Missile Defense & Weapons

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.

The UK-developed, drink can-size BriteCloud is designed to be dispensed like chaff and infrared decoys to lure away advanced surface-to-air missile threats.

The UK Royal Navy has selected the Norwegian Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile to meet its urgent need for an interim anti-ship missile.

The High-Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC) gives the P-8A the ability to fire torpedoes at submarines from cruise altitude.

The missiles were fired from the Maya-class Aegis destroyers JS Maya on Nov. 16 and JS Haguro on Nov. 19 against targets fired from the U.S. Navy Missile Range Facility in Hawaii.

Poland has accepted a German proposal to help protect the country’s airspace after a stray Ukrainian air defense missile crashed in the country last week.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that the missile flew for 1,000 km (600 mi.), reaching a maximum speed of Mach 22.

A Pentagon official says she doubts Iran’s recent claim to have built a maneuvering hypersonic missile.

The French Air Force wants to build an initial SEAD/DEAD capability on Rafale by 2030 through the F4 capability upgrade.

Ukraine Foreign Minster Dmytro Kuleba on Nov. 17 revived calls for the U.S. government to provide Patriot air defense systems.

How the Pentagon’s rush to field counters to Chinese and Russian hypersonic weapons has been frustrated by compressed testing schedules.

Turboprop light attack aircraft could be a partial alternative answer to Ukraine’s air-defense needs as the country battles a growing threat of low-cost Iranian-made loitering munitions.

Representatives of almost 50 nations have pledged to continue helping Ukraine strengthen its air- and defense-missile systems during a Pentagon-led meeting.

Japan is mulling a low-Earth-orbit (LEO) constellation of satellites to help it track modern hypersonic ballistic missiles, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun has reported.

The statement is the first official acknowledgment that the strike near the Polish village of Przewodow on Nov. 15 was not an errant or intentional attack by Russia.