Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
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.
Feb 12, 2020
Making airlifters and refuelers more survivable and capable emerges as new priority.
Jun 18, 2025
Tactical missile propulsion supplier X-Bow Systems came to the Paris Air Show this year to seek options for a European manufacturing partner.
Jun 18, 2025
A low-end collaborative combat aircraft designed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works entered captive-carry testing within the last few weeks.
Jun 18, 2025
French armament procurement agency DGA has selected Daher as one of five companies to fly a medium-altitude, long-endurance demonstrator for uncrewed ops.
Jun 18, 2025
Diehl and Safran have agreed to work together on development of light modular air-to-ground munitions, the companies said at the Paris Air Show.
Jun 18, 2025
Anduril has teamed up with Rheinmetall to co-develop and potentially co-produce autonomous air vehicles and munitions with the U.S. company marketing to Europe.
Jun 17, 2025
Airbus says talks are underway on how to evolve the Eurodrone program in terms of missions and participants, in part to reflect lessons from current conflicts.
Jun 17, 2025
Diehl says it would expand work with defense electronics specialist Hensoldt to evolve its air and missile defense equipment as battlefield requirements change.
Jun 16, 2025
Russia has conducted large-scale trials of new laser systems against UAVs, the country’s government reported June 13.