Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration has reportedly signed a contract for the purchase of 100 MBDA Meteor air-to-air missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Network Staff
Saudi Arabia appears to have become an operator of Russian Pantsir-S1 short-range anti-aircraft systems, signaling Moscow continues to pursue arms deals abroad.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Argentina signed a $300 million agreement on April 16 for the two dozen F-16A/B Block 15 fighters from Denmark.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK Defense Ministry is exploring the potential acquisition of a new ground- and sea-launched Medium-Range Precision Strike (MPRS) capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. State Department approved Denmark to buy some 200 of the RTX AIM-120D-3 for $744 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Oct. 29.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Australia will invest an initial $208 million to establish a local production facility for Lockheed Martin Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
Concordia Technologies has been involved in missile and hypersonic weapons programs led by the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of Nasams and two additional air defense radar systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Norway has finalized an agreement with the U.S. to buy more than $360 million in Raytheon Amraam missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Israel has signed a contract to expand production capability of the Rafael Iron Beam laser-based defense system, aiming for service entry in about a year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
Overall, sales rose 5% year-on-year to $8 billion, earnings per share climbed to $2.34 and the company’s backlog reached a record $34 billion.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Kim Minseok
South Korea's Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Hanwha have revealed their new supersonic air-to-ground missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Safran expects to sell its share in the Roxel missile motor joint venture to MBDA before the year's end.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Finland is preparing for the SEAD/DEAD mission by acquiring Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile–Extended Range (AARGM-ER).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
A UAE Armed Forces-owned TB2 released Edge’s Desert Sting in a test earlier this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Force in 2021 selected Millennium and Raytheon, an RTX company, for the Epoch 1 program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Trinity House Agreement, signed by UK Defense Secretary John Healey and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius, is being hailed as a “fundamental shift."
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Israel says it has finalized the paperwork with the U.S. to facilitate investments in its air defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Sweden and the UK have joined a European initiative to develop and procure long-range deep-strike weapons to provide an additional deterrent effect.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
The latest deals come as RTX works to close several legacy investigations of RTX’s Raytheon defense division.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
These domains are some of the pillars that are highlighted in Japan’s Defense White Paper to meet the evolving threat landscape.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
British countermeasures supplier Chemring says business has been strong enough to offset exchange rate headwinds and generate sales momentum.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The 1.6-mi.-range Teaser missile is now in production with a warhead suited for attacking enemy troops and light vehicles.
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