Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis

Apr 30, 2020
After a late start, European industry is moving to close gap on high-speed missiles.
Apr 29, 2020
New airlifters, helicopters are bolstering German defense capabilities, but plans for fighters and ISR platforms have yet to gather pace.
Apr 27, 2020
Norway and U.S. close cooperation on missiles and propulsion is expanding into the near-hypersonic regime.
Apr 27, 2020
U.S. Air Force moves forward on LRSO and GBSD without a competitive bidding process.
Apr 23, 2020
How Lockheed exceeds expectations; Italians may buy AW169; U.S. Air Force fuel-saving solution; Russia studies light fighter.
Aug 25, 2025
U.S. Navy officials canceled the service’s high-speed, air-launched, anti-ship missile program but not the goal of a missile that can defeat modern air defenses
Aug 25, 2025
York Space Systems has delivered 21 satellites ahead of the first launch of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Aug 24, 2025
The U.S. Navy's sixth-generation fighter program, F/A-XX, appears to regain momentum as service officials say they are ready for a downselect.
Aug 22, 2025
The U.S. Space Force plans to solicit prototype designs for space-based interceptors around Sept. 5, an Aug. 21 notice says.
Aug 21, 2025
The British government says it is buying six additional MBDA Land Ceptor medium-range air defense systems to help counter uncrewed aircraft system and missile threats.
Aug 21, 2025
German defense engineering company AMDC says it has demonstrated the use of a first-person-view (FPV) interceptor to bring down a drone.
Aug 20, 2025
Lockheed Martin says it has successfully tested an inverse synthetic aperture radar automatically detecting and tracking maritime targets.
Aug 20, 2025
Indra next year plans to commence flight tests of a new self-protection suite for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft in its final configuration.