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.
Jan 12, 2026
Israel has rarely shied away from defense industrial challenges, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to wean the country off U.S. military financing support sets the bar at a new level.
Jan 12, 2026
Sweden is planning to invest a further $1.6 billion in air defense capability focused on protecting cities and civilian infrastructure.
Jan 12, 2026
The UK says its effort to rapidly develop a conventional ballistic missile under the recently launched Project Nightfall is aimed at arming Ukraine.
Jan 12, 2026
Europe should establish a European Security Council to bolster its defense posture, Defense and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius argues.
Jan 09, 2026
The U.S. Space Force has awarded military space launches worth $739 million to SpaceX to support future missions for the Space Development Agency and NRO.
Jan 09, 2026
The Indian government says its efforts to develop a homegrown air-breathing hypersonic missile have advanced with a recent ground test.
Jan 08, 2026
The U.S. Army is looking for a company to integrate a new air- and ground-launched loitering munition to take out air defenses at medium range.
Jan 08, 2026
An industry team made up of some of the biggest names in European missile development has secured funding to develop a hypersonic glide vehicle demonstrator.