Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
France has tested a loitering attack munition it plans to ship to Ukraine, according to French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
MHI has begun developing collaborative combat aircraft which it hopes to mass produce by leveraging Mitsubishi's strong automobile industrial capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Service officials have maintained that a successful test of the missile is needed by the close of 2024 as it looks to field the weapon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon will need to work with the FAA on how to to use methods such as jamming and other electronic warfare in areas that are near civilian airspace.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The memorandum of understanding would allow Lockheed to establish a final assembly line between 2028 and 2030 for the tactical missile in the GMLRS.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Several companies participated in a “first-of-its-kind trial” to identify and demonstrate new capabilities for intercepting UAVs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Each family member is distinct in terms of shape and performance capabilities, a design artifact from their origins as targets for testing counter-UAS weapons.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Navy has missed a goal to declare initial operational capability for the Next-Generation Jammer’s mid-band system in the fiscal year just ended.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
Commercial electronics producers, including those in East Asia, could be vital to the U.S. war effort.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon announced the THAAD deployment on Oct. 13, stating that it will augment Israel’s integrated air defense system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
With CCA increasingly eyed for EW, Leonardo has developed a lightweight, low-cost, stand-in jamming capability that could help protect force packages.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
A market survey released on Oct. 10 by the MDA calls for industry to submit ideas for “low-cost interceptors.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The milestone was announced by the UK Defense Equipment and Support agency on Oct. 9.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Norwegian government has unveiled plans to expand rocket motor and other production capacities to meet its own demand as well as that of Ukraine and allies.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Latvia says it has adjusted its air surveillance equipment and shortened decision-making processes to respond to “hybrid threats” emanating from Moscow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The nearly $250 million order follows a deployment of the Roadrunner-M last January for an operational evaluation.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
France has conducted the first qualification launch of the Aster 30 B1NT air- and missile-defense interceptor as it targets entry into service in 2026.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
France is pressing ahead with efforts to field an enhanced standard of its Rafale multi-role fighter and pair it with an uncrewed combat aerial vehicle (UCAV).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan is scrapping its Advanced Defense Fighter program, saying the country’s military primes do not possess sufficiently matured technologies to proceed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
France plans to send Ukraine Dassault Mirage 2000 fighters in the first three months of 2025, says the country's Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Washington will reportedly in 2025 assess Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology's capabilities to assemble Raytheon FIM-92 Stingers.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
All three parties—including Leidos-owned Dynetics—followed the same path to introduce the GBU-69 Small Glide Munition (SGM) nearly a decade ago.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Belgium, Denmark and Romania had entered preliminary discussions as of December 2023.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Munitions Directorate wants information on booster rockets with a diameter up to 32 in. and length up to 275 in.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The manufacturer is flight-testing the AW249 attack helicopter to meet Italian Army and international needs.
Aircraft & Propulsion