Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis

Aug 10, 2022
The U.S. Air Force is planning one more major test of the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon this year after multiple recent successes.
Aug 10, 2022
The scheduled deliveries of the first live Dark Eagle missiles are set to occur nearly a year before the final qualification test, underscoring the urgency of the effort to loosely match China's DF-17.
Aug 09, 2022
A Boeing/Nammo team has completed the first long-range test of a ramjet-powered, 155 mm artillery shell launched by a howitzer, the U.S. manufacturer announced on Aug. 9 at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium here.
Aug 09, 2022
The impact of inflation, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages are causing defense companies to submit “almost unaffordable” proposals for weapons contracts, the U.S. Army’s missile buyer says.
Aug 08, 2022
The Biden administration has announced another $1 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Aug 08, 2022
A cloud of suspicion hovers over aeronautical scientists in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
Aug 04, 2022
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has fired “multiple” Dongfeng-series ballistic missiles toward Taiwan as part of a three-day exercise intended to impose maximum military pressure on the island following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Aug 04, 2022
In anticipation of potential surface threats from China, the Japanese government will fast-track the research of an improved Type-12 anti-ship missile using a so-called “agile development” method. The aim is to bring forward serial production from fiscal 2026 to as early as 2023.