Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Germany has awarded Airbus a contract to equip 23 A400M transport aircraft with Elbit Systems' directed infrared countermeasures system.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
Attacking enemy airfields is a decades-old military objective, but new drone technology and special warfare tactics amplify the threat.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force's top officer saying the AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon is expected to get procurement funding.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
X-Bow Systems is the latest erstwhile launch startup to sharpen its focus on missile defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The German parliament’s budget committee has given the green light for the country to acquire Kongsberg Joint Strike Missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK is mulling a nuclear sharing role in NATO amid a strategic defense overhaul.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Spain has canceled a €285 million ($325.8 million) purchase of anti-tank missiles from Israel.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the first batch of projects under the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Teasing the long-awaited Strategic Defense Review to be published June 2, UK Defense Secretary John Healey said the UK needs to bolster its defense industrial base.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Navy researchers are surveying industry for airborne vehicles equipped with radio frequency emitters that are tuned to fool the seekers of anti-ship missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Finland says it is spearheading an EU effort to apply quantum technology to make PNT programs more jam-resistant and to enhance missile warning.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Germany has pledged an additional €5 billion ($5.65 billion) to aid Ukraine’s defenses and boost the country’s ability to strike at long-range against Russia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A $61 billion price tag for Canada to participate in the Golden Dome air and missile defense system came as a surprise to Canadian national security leaders.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Israel Defense Ministry says its military has engaged “scores of enemy threats” using a high-power laser.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to sign an accord to join a European rearmament plan in a move to diversify its defense portfolio beyond the U.S.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s nascent attempt to field a low-cost, long-range air-to-air missile is targeting integration on its Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Golden Dome air and missile defense shield could transform the defense relationship between the U.S. and Canada.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Hanwha Systems has won a $40 million contract from South Korea's Agency for Defense Development to develop a new multi-function radar for its L-SAM-II.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
Northrop Grumman is offering its Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System to Japan as Tokyo kicks off plans to upgrade the JADGE system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has provided the strongest hint yet that his country will provide KEPD 350 Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and ATLA are preparing to conduct a second at-sea test of the country's developmental railgun in June.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Editors discuss the pricey Golden Dome program and how the DOD is rebalancing its spending, cutting back in other areas like Army aviation modernization.
Check 6

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Army researchers have revealed an experimental air defense interceptor powered by a dual-cycle, rocket-ramjet propulsion system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The House of Representatives on May 22 barely passed President Donald Trump’s extensive spending package, which includes a $150 billion plus-up in DOD spending.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Poland plans to buy around 1,400 Boeing GBU-39/B Small-Diameter Bombs (SDB), Warsaw and Washington say.
Missile Defense & Weapons