Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
The recently unveiled, though notional, Quartet Interceptor provides clues as to how some missile-defense architectures may evolve.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A return to peer-to-peer competition has shifted priorities for the Army’s intelligence branch.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Marine Corps proposes a massive force structure shift, the largest for the amphibious force in nearly two decades.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift program has focused on future rotorcraft, but GA-ASI pursues the MQ-1C role for Advanced UAS.
Defense

By William Garvey
“Anybody with enough money can buy one.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Hybrid-electric turbine-based combined-cycle concept under evaluation for U.S. Navy hypersonic applications and commercial developments.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Despite COVID-19 Britain is undertaking its biggest defense and foreign policy review since Cold War.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The March 19 test means the technology can transition into weapon systems development for the Army and Navy, the Pentagon says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
A new, low-cost turbojet designed to power future generations of swarming cruise missiles has completed flight testing, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced on March 19.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Daniel Urchick, Matthew Jouppi
A look at military requirements across the continent that may translate into orders over the next decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is planning for its Poland-based Aegis Ashore complex to be operational by 2022, four years later than originally planned.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Marine Corps has opted to pursue an unmanned family-of-systems instead of having one large expensive air vehicle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed wants BAE to design and manufacture a new generation of infrared seekers for THAAD.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Advanced ICBMs drive faster schedule, but can MDA deliver?
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The terse reference in a written submission by Navy officials to the House Armed Services Committee on March 11 also likely offers the first proof that the SM-6 Block 1B remains in development.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jen DiMascio
Where weapons exports are going; Russian mercenaries hit U.S. UAS; Rocket Lab’s next NRO launch; and a Sea Venom Trial.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A series of requests for information to industry since last fall has generated proposals to accelerate the current, 10-year schedule.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Boeing has started delivering a new version of the Joint Direct Attack Munition tail kit with improved resistance to GPS jamming.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Russian private military company used a “sophisticated Russian air defense system,” according to U.S. Africa Command chief Gen. Stephen Townsend's testimony to the HASC.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
“Soon we will release an inaugural doctrine” for the Space Force, Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said March 10 in Washington.
Space

By Tony Osborne
MBDA says it has completed the first qualification firing trial of its Anglo-French Sea Venom/Anti-Navire Leger anti-ship missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A top F-35 program official shared an operational anecdote highlighting the aircraft’s latent capability against surface-to-air missile systems.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The design is for a considerable aircraft with a span of 16 m. But funding is needed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Key helicopter programs to protect new UK carriers are behind schedule, so race is on to get them ready for the first deployment.
Vertical Lift

By Jen DiMascio
Triton production halted; Maxar sees geospatial services growth: FAA certifies training simulator and issues with nuclear modernization.
Budget, Policy & Operations