Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Feb 18, 2021
SOCOM plans Armed Overwatch buy; GBSD moves past initial review; GE engine to power Italian helo and Denmark bolsters Arctic defenses.
Feb 17, 2021
Developed for the fighter community, Leonardo’s BriteCloud expendable decoy may now find a niche in protecting UAS.
Feb 15, 2021
Vympel is funding research into a continuation of a short-range missile project shelved decades ago.
Feb 11, 2021
Although pockmarked with failures, cruise missile development is accelerating across the world.
Feb 11, 2021
Review of UH-60 crashes sought; Northrop to participate in AAR studies; Boeing wins Harpoon contract; and DARPA’s LongShot.
Jul 17, 2025
Germany and the UK have agreed to deepen their defense ties, including better harmonizing equipment export policy.
Jul 17, 2025
Switzerland says its delivery of Patriot air defense equipment will be late because the U.S. Defense Department is prioritizing shipments to Ukraine.
Jul 17, 2025
The Israeli government has agreed to seek 42 billion shekels ($12.5 billion) for 2025-26 to cover costs associated with recent rounds of fighting.
Jul 17, 2025
The Israeli government says it is “significantly” expediting purchase of Arrow air and missile defense interceptors after heavily expending such missiles against weapons fired by Iran and the Houthis.
Jul 17, 2025
BAE Systems says it has fired precision weapons from a large quadcopter UAS to show how the combination can be used against drones and ground targets.
Jul 16, 2025
A U.S.-made copy of Iran’s Shahed loitering munition highlighted a display of 18 drones and loitering munitions at the Pentagon.
Jul 16, 2025
Airbus says it has signed an agreement with Kratos to offer a version of the XQ-58A Valkyrie for potential German Air Force use before the end of the decade.
Jul 16, 2025
Anduril flew another round of powered flight tests for the Barracuda-100M, a proposed long-range alternative to the Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire.