Missile Defense & Weapons

Israeli officials say an experimental laser weapon has shot down a series of small projectiles, rockets and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Russia's TASS news agency report ends a day of speculation about the status of 12,490-ton vessel.

Poland has accelerated its Narew short-range air defense program, with the aim of introducing the first elements into service this year.

A Lockheed Martin-designed, all-electric laser shot down multiple aerial targets during February tests at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, the

The status of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea flagship is unclear after Ukrainian forces claimed to have severely damaged the warship with shore-based anti-ship missiles.

Indonesian defense prime PT Pindad and Safran are discussing potential local assembly of the AASM air-to-ground modular weapon that will equip the Southeast Asian country’s future Dassault Rafale fleet.

Spirit’s reengining work; South Korea earmarks transport aircraft, missile funds; F-35A flying hours drop; and Draken gets RAF contract.

AUKUS hypersonic decision comes as Russia uses Kinzhal in Ukraine and the U.S. successfully trials HAWC weapon.

Avoiding the F-35’s long, costly testing cycle is the goal of reorganization and modernization efforts by the 53rd Wing.

Slovakia’s government has provided Ukraine with an S-300 air defense system as allies step up to offer Kyiv more advanced and heavier lethal aid.

Revisions planned every two years for Boeing-designed loyal wingman.

U.S. Army officials plan to start designing a replacement for the Raytheon Stinger surface-to-air missile next year and begin building an inventory of 10,000 missiles in fiscal 2027.

After years of wrangling and political discussion, Germany’s parliament has moved ahead with the procurement of weapons to arm its leased fleet of Heron TP uncrewed air systems (UAS).

A hypersonic projectile fired by an electromagnetic railgun set a new distance record during a March test, flying 109 nm at a speed around Mach 5, a U.S. Navy official said on April 6.

Germany looks for CH-53 successor; Bulgaria’s MiG-29 cleared for export; Australia speeds JASSM-ER, NSM buys; and Collins' VLF contract.

The U.S. military’s next generation intercontinental ballistic missile has a name: the LGM-35A Sentinel.

The AUKUS defense pact between Australia, the UK and the U.S. is to expand its scope to hypersonic weapons.

DARPA has confirmed new details of a previously secret test of the Lockheed Martin version of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, a scramjet-powered cruise missile demonstrator.

Concerned about the military build-up in the Indo-Pacific and threats against Australia, Canberra is spending A$3.5 billion ($2.6 billion) to accelerate deliveries of two types of missile.

The “Modular Advanced Missile” program appears for the first time in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2023 budget request documents.

This webinar took place on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Aviation Week’s editors discuss the Pentagon’s fiscal 2023 defense request, released on March 28

Two different types of air-launched hypersonic missiles appear to be heading in opposite directions.

U.S. Army and Navy officials plan to buy around 31 prototypes of an upgraded version of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body and incorporate a data link during the next two to three years, a new solicitation document says.

The South Korean Ministry of National Defense said tests verified the large solid-fuel engine, fairing separation, stage separation and upper-stage attitude control technology.