Missile Defense & Weapons

Iran’s Air Force has for the first time the demonstrated combat capabilities of its Russian-made Yak-130 trainers.

The Pentagon will likely increase its focus and spending on systems that so far have yet to show many tangible results.

The country’s defense materiel agency, FMV, has been commissioned to acquire the missile from Germany.

An air-launched variant of the HF-3 anti-ship missile broke cover after an AIDC F-CK-1 fighter jet was photographed carrying a pair at an unspecified airbase.

A new kind of air vehicle is entering the U.S. military arsenal, capable of performing several roles including strike, reconnaissance and target decoy duties.

The Airbus CEO says talks with Leonardo and Thales to fix an overcapacity problem in European satellite development and production could lead to creating a combined entity modeled on missile-maker MBDA.

Former small-satellite launch company ABL Space Systems has rebranded to Long Wall as part of a wider transformation to focus on missile defense.

Edge Group Chairman Faisal Al Bannai says the company’s defense export ambitions could still reach a major milestone this year with more than half of bookings coming from abroad.

Raytheon and other companies attended an industry day in Huntsville, Alabama, on Feb. 18.

BAE Systems’ acquisition of Ball Aerospace will help position the company for a potential role on the proposed Iron Dome for America missile defense project.

Saab and Hensoldt have signed a vague agreement to consider joint efforts in aircraft self-protection.

MBDA is pushing to complete development of a new diamond-shaped loitering munition in the next 18 months to two years to meet burgeoning demand.

Raytheon and the U.S. Army are in talks with potential export buyers of the Coyote counter-drone system, the company says.

The International Organization for Standardization container-based air defense system is called Gravehawk.

Hanwha Systems is starting to push its L-SAM upper-tier air and missile defense system into the export market.

Rafael is introducing a new laser air defense system, offering a mobile version of its Iron Beam.

“I need additional supply chains. I need additional manufacturing sites,” Lockheed Martin's Tim Cahill says here in Abu Dhabi.

The picture shows two LRAMs carried on outboard pylons of a Bell AH-1Z Viper test aircraft.

“We need more than eyes in space. We need spies in space,” says Andrius Kubilius, the first European commissioner for defense and space.

Indonesia's Republikorp has signed joint venture agreements with Turkey's Baykar and Roketsan which could lead to production in the Southeast Asian nation.

European artificial intelligence company Helsing says it will supply 6,000 of its new HX-2 attack uncrewed air systems (UAS) to Ukraine.

New French and Israeli air-launched weapons could enter the Indian inventory following agreements with state-owned Bharat Dynamics and Bharat Electronics.

The Australian Defense Department has awarded a contract to CEA Technologies to build 14 phased array radars (MMPAR).

The interceptors involved could include the Standard Missile, Patriot and Theater High Altitude Area Defense programs.

Despite uncertainty about the shape of the defense budget under the Trump administration, overseas markets are expected to outpace the U.S. in the near term.