Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Japan is studying a new class of air defense destroyer.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Kim Minseok
North Korean state media KCNA says the country has successfully conducted a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle ballistic missile test.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Bundestag budget committee has given the green light to funding the new Supersonic Strike Missile—known as 3SM Tyrfing—and acquiring at least two satcoms.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has relieved the leader of the LGM-35A Sentinel Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. is shifting delivery of most Patriot and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System interceptors to Ukraine from other foreign partners.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Missile manufacturer MBDA is proposing to develop a ground-launched conventional deep-strike cruise missile to provide a new deterrent capability for Europe.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. State Department approved Taiwan to acquire more than 1,000 loitering munitions from both AeroVironment and Anduril.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Kongsberg has begun marketing a mobile version of Nasams, which has enjoyed strong demand in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
European missile manufacturer MBDA has paired advanced anti-armor missiles with uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), enabling targets to be struck beyond line of sight.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Missile Defense Agency reports it has launched a Hypersonic Testbed to demonstrate a new experimental testing platform.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Defense Innovation Unit launched a competition on June 14 on the Navy’s behalf, calling for written responses to an urgent request in two weeks.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway have been approved to acquire hundreds of Raytheon Amraam missiles to equip combat aircraft and ground-based air defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The agency proposes a major revamp of the U.S. Army’s most advanced theater-level interceptor 16 years after the first battery was activated.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Following multiple failed attempts, the agency says airborne laser technology has evolved enough to deserve another shot.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
When a potential adversary’s radar picks up numerous cruise missiles, each target needs to be tracked and treated as a threat. The targets need “Respect.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Amid a bleak month for Ukrainian air defenders, a video from a U.S. Army symposium reveals the truth behind one of Kyiv’s most important aerial victories.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Helen Chachaty
France’s land forces industries association has called for a tech and industrial road map for the development of loitering munitions for the French Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Diehl's Feanix—Future Effector–Adaptable, Networked, Intelligent, eXpendable—is an under-300-kg (660-lb.)-class, turbojet-powered, clean-sheet air system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Missile Defense Agency will within a week conduct its first test of its new space-based hypersonic missile tracking system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Missile Defense Agency will soon deliver new radars to Guam ahead of planned large-scale tests of its new ballistic missile defense architecture.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The appeal comes on the heels of Washington approving two foreign military sales to Taiwan for F-16 spares and support in a deal totaling $300 million.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The air-launched ballistic missile compliments the surface- and ground-launched versions of the 430-km. range, 3,500-lb. LORA.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s Diehl Defense has lifted the veil on its development of an even longer-range version of its IRIS-T-based ground-based air defense system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The House Appropriations Committee plans to allocate billions of dollars to fund missile-warning-and-tracking initiatives in its fiscal 2025 bill.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Development work on the U.S. Air Force’s experimental, hypersonic Mayhem vehicle has been paused following the completion of an early design milestone.
Missile Defense & Weapons