Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Mar 16, 2021
Russia, China and France are developing or have deployed hypersonic glide vehicles with nuclear warheads, unlike the U.S.
Mar 15, 2021
When budgets tighten, one-shot missiles cannot match the power projection of fighters and bombers.
Mar 08, 2021
A new project intended to augment U.S. battle control centers gives NORAD more time to update its North Warning System.
Feb 26, 2021
Digital manufacturing trend yields new experimental, air-launched UAS at Lockheed’s rapid prototyping house.
Feb 18, 2021
SOCOM plans Armed Overwatch buy; GBSD moves past initial review; GE engine to power Italian helo and Denmark bolsters Arctic defenses.
Jan 21, 2026
The U.S. Navy now plans to brief industry on a concept for a new family of ship-launched ballistic missiles in February.
Jan 21, 2026
Washington has approved Singapore’s request to acquire four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and Mk. 54 Mod 0 lightweight torpedoes.
Jan 20, 2026
The hedge fund Elliott Investment Management has made a “significant” investment in hypersonic flight company Stratolaunch.
Jan 20, 2026
Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ new surface-to-surface missile (SSM) program has entered an advanced flight-test phase.
Jan 17, 2026
The Israeli-designed Hero-90 became the first man-portable loitering munition to advance in the U.S. Army’s competition for the LASSO contract.
Jan 16, 2026
The U.S. Air Force soon will ask companies to propose new ideas for long-range hypersonic weapons that can be demonstrated rapidly.
Jan 16, 2026
Lockheed Martin has unveiled initial details of a comprehensive hypersonic missile defense system developed under a secretive initiative dubbed Pitch Black.
Jan 15, 2026
Parsons Corporation, a provider of technology solutions to the defense sector, has acquired Altamira Technologies from venture capital firm ClearSky.