Missile Defense & Weapons

The Australian Defense Force is set to double its Lockheed Martin M142 Himars fleet after Washington approved the sale of 48 additional launchers.

AeroVironment is looking to parlay its work on counter-uncrewed air system (C-UAS) laser weapons to go after anticipated business to combat higher-end threats.

The Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit has given the go-ahead for Anduril and Zone 5 to move forward on counter-uncrewed aircraft system efforts.

European missile manufacturer MBDA has been contracted by the Italian government to begin production of a new anti-ship missile for the country’s navy.

The Pentagon has awarded RTX a $5 billion contract for Coyote drone interceptor systems.

The U.S. Navy on Sept 26 released plans to solicit bids in the next fiscal year for contracts that would start development of a new family of surface-launched ballistic and hypersonic missiles.

A new export authorization for Germany carried the RTX AIM-120 Amraam program beyond the 4,000-missile mark so far this year for potential foreign sales.

Air defense is set to become one of the key pillars of defense electronics firm Aselsan, the company’s president and CEO says.

Taiwan’s collaboration with American defense contractors took an important step forward at this year's Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition.

Taipei responds to China’s Victory Day weapons display with its own show of strength.

Lasers, maneuvering satellites and spaceplanes are getting more attention as Western militaries look to counter threats to their space systems.

Serbia has shown off newly acquired Israeli defense equipment during a parade in Belgrade.

Anduril and RTX Technologies have unveiled new ground-launched variants of heavy munitions at a U.S. Air Force event this week.

European missile manufacturer MBDA is hoping to push forward with the development of a new European medium-range surface-to-air missile.

Firefly Aerospace is looking at potential ways to secure a share of the space-based interceptor market emerging from the Pentagon’s Golden Dome effort.

The U.S. Space Force on Sept. 18 released a request for prototype proposals for space-based interceptors, with responses due Oct. 2.

U.S. Air Force researchers revealed plans to fire an affordable hypersonic missile in early December under the newly unveiled Angry Tortoise project.

GE Aerospace has demonstrated two different rotating detonation combustion (RDC) engines—a missile-scale ramjet and a dual-mode ramjet for high-speed aircraft.

Pratt & Whitney is developing a new family of scalable engines targeting the emerging market of Collaborative Combat Aircraft and cruise missiles.

Northrop Grumman and Taiwan’s NCSIST have agreed to explore collaboration on air and missile defense modernization for the country's National Defense Ministry.

Ukraine’s armed forces face a new drone menace on the front lines that threatens after 3.5 years of full-scale war to transform a bloody stalemate with Russia into something worse for the defenders.

Taiwan’s AIDC says it is not abandoning its crewed aircraft ambitions, including a next-generation fighter, even as the company pivots to support UAS.

Nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a mutual defense pact that declares that any aggression against one of the countries will be considered aggression against both.

A tie-up between Kratos Defense and Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology has produced the Mighty Hornet-IV loitering munition.

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has unveiled the Strong Bow ballistic missile defense system at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition 2025.