Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters’ Polish affiliate, PZL-Swidnik, has opened a production line on which AW149 battlefield support rotorcraft will be built for Poland.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force conducted the first of two planned intercontinental ballistic missile tests this week—firing a Minuteman III with one reentry vehicle.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
DIU announced June 3 that it has awarded contracts to Anduril, Integrated Solutions for Systems Inc., Leidos Dynetics and Zone 5 Technologies.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The aid includes “a high number of” IRIS-T SLM surface-to-air interceptors, German defense minister Boris Pistorius says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Japan’s defense acquisition agency ATLA says it has struck an agreement with authorities in France and Germany to explore railgun technology.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has declared its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet ready to take on the dual-capable aircraft (DCA) nuclear mission from the F-16.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
The 4,000-lb.-thrust Draper has now amassed more than 50 hot fire tests.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Germany is looking to place a top-up order for Patriot air-and-missile defense systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Poland has signed a $735 million contract to acquire hundreds of air-launched standoff cruise missiles from Lockheed Martin.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A May 28 solicitation by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center does not cite the Feb. 4, 2023, shoot-down but suggests balloons still pose a threat.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Dutch government says it is in talks with other European Patriot air and missile defense system users to collectively build up a system for Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Kim Minseok
The Republic of Korea Air Force and South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration have confirmed that the L-SAM is on track to enter service in 2028.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
The rapid growth of the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based rocket developer comes as the Defense Department faces a major shortfall in SRM production capacity.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
European missile manufacturer MBDA has been contracted to integrate its Marte-ER anti-ship missile onto the Romanian navy’s new Airbus H215M helicopters.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
The UK RAF will need to seek weapons with ranges of up to 1,000 mi. if it is to keep ahead of “pacing threats,” a senior officer has suggested.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Japan has reportedly sent an Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) official to the U.S. Navy to acquire knowledge on railgun development.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is eyeing increased production of the Hellfire and Joint Air-to-Ground Missile, with a solicitation targeting a new manufacturing site for the missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
As Europe faces multiple potential axes of attack, more European countries might need to reconsider their ground-based air defense plans.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Project Ealing is able to detect, track and engage UAS threats up to 1 km (half a mile) away, and work is ongoing to boost its range, the UK MOD says.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
BAE Systems has confirmed a months-old contract award to develop a new decoy system that is intended to replace the towed decoys flown on some Navy fighters.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
British Royal Navy surface warships are to receive a land attack capability, UK Secretary of State for Defense Grant Shapps has declared.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Ninety organizations have won a place on the UK’s Hypersonic Technologies & Capability Development Framework as part of efforts to develop native hypersonics.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Norway’s Kongsberg has joined forces with the German business of MBDA and Diehl Defense to develop a next-generation, high-speed strike missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Marines fielded the Harvest Hawk upgrade in 2010, adding a Target Sight Sensor (TSS) and the ability to fire AGM-114 Hellfire and AGM-176 Griffin missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons