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 16, 2026
France Picks MBDA-Safran Team For Rocket System
Jun 16, 2026
An MBDA-led European effort to create a hypersonic glide vehicle to inform the development of a hypersonic interceptor also will support research on hypersonic deep strike capabilities as well.
Jun 16, 2026
Safran and Edge Group signed said they have agreed around a joint venture to work on the French manufacturer’s Hammer precision weapon.
Jun 16, 2026
The French government has named a team of MBDA and Safran as the preferred bidder to develop a 150-km-range rocket artillery system.
Jun 16, 2026
The team of ArianeGroup, Soframe and Thales developing the X-Fire rocket system says they plan to offer conventional ballistic missile strike capability to engage targets at up to 2,500 km.
Jun 16, 2026
Australian counter-drone specialist Electro Optic Systems is nearing a contract to launch the highest-power version yet of its Apollo high-energy laser system.
Jun 16, 2026
Elbit Systems’ plan to equip the Israeli Air Force and potentially others with airborne high-power lasers is starting to take shape.
Jun 15, 2026
Diehl Defense and Spanish Missile Systems have agreed to continue their relationship should their hypersonic defense weapon concept be selected for the next step in an EU-funded program.