Missile Defense & Weapons

Germany plans to arm its warships with the Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) as part of a joint cooperation agreement with Norway that includes submarines and associated mission systems.

Admiral reveals new Trident details; MEO satellite test coming in 2022; the Netherlands’ Reaper and NGI approach questioned.

The U.S. Air Force has detonated a warhead for the first Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, the service said on July 7.

“Although we call it a life extension, aside from energetics, everything in [the Trident II D5 Life Extension 2 missile] is going to be completely new,” Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe, director of the Navy's Strategic Systems Program (SSP) office, said July 7.

The UK Royal Navy is bolstering the firepower of its six Type 45 air-defense destroyers with the installation of MBDA’s Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missile system.

Work on the £3.5 million ($4.8 million) Co-operative Strike Weapons Technology Demonstrator (CSWTD) will be led by the UK Defense Science Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and supported by missile manufacturer MBDA.

The U.S. Space Force will unveil its first-ever Force Design this year that will allow the service to compete optimally against China and Russia.

Raytheon received a $2 billion contract on July 1 to develop the nuclear Long Range Standoff cruise missile, the U.S. Air Force said.

Rafael has taken the wraps off a new anti-ship and land-attack cruise missile called the Sea Breaker, creating an intriguing new export option to the

A group of House Democrats led by Rep. John Garamendi of California has introduced legislation that would pause the development of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program until 2031 and extend the service life of the Minuteman III missiles to 2040.

South Korea will develop and acquire an artillery interception system akin to the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system to protect the country against rockets, artillery and missiles (RAM) from North Korea.

Airbus has flown its C295 turboprop airlifter with a range of precision-guided munitions as the company looks to develop an armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability for the platform.

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) has vowed not to kill the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent and is urging lawmakers to fully fund the Adaptive Engine Transition Program to mitigate F-35 woes.

A new way to process data from older radars might allow NORAD to operate the airborne early-warning system above the Arctic for years.

Gallium nitride has migrated across terrestrial radar applications for a decade but is ready to enter the challenging market for fighters.

UVision Air, a Tel Aviv-based company, has sold loitering munitions to the U.S. Marine Corps to integrate on light vehicles and unmanned surface craft

The static test at sea level at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama demonstrated the throttleable motor funded by Phase 2 of DARPA’s Operational Fires (OpFires) program.

Israel’s defense industry has achieved a global first by successfully demonstrating that a compact, airborne High Power Laser can shoot down unmanned aircraft systems.

Japan is reportedly considering dropping plans to acquire Lockheed Martin’s AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile due to “ballooning costs.”

A request for information published on June 14 by the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) gives industry until July 7 to submit ideas for UAS swarms.

Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have received contracts from the U.S. Defense Department (DOD) to launch the next step in the development of a scramjet-powered, hypersonic cruise missile.

The former head of the U.S. Defense Department’s research and engineering branch said on June 11 that a sweeping, three-year push to transition decades of experiments with hypersonic vehicles into operational missiles has fallen short of his goal for enabling mass production.

The review will be worked as a part of the Biden Administration’s National Defense Strategy and feed into the integrated deterrence review.

Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Harker has directed the service to defund nuclear sea-launched cruise missile development in fiscal 2023, according to a memo obtained by Aerospace DAILY.

A sale to Poland of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 armed uncrewed air systems suggests they are gaining broader acceptance among allies.