Missile Defense & Weapons

At the Dubai Airshow a mysterious, UAE-based company has received a $900 million order from the country’s procurement agency for an unspecified air defense system.

Edge Group Chairman Faisal Al-Bannai is a man on a mission to make the company into one of the world’s major defense export players.

MBDA is working on its Smart family of weapons at its newly established Abu Dhabi-based Missile Engineering Center, set up in conjunction with the Tawazun Council.

Impressive fly-by-wire F-15 flying, unique displays from around the world and the absence of Israel are all discussed by Aviation Week defense editors at Dubai Airshow.

Mass production of Ching Tien, literally meaning Sky Raiser, has begun, as have deliveries, Taiwanese paper Liberty Times reports.

Edge Group has partnered with GA-ASI to integrate United Arab Emirates-made weapons onto the MQ-9B uncrewed air system, which the UAE is working to acquire from the U.S.

The £4 billion ($4.9 billion) deal will see MBDA transfer technologies and knowledge to Polish defense group PGZ.

Thailand has quietly signed an MOU with Israel's Rafael that will see the potential manufacturing and assembly of Rafael's Spike anti-tank missiles in Thailand.

The 250-lb. Munition — also known as Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB-II) — reached the early operational capability milestone with the Navy in October.

The Israeli air force detected the missile coming from the southeast, and scrambled F-35Is, which Israel nicknames the “Adir,” to intercept the weapon.

An internal investigation team will be formed to analyze the cause of the anomaly during a test launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

The agreement signed in October will support the development of future upgrades for the Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System.

A contract signing on Oct. 31 by Europe’s Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation launches the SMS-led Hypersonic Defense Interceptor study.

A new cross-border missile component research program is studying technology for future missiles and exploring new propulsion options.

Israeli officials did not confirm the source of the ballistic missile attack, but the location and direction suggests it may have come from the Houthi-controlled Yemen.

Leidos’s revenue rose 9% year-on-year in the third quarter to $3.9 billion on strong demand for its weapons systems.

Aquark Technologies is claiming a world-first by flying the cold atom system on the uncrewed aircraft with MBDA, Innovate UK and Wright Airborne Computing.

Defense companies in Seoul showcase ability to counter low-altitude and long-range threats from North Korea.

Northrop Grumman and York will build another 100 data transport satellites under new $1.3 billion contracts from the Space Development Agency.

The Pentagon wants to build a new nuclear gravity bomb, aiming to modernize part of its strategic stockpile by replacing one of the most potent variants of its B61.

The site selection for the $33 million facility comes three years after Raytheon and Rafael announced plans to establish a U.S. domestic manufacturing center.

The test countered the threat of salvo attacks by a growing Chinese arsenal that includes anti-ship DF-21 ballistic missiles and subsonic YJ-83 cruise missiles.

IAI is maintaining commitments to its international customers of Israeli weapon systems despite prioritizing Israeli military needs.

Boeing and Brisbane-based Ferra Engineering have agreed to extend their JDAM wing kit partnership through 2028.

The UK has been OK’d to purchase up to 3,000 Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM) to equip its new Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.