Missile Defense & Weapons

By Kim Minseok
South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration unveiled the development plan and concept design for the Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile-II (SRAAM-II).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Warsaw and London are opening a joint program office in support of Polish air defense programs being supplied by the UK.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Israel has signed an agreement with state-owned Rafael for additional Iron Dome interceptors, drawing on $8.7 billion in extra funding from the U.S.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK government has been working with Denmark on a new ground-based air defense system for Ukraine called Gravehawk.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine, Vivienne Machi
Survivability and increased standoff head the list of priorities for long-term Air Force modernization.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Anduril plans to start delivering munitions and drones in mid-2026 from a new “Arsenal” mass production plant near Columbus, Ohio.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Washington has cleared the way for Japan to acquire more extended-range Lockheed Martin AGM-158B/B-2 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM-ER).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Boeing F-15s are getting anti-ship standoff weapons as the Air Force looks to use machine learning to improve tracking of targets at sea.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Jan. 14 announcement did not identify the vehicle, but it is likely the Kratos Erinyes hypersonic glider.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The MOD is asking industry for ideas to field a low-observable vessel for Ukraine that could be used to strike targets at a range of up to 100 km (62 mi.).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Defense Innovation Board (DIB) is calling for the U.S. to act with greater urgency to field uncrewed systems to make up ground lost to competitors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Colorado-based Numerica is known for its air and missile defense capabilities, which it says are “used in critical defense systems worldwide.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The head of the Indian Air Force is calling for more domestic private sector competition to drive greater success in fielding equipment locally.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
LRASM is already integrated on the U.S. Air Force’s B-1B Lancer and the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Anduril plans to raise annual capacity at the facility by tenfold to more than 6,000 solid rocket motors for tactical missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Development of the new missiles follows the introduction of weapons with a range of 800 km into the national inventory.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Israel has signed agreements with Elbit Systems for the purchase of air-launched weapons and to support local advanced production of energetics.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
North Korea has conducted its first missile test in 2025, claiming it was an intermediate-range ballistic missile topped by a hypersonic glide vehicle.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
If all options are exercised under the $1.45 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity award, it would represent the company’s largest award.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Elbit Systems says it has secured a $60 million contract for counter-uncrewed air system (C-UAS) equipment from an undisclosed buyer.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. State Department has approved a $3.6 billion AIM-120 Amraam package to Japan, in what will be one of the largest foreign exports of the missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Kendall took over as the service’s top civilian in 2021 and will leave office in the next few weeks.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Israeli Defense Ministry has set up a new research unit to focus on AI and autonomy while also ramping up production of Arrow-3 missile interceptors.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The deal is the largest ever between the two countries, Israel said in announcing the finalization of the purchase on Dec. 24.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The move is the latest sign that Western countries are working to boost the output of critical munitions.
Missile Defense & Weapons