Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Oct 02, 2020
Doubling Reaper’s firepower; Rats undermine Triton comms; Will Kazakhstan buy A400Ms?; and Russia receives new Mi-28s.
Sep 29, 2020
The U.S. Air Force is taking a holistic view to defining the tanker fleet that will follow the KC-46 into production.
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.
Nov 04, 2025
Russia has started developing a Mach 3 nuclear-powered cruise missile that can be upgraded to hypersonic speed.
Oct 31, 2025
The 50-kW-class Enduring–High-Energy Laser (E-HEL) program will host a series of live demonstrations for interested contractors at Dugway Proving Ground.
Oct 31, 2025
Legislators in South Africa’s Parliament were recently told the South African Air Force (SAAF) was receiving a long-awaited short-range air-to-air missile for its Saab Gripen fighter jets.
Oct 31, 2025
Norway is spending NOK1 billion ($99 million) to enhance its Nasams surface-to-air missile capability.
Oct 28, 2025
The French government has declared the latest iteration of its M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile is ready for operational service.
Oct 27, 2025
Polish defense company PGZ has teamed up with Anduril to potentially produce the latter’s Barracuda low-cost cruise missile in Poland.
Oct 27, 2025
Castelion announced Oct. 24 it has received multiple contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic weapon system onto existing U.S. Army and Navy platforms.
Oct 27, 2025
Russia has completed another test of a cruise missile powered by a nuclear propulsion system, but Western experts remain unimpressed.