Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Boost-phase missile defense challenges the historic model for space-based interceptors, but a startup is proposing a possible thrust-based solution.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
With the Israeli and U.S. air campaign against Iran entering its sixth day, a phase may be emerging: a hunt for Shahed drone launchers.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Kim Minseok
The South Korean-developed KM-SAM Block II surface-to-air missile has made its combat debut with the United Arab Emirates military.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Brian Everstine
Iran demonstrated that it retained the ability to threaten its neighboring countries as fighting with the U.S. and Israel stretched into a sixth day.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Air Force officials started looking for alternatives to the service’s next-generation anti-radiation missile on March 4.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
Air Force Global Strike Command conducted its latest test of an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM on March 4.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The UK has kicked off the search for a counter-uncrewed air system (C-UAS) system for use on Royal Navy vessels.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
The U.S. and Israel were hunting the vestiges of Iran’s ballistic missile and drone inventory as the fighting stretched into a fifth day.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Sierra Nevada Corporation and startup Specter Aerospace plan to develop and flight test a supersonic ramjet-powered cruise missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Thales says the ability to quickly deliver the Eurosam SAMP/T NG could give the air and missile defense system an edge over the rival Raytheon Patriot system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Vivienne Machi, Guy Norris
Listen in as editors reflect on program updates and other highlights from the AFA Warfare Symposium.
Check 6

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The U.S. and Israeli military operation against Iran was starting to show signs of supply strains as it stretched into a fourth day of fighting.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A Brazilian company will launch studies for an air-launched variant of an anti-ship cruise missile for the Brazilian navy.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is shopping for a “novel launcher” to support a new generation of interceptors.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Air Force has initiated its plan to reactivate a wind tunnel capable of testing hypersonic vehicles and engines.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency on March 2 released details of a new, long-range, air-launched cruise missile employed by the Russian air force.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
France will grow its nuclear weapons stockpile and open deterrence exercises to European neighbors, President Emmanuel Macron has said.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A group of competing defense contractors in the U.S. are jousting with each other to replace the venerable Patriot air defense missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne, Brian Everstine
The Israeli Air Force targets Iran as the U.S and Israel continue their combat operations against Iran into a second day.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A Hypersonix Launch Systems vehicle completed its first flight late on Feb. 27, propelled to Mach 5-plus speeds by a Rocket Lab HASTE rocket.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Ukraine tests domestically produced FP-7 ballistic missile with 200 km range for border strikes against Russian forces.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army has launched a bidding process for the Future Interceptor (FI) contract award.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A nearly $50 million contract award from the U.S. Navy will field an early version of the low-cost Blackbeard missile by November 2027.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
There are signs Russia’s most costly conflict since World War II is taking a toll on the war machine, but opinions are split on Moscow’s ability to sustain it.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
An electronic warfare payload for a new class of high-altitude balloons is moving forward after a six-month pause for the U.S. Army to review the requirements.
Missile Defense & Weapons