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 11, 2026
France has announced the order for its next-generation nuclear cruise missile with MBDA, targeting service entry in 2035.
Jun 11, 2026
Consortium partners working on the European Hypersonic Defense Interceptor (HYDEF) project have settled on a single missile concept.
Jun 11, 2026
Germany is scrambling to quickly address a need for deep-strike weapons amid uncertainty about an earlier plan to rely on U.S. systems in the near term.
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.