Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis

Jun 11, 2020
In response to the novel coronavirus, the U.S. military was forced to think outside the box on how to produce pilots.
Jun 08, 2020
An inadvertent disclosure on an Army social media site reveals an advanced new concept already in flight testing.
Jun 03, 2020
China is reaping rewards from investment in air-to-air missiles, exports are beginning to follow.
Jun 02, 2020
Technology is rapidly shaping new generations of Western air-to-air missiles, as the need to outrange adversary weapons grows.
Jun 02, 2020
New experiments show the concept works, but is the "Arsenal Plane" the answer to the Air Force's capacity problem?
Jul 17, 2025
The Israeli government says it is “significantly” expediting purchase of Arrow air and missile defense interceptors after heavily expending such missiles against weapons fired by Iran and the Houthis.
Jul 17, 2025
BAE Systems says it has fired precision weapons from a large quadcopter UAS to show how the combination can be used against drones and ground targets.
Jul 16, 2025
A U.S.-made copy of Iran’s Shahed loitering munition highlighted a display of 18 drones and loitering munitions at the Pentagon.
Jul 16, 2025
Airbus says it has signed an agreement with Kratos to offer a version of the XQ-58A Valkyrie for potential German Air Force use before the end of the decade.
Jul 16, 2025
Anduril flew another round of powered flight tests for the Barracuda-100M, a proposed long-range alternative to the Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire.
Jul 15, 2025
Germany has sent a letter of request to the Pentagon to buy Typhon ground-launched, long-range strike systems, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says.
Jul 14, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron plans for a hike in the country’s defense spending to respond to the growing threat perception.
Jul 11, 2025
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) wants to cancel its Space-based Kill Assessment (SKA) experiment in favor of higher priority Pentagon investment.