Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Jul 16, 2025
A plan to buy thousands of palletized missiles next year to be launched by airlifters introduces a new kind of weapon along with integration challenges.
Jul 11, 2025
The maker of the Predator and Reaper family of uncrewed aircraft systems now finds itself as the target of an industry newcomer, but GA-ASI is fighting back.
Jul 08, 2025
Missile defense has become an all-domain juggling act to handle low- to high-end threats.
Jul 04, 2025
A new leader, a funding plan and an architecture outline define the early steps toward Trump’s hawkish homeland defense plan.
Jul 04, 2025
The Defense Department’s latest budget plan goes all in on space-based moving-target tracking.
Feb 12, 2026
British defense startup Rotron Aerospace is being bought by U.S. autonomous systems maker Ondas.
Feb 12, 2026
Israel says it has completed a series of flight tests of Rafael’s David’s Sling air defense system to validate performance enhancements.
Feb 12, 2026
Italy’s ELT Group is planning to explore the potential for electromagnetic spectrum analysis and cyber intelligence gathering from orbit through an agreement with Italian space logistics company D-Orbit.
Feb 11, 2026
The U.S. tanker fleet aircraft needs a new kind of air-to-air interceptor that can shoot down incoming missiles, an Air Force official says.
Feb 11, 2026
Countries in the Middle East and North Africa have invested heavily in small arms, munitions and complex weapons over the past three years, with Aviation Week data making it the largest market segment after military aircraft.
Feb 10, 2026
Türkiye’s Steel Dome - the multi-layered air defense system managed by AI with comprehensive communication systems is taking shape.
Feb 10, 2026
European startup Hypersonica says it has successfully conducted its first hypersonic missile flight test as the company emerges from stealth.
Feb 10, 2026
Airbus says it will augment its space-based SAR imagery provision through a teaming agreement with Japan’s Synspective to boost resolution and revisit rates.