Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. will send up to $2.5 billion more in military aid for Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Point Blank system was developed by IAI’s Elta business.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Tokyo is developing a cruise missile with an interchangeable warhead.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Threats from North Korean missiles, China and Russia drive new push in uncrewed aircraft and strike capabilities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Marine Corps will field the Kongsberg/Raytheon Naval Strike Missile over the next two years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Despite as many as 640 aircraft losses for the U.S., Japan and Taiwan in one scenario, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is more likely than not to fail, CSIS says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

By Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The newest tranche, announced Jan. 6, amounts to about $3.075 billion in new security assistance for Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The first embarkment of the NPO Mashinostroyenia 3M22 Zircon missile on the 4,500-ton Admiral Gorshkov ship comes a year later than scheduled.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
The move stems from a defense industrial base study that the Biden administration reported out last year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The announcement came in a joint press statement released following a call between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Joe Biden on Jan. 5.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The possibility of Iranian missile transfers to Russia creates a race against time for Ukraine’s air defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The latest drawdown package raises the overall assistance to Ukraine from the U.S. government to $21.3 billion since Russia invaded its neighbor.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The war in Ukraine has highlighted shortfalls in the stockpile and industrial base for missiles, with both sides expending thousands of missiles so far.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A far more powerful alternative is already close to moving into development, with a competition expected to be decided within days or weeks.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Thirty members of a secretive Russian military unit that programs the flightpaths of cruise missiles targeting Ukraine have been sanctioned.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Pyongyang claims to have successfully tested a large solid-fuel engine, which could be used to power an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno, Steve Trimble
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.
Defense

By Piotr Butowski
Ukraine appears to have fashioned the Tu-141 into a weapon that is attacking targets deep in Russian territory.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is sending Ukraine new air defenses and an undisclosed counter air defense capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The fourth overall test of AARGM-ER in the Point Mugu Sea Range off California follows a series of free flight tests.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Marine Corps is training under the threat of UAS and learning to use them.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
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.
Supply Chain