Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
New French and Israeli air-launched weapons could enter the Indian inventory following agreements with state-owned Bharat Dynamics and Bharat Electronics.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian Defense Department has awarded a contract to CEA Technologies to build 14 phased array radars (MMPAR).
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The interceptors involved could include the Standard Missile, Patriot and Theater High Altitude Area Defense programs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
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.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Nordic Air Defence (NAD) is developing the first in a family of modular interceptors that could engage rapidly proliferating small drone threats.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Researchers appeal for new aerial gunnery requirements to unlock development of hypersonic ammunition.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The alliance’s Allied Command Transformation has asked industry and academia for ideas to counter glide bombs as part of one of its innovation challenges.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The ministry says the Jan. 25 test validated the flight performance of the domestically produced standoff missile, which “performed as planned.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
French has conducted the first test firing of the long-range MBDA Akeron LP missile designed for use by the Tiger attack helicopter.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Elbit Systems says it has signed the contract for the German truck-mounted rocket system after beating out a Lockheed Martin/Rheinmetall team.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy says it has deployed a new long-range Qadr 380 anti-ship cruise missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Block II infrared search and track cleared the initial operational capability milestone three months ago.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Saab CEO Micael Johannson says the company sees “huge demand” for the 3D surveillance system and needs extra production capacity to keep pace.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
France’s defense materiel agency DGA has contracted Airbus in partnership with Thales for a further two-year risk-assessment study on the A321MPA.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
President Donald Trump kicked off the Iron Dome for America effort in a Jan. 27 executive order.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Washington has given Tokyo the green light to acquire a second batch of RTX SM-6 Blk. I missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Spain’s Satnus joint venture, established to develop autonomous remote carrier technologies for the European FCAS, has completed its first flight test campaign.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Trident IID5LE2 is expected to enter service in the 2030s on Columbia-class and future Royal Navy submarines as a virtually new long-range ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian Defense Department will spend A$650 million ($404 million) on another batch of extended-range Advaned Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM-ER).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
“The space-based part of this, I think it is not that useful or helpful in the end,” said Todd Harrison, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
A new executive order seeks to bolster national security by reviving and expanding a massive space- and ground-based missile defense system.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
After President Trump signed an executive order for “Iron Dome for America,” editors discuss how an idea that dates back to the Cold War could take shape today.
Check 6

By Tony Osborne
France’s Dassault Aviation has rolled out the first Rafale combat aircraft for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), two years before deliveries get underway.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Lightspeed Venture Partners led the $70 million Series A capital round.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Warsaw said it expects deliveries in 2029-35.
Missile Defense & Weapons