Missile Defense & Weapons

The “Sabre” system would collect and relay telemetry data from U.S. missile test ranges.

As development starts winding down, Saab’s Gripen E unit is focusing on improving the global fleet of C/D models and starting to consider what comes next.

The newest tranche, announced Jan. 6, amounts to about $3.075 billion in new security assistance for Ukraine.

The first embarkment of the NPO Mashinostroyenia 3M22 Zircon missile on the 4,500-ton Admiral Gorshkov ship comes a year later than scheduled.

The move stems from a defense industrial base study that the Biden administration reported out last year.

The announcement came in a joint press statement released following a call between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Joe Biden on Jan. 5.

The possibility of Iranian missile transfers to Russia creates a race against time for Ukraine’s air defense.

The latest drawdown package raises the overall assistance to Ukraine from the U.S. government to $21.3 billion since Russia invaded its neighbor.

The war in Ukraine has highlighted shortfalls in the stockpile and industrial base for missiles, with both sides expending thousands of missiles so far.

A far more powerful alternative is already close to moving into development, with a competition expected to be decided within days or weeks.

Thirty members of a secretive Russian military unit that programs the flightpaths of cruise missiles targeting Ukraine have been sanctioned.

Pyongyang claims to have successfully tested a large solid-fuel engine, which could be used to power an intercontinental ballistic missile.

The deal adds one of the U.S. government’s most important propulsion, space and missile system suppliers to industry’s self-titled trusted disruptor.

Ukraine appears to have fashioned the Tu-141 into a weapon that is attacking targets deep in Russian territory.

The U.S. Air Force has conducted its first all-up-round test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW),

The Pentagon is sending Ukraine new air defenses and an undisclosed counter air defense capability.

The fourth overall test of AARGM-ER in the Point Mugu Sea Range off California follows a series of free flight tests.

U.S. Marine Corps is training under the threat of UAS and learning to use them.

The U.S. Defense Department is working with the contractors who are building critical munitions for Ukraine to find sticking points in their supply chains.

Poland’s Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50PL light fighters will be equipped with Phantom Strike AESA radars and AIM-120 missiles and KGGB bombs.

The award marks the latest step to increase Ukraine’s air defenses, with the leaders of multiple nations pledging additional support.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has confirmed the threat posed from long-range fires such as ballistic and cruise missiles.

MBDA’s Common Anti-Air Modular Missile-Extended Range is to move into production following Italy’s approval of the acquisition.

As China continues to expand its nuclear missile force, Beijing is increasing its efforts to modernize delivery systems from sea to orbit to counter expected developments in Western defense systems, the Pentagon says in a new report to Congress.

Officials suggest the removal of the nuclear warhead from the weapon was further evidence of the depletion of Russia’s stock of long-range weapons.