Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Oct 16, 2020
Upgrades are underway for carrier aircraft as Stratolaunch prepares to offer hypersonic test capability from 2022 onward.
Oct 15, 2020
Extended-range GMLRS to enter flight tests; AH-1W next steps; Dutch to hunt for airlifter in 2021; Philippines receive A-29s.
Oct 13, 2020
Hypersonic Production Accelerator Facility would dramatically cut costs and schedule for scramjet propulsion, study says.
Oct 09, 2020
France to replace Rafales; SDA awards tracking layer contracts; Russian airlifter delayed; and Boeing WGS clears PDR.
Oct 07, 2020
The Army’s next scout aircraft will be an air-launched effect that could enter service six years before the FARA.
Aug 14, 2025
The Missile Defense Agency is targeting a new launcher for Golden Dome under layer interceptors to be operational within two years.
Aug 13, 2025
Ursa Major and BAE Systems have completed static fires of the extended-range APKWS variant.
Aug 13, 2025
The MDA has released a solicitation for a new southern-facing radar to be operational within three years to support the Golden Dome for America missile shield.
Aug 13, 2025
Elbit CEO Bezhalel Machlis has shed further light on the company’s work to turn the Iron Beam ground-based counter-drone laser system into an airborne application.
Aug 12, 2025
Global Technical Systems unveiled the unnamed missile in an Aug. 7 post on LinkedIn.
Aug 11, 2025
Elbit Systems has secured new orders for air-launched munitions from Israel. A government official says the contract ensures “self-sufficiency in a challenging period.”
Aug 08, 2025
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has reached the acceptance and certification phase of the latest update to its Standard Missile 6 Sea-Based Terminal system.
Aug 07, 2025
Electro Optic Systems is close to securing a second order for its 100-kW-class counter-drone laser system, CEO Andreas Schwer says.