Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Aug 17, 2020
Companies will have to ramp up internal R&D spending to keep pace.
Aug 14, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aug 14, 2020
Readers write about NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, Japan’s Aegis Ashore plan and Boeing’s midmarket airplane strategy.
Aug 07, 2020
A two-year evaluation has coalesced into plans to field a sea-based interceptor as quickly as possible.
Aug 05, 2020
How the Air Force Research Laboratory has put autonomous technology at the forefront of future air warfare since 2017.
Sep 16, 2025
Raytheon is internally testing the addition of an air-breathing propulsion system to its air- and ground-launched GBU-53/B StormBreaker.
Sep 16, 2025
The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon recently set a new record for longest AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile shot by a fifth-generation fighter.
Sep 16, 2025
A new layer of high-altitude platforms carrying optical tracking sensors could be added to the U.S. missile defense architecture in the future.
Sep 15, 2025
The Swedish developers of a low-cost anti-drone effector are working on a longer-range loitering munition capable of engaging targets beyond line of sight.
Sep 15, 2025
Days after Russian drone incursions into Poland and Romania, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to NATO countries to invest in his country’s low-cost interceptors.
Sep 12, 2025
President Trump’s goal of a Golden Dome to protect against a broad range of threats to the homeland is likely to cost far more than originally advertised.
Sep 12, 2025
Copenhagen plans to acquire four SAMP/T batteries, as well as four batteries of medium-range systems, the Danish Ministry of Defense announced Sept. 12.
Sep 12, 2025
The French government has disclosed a development contract with ArianeGroup for a further evolution of its M51 ballistic missile.