Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
European missile manufacturer MBDA's Orchestrike technology will allow multiple weapons to communicate their status and position to each other­.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
Elbit Systems has unveiled the Nano SPEAR, a radio-frequency countermeasure dispensed like a passive chaff system but which functions like an active decoy.
Paris Air Show

By Guy Norris
The first version of the Electron rocket modified for use as a booster for hypersonic and suborbital flight tests launched successfully on June 17.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The airborne launch demonstration of the 18-kg, anti-tank loitering munition occurred during the U.S. Army’s Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Rafael announced that it “has developed” the counter-hypersonic interceptor, which may imply that it has already been tested.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Specter Aerospace, formerly known as FGC Plasma Solutions, says a hypersonic demonstrator vehicle powered with plasma-assisted combustion will fly in two years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is set to test its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon in the near future.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on June 13 announced a new batch of aid being surged to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The latest delivery of the H4, a fiber-combined laser, is the first such Raytheon-designed weapon system to be palletized, and delivered to the Air Force.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Eric Beranger talks to Aviation Week about how the company is adapting to customer demands for more stocks and nimbler development cycles.
Paris Air Show

By Tony Osborne
European missile manufacturer MBDA and the UAE's Tawazun Council have opened a weapons development center in the United Arab Emirates.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Hypersonix Launch Systems is prepping to begin tests of a scramjet made from high-temperature ceramic matrix composites, as part of a planned launch system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Plan to feature new long-range munitions and vertical-takeoff-and-landing systems as part of a long-term approach that looks to cut traditional squadrons.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy wants to prepare new materials for hypersonic thermal protection systems that are cheaper and easier to build than carbon-carbon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon has announced a major new influx of military aid for Ukraine, ordering about $2.1 billion in equipment to bolster the nation’s air defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Development of the USAF’s intercontinental ballistic missile is falling behind schedule due to issues including workforce and infrastructure challenges.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Norway advised to invest in an expanded ground-based air-defense capability, uncrewed air systems and long-range precision fires.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The two-stage Fattah ballistic missile is described as Iran’s first maneuvering ballistic missile with enough range to achieve a hypersonic speed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Japan's Defense Ministry has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries a contract for design of its future ballistic missile defense destroyer.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The move creates a new hurdle to enforcement of the current treaty, as well as completing negotiations to extend the agreement beyond 2026.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on May 31 announced a new batch of aid for Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Poland's Armaments Agency signed contracts for the delivery of 800 Lockheed Martin AGM-114R2 Hellfire missiles, to equip the country's new AW149 helicopters.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
North Korean state media was unusually quick to announce the failed launch of the spy satellite on the morning of May 31.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Israel's replacement for the endo-atmospheric Arrow-2 interceptor is being designed with a lower cost target, with a goal of supporting high volume production.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon will demonstrate an improved version of the tube-launched, swarming Coyote Block 3 for the Office of Naval Research.
Missile Defense & Weapons