Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Feb 21, 2020
Russian Naval aircraft’s first flight; Space Force to integrate MILsatcom; F/A-18s tested in Finland; and Turkey’s armed drone.
Feb 20, 2020
DARPA fiscal 2019 budget request targets new weapons and communications concepts for contested environments.
Feb 20, 2020
How lawmakers and the administration are responding to the most surprising proposals in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2021 budget request.
Feb 18, 2020
Next-Generation Interceptors could be emplaced in the ground by the end of the decade.
Feb 17, 2020
Securing German funding for Future Combat Air System demonstrators is seen as a “decisive” milestone, but Berlin’s political inertia could affect momentum.
Sep 15, 2024
The Houthi missile did not appear to be intercepted over Israeli territory after slipping through Israel’s long-range ballistic missile defenses.
Sep 13, 2024
The British government has awarded BAE Systems a £60 million ($78 million) contract to develop a more capable version of the Sting Ray torpedo.
Sep 13, 2024
The NATO SeaSparrow Consortium has awarded BAE Systems Australia a contract to increase the production of Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) Blk. 2 components.
Sep 12, 2024
A Raytheon/Northrop Grumman team tested an advanced solid rocket motor featuring a propellant grain geometry optimized for long-range, hypersonic missiles.
Sep 12, 2024
A request for information (RFI) calls for demonstrating a prototype of the eXtended Range Counter-sUAS (XRC) missile within five years of a contract award .
Sep 10, 2024
The Air Force and U.S. Navy have fielded the latest version of the missile.
Sep 10, 2024
Leonardo and WB aim to cooperate on autonomous air systems and loitering munitions equipped with artificial intelligence and swarm capabilities.
Sep 10, 2024
Newly-released documents reveal plans for a series of experimental flight tests to assess potential upgrades to the Northrop Grumman LGM-35 Sentinel ICBM.