Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Previous work on hypersonic accelerator and high-speed patent provide possible clues as to GE’s ambitions for rotating detonation technology.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Poland and the UK are advancing a joint effort to develop a longer-range version of MBDA’s Common Anti-Air Modular Missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
A notice to industry released by the UK Defense Ministry says it wants to focus on developing laser weapons for both maritime and ground-based air defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Poland has signed contracts with European and U.S. companies to further strengthen the country’s air defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Ukraine has now fielded a long-range weapon capable of striking targets hundreds of miles deep into Russian territory.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Airbus Helicopters supplies the drive system and autopilot for South Korea's Light Armed Helicopter program, with KAI set to deliver the first aircraft in 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The service is undertaking a series of new munitions programs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. has announced a new package of aid for Ukraine, including for the first time the announcement of AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles to be used for air defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A new Ukrainian military intelligence assessment claims that Russian companies are building strike missiles at a monthly clip of more than 100.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. DSCA says Japan's package includes 50 JASSM-ER missiles, JASSM Anti-Jam Global Positioning System Receivers (JAGR) and relevant support systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon plans to field thousands of autonomous systems—including aircraft, ships and ground vehicles—on a scale not seen within two years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman see schedule delays for ICBM replacement as a massive military construction effort takes shape.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
India has carried out the first live firing of the indigenously developed Astra air-to-air missile from its HAL Tejas fighter.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force launched an All-Up-Round AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon in a recent test but is tight-lipped about whether objectives were met.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Low Altitude Stalking and Striking Ordnance (LASSO) will be the subject of a three-day “Industry Day” event.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian Defense Department will spend more than $2 billion on Tomahawk, AARGM-ER, Spike, additional HIMARS and PrSM to boost its missile capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The missile was fired from a base in Pingtung County, south of Taiwan, on Aug. 16 under the cover of darkness.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
"Building a supersonic ramjet engine ... is one of the achievements and actions by the defense ministry," Iran's defense minister said on Aug. 18.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. government has approved a potential sale of the U.S./Israel-developed Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system to Germany.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military’s nuclear command is undergoing a review of its warhead stockpile needs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has a series of Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) missiles almost done with production and ready to be deployed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Emirati defense group EDGE has reached a strategic agreement with Brazilian turbine engine producer Turbomachine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S.-Japan partnership is reportedly intended to counter growing threats of hypersonic missile technology from China, North Korea and Russia.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan's latest iteration of the Tien Chien missile is estimated to have a range of 99 mi. and will be compatible with joint helmet-mounted cueing systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is now the acquisition executive for the large-scale plan to defend Guam from air and missile threats.
Missile Defense & Weapons