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

By Brian Everstine
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to launch the two prototype satellites for its Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor system later this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The THAAD and PAC-3 MSE integration was a long, multiyear effort that was fielded and accepted earlier this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Conventional Prompt Strike missile is one of several weapon systems pursuing alternatives to an increasingly threatened GPS-based approach to navigation.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon needs a new way to coordinate and advocate for “missile defeat,” the U.S. Army’s top missile defense official says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army plans to increase its Patriot missile defense units even as it faces intense recruiting issues sparked by a congressional push to grow its force.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman is accelerating its proposal and says it could deliver its Next Generation Interceptor prototype as early as 2026.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The company announced Aug. 7 that all elements of its NGI have been validated ahead of another PDR for the entire all-up round.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Army’s Program Executive Office-Soldier last month announced creation of the Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO) program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK has provided Ukraine with a new rapidly developed air defense capability based on MBDA’s Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile (Asraam).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Japan Air Self Defense Force's Kawasaki C-2 airlifter could carry long-range anti-surface missiles that ignite after being air dropped.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The next increment of OASuW is the Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive (HALO) weapon, first disclosed in a budget request in 2022 with prototypes expected this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Zeus, a low-cost motor, designed to power Kratos’ Erinyes and Dark Fury hypersonic vehicles, completed a successful ground test in Arkansas.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Northrop officials designed the facility in Elkton, Maryland, with a high degree of modularity to adapt to new manufacturing technology and hypersonic designs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Video shows Kyiv's Mi-24 "Hind" attack helicopters being equipped with U.S.-supplied Hydra 70mm unguided rockets.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble, Michael Bruno
Editors discuss Northrop's exit from the U.S. Air Force’s competition to replace the F-22 and the implications of L3Harris’ acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Check 6

By Tony Osborne
The Triton’s Arrow trials, disclosed by the Royal Navy on July 28, included a Wildcat engaging an aerial target with the Martlet missile for the first time.
Missile Defense & Weapons