Sultan Al Morqi, managing director of Raytheon Saudi Arabia, talks with Arabian & African Aerospace.

German hypersonic vehicle developer Polaris says it has completed the first flight of a prototype of Cobra, its air-to-air missile-launch uncrewed air vehicle.

Shooting down the most advanced missile threats often requires interceptors tipped with kill vehicles, a costly subsystem now served by a limited U.S. supply chain.

U.S. defense startup Castelion will expand manufacturing capacity for a ballistic missile, accelerate development of a long-range hypersonic weapon and invest in new defensive interceptors after raising more than $1 billion in additional funding.

Switzerland now rates its long-range air defense project as “red,” warning it lacks the ability to get the effort back on track, while the quarterly assessment of major defense projects downgrades the risk level associated with the purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters.

Tiberius Aerospace says it is ramping up engineering work on its ramjet-powered Mach 3 Invictus strike missile.

High operations tempo, increasing threats drives a shifting strategy for air defenses and the systems the Army needs.

Denmark is asking local defense technology champion Terma to build a nationwide counter-drone system as European states grow increasingly anxious about illicit uncrewed aircraft system activity within their borders.