Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Jun 26, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Jun 22, 2020
An AESA radar has been in Eurofighter road map for more than a decade, but partner nations have been reluctant to make the investment.
Jun 19, 2020
U.S. Navy fixes EMALS issue; AARGM-ER clears design review; Germany reviews P-3 replacements; China’s quantum key advancement.
Jun 18, 2020
Satellites and interceptors for hypersonic defense are in development, but fielding strategy remains mostly unfunded.
Jun 17, 2020
Tokyo will not countenance the risk of boosters from anti-ballistic-missile interceptors falling on civilian land.
Dec 08, 2025
The U.S. Space Force is seeking prototype proposals for space-based interceptors.
Dec 08, 2025
South Korea has approved a KRW65.8 trillion ($45 billion) defense budget for 2026, a 7.5% year-on-year increase.
Dec 07, 2025
Gen. Michael Guetlein, Golden Dome program director, said the first batch of contracts for space-based interceptor technology were awarded in November.
Dec 06, 2025
The Office of Management and Budget director said the administration views reconciliation as a strategy to fund key defense needs outside of an appropriations process that requires 60 votes in the Senate.
Dec 05, 2025
The California hypersonic missile startup is increasing its overall capital war chest to $464.5 million since emerging from stealth mode nearly two years ago.
Dec 05, 2025
The Royal Thai Air Force has awarded Israel Aerospace Industries a contract for its Integrated Air Defense System program, according to a Thai government document seen by Aviation Week.
Dec 05, 2025
South Korea has kicked off development of its indigenous Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile-II (SRAAM-II).
Dec 05, 2025
Australia will begin in-country production of Lockheed Martin’s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles as a new production line opens.