Missile Defense & Weapons

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

By Steve Trimble
Though the order is entitled “The Iron Dome for America,” the details of the concept extend far beyond Israel’s Iron Dome system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on “Iron Dome for America.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said the country would welcome Saudi Arabia into the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP).
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
BAE Systems Australia discreetly began flight trials of its Razer Low-Cost Precision Guided Munition (LCPGM) back in December 2023, the company has revealed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Hyderabad-based Defense Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) ran an active-cooled scramjet combustor for 120 sec.
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