-to-air missile on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Jun 10, 2026
Helsing unveiled an electronic attack version of the in-development CA-1 Europa collaborative combat aircraft (CCA), promising to have the jammer ready in 2031.
Jun 10, 2026
Aviation Week talks to Harald Buschek, Chief Program Officer, Diehl Defence, about the enhanced capabilities of the new IRIS-T SLS Mk.4 ground-based air defense system.
Jun 10, 2026
Kongsberg completed the acquisition of a 90% stake of Zone 5 Technologies, a maker of low-cost cruise and interceptor missiles already in large-scale production.
Jun 10, 2026
Rafael would produce its Iron Dome air and missile defense system in Germany if Berlin opts to buy the system, company CEO Yoav Tourgeman says.
Jun 10, 2026
Rohde & Schwarz is getting into the increasingly contested market for laser-based counter-drone system.
Jun 09, 2026
Diehl Defense has revealed a mobile launcher for its ground-launched IRIS-T missile that will be capable of firing the weapon on the move.
Jun 09, 2026
A French Air Force Dassault Rafale downed a drone that entered Latvian airspace, marking the second shootdown of a UAS in the Baltic states in recent weeks.