Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis

Sep 25, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Sep 18, 2020
Aviation Week editors discuss the roots of the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance program, its use of digital engineering to speed development and some of the obstacles it may face in the future.
Sep 11, 2020
The Netherlands has begun to hunt for a new medium-range air defense system to replace its Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System II.
Sep 11, 2020
Saab’s new air-launched decoy missile leans heavily on Finnish telecommunications expertise.
Sep 11, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Oct 26, 2023
The site selection for the $33 million facility comes three years after Raytheon and Rafael announced plans to establish a U.S. domestic manufacturing center.
Oct 26, 2023
The test countered the threat of salvo attacks by a growing Chinese arsenal that includes anti-ship DF-21 ballistic missiles and subsonic YJ-83 cruise missiles.
Oct 25, 2023
IAI is maintaining commitments to its international customers of Israeli weapon systems despite prioritizing Israeli military needs.
Oct 24, 2023
Boeing and Brisbane-based Ferra Engineering have agreed to extend their JDAM wing kit partnership through 2028.
Oct 24, 2023
The UK has been OK’d to purchase up to 3,000 Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM) to equip its new Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.
Oct 19, 2023
A U.S. destroyer downed three missiles and several drones fired from Yemen that were heading north, amid an uptick in such attacks throughout the Middle East,
Oct 19, 2023
China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force may be developing an intercontinental conventional ballistic missile capability, the Pentagon warns.
Oct 19, 2023
German lawmakers have approved the final and largest tranche of spending for the country’s purchase of the Israeli Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system.