Missile Defense & Weapons

Deliveries to the Raytheon division should begin this year under the order, according to a CPI news release.

Lockheed will provide MHI with system integration support, defense ministry says.

The first-ever flight demonstration of the Golden Horde program’s autonomous payload for munitions was only partially successful, but marks a long-awaited first step for collaborative weapons technology.

The UK has contracted with MBDA for the production of its Spear 3 network enabled air-to-ground missile which will become the primary weapon of the UK’s F-35 fleet.

The schedule update effectively unfreezes the Regional Glide Phase Weapon System after the MDA halted the program in April to review options for accelerating the prototype to the field.

Israel’s Ministry of Defense has delivered the second Iron Dome system to the U.S. Army to serve as an interim defense capability against cruise missiles and other aerial threats.

The agreement on the all-cash transaction includes a $5 per share, pre-closing special dividends to Aerojet’s shareholders, reducing the post-dividend value of the deal to $4.6 billion.

The missile forms a critical element of the Pentagon’s fast-track plan to develop a range of high-speed stand-off strike and cruise weapons to counter new Chinese and Russian hypersonic capabilities.

South Korea's defense acquisition agency may opt for a private prime contractor and promote the effort as an international joint development project.

This webinar took place December 18, 2020 and was sponsored by Raytheon Intelligence & Space. The Pentagon’s largest acquisition system, the F-35, is

With self assurance and an us-vs.-them view of international relations, the Asian giant will not improve its behavior.

Israel’s Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have completed a series of missile defense tests that indicate Israel’s multilayered air defenses can intercept incoming threats simultaneously.

Russia on Dec. 15 MST, conducted a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test, according to U.S. Space Command (Spacecom).

German defense budget is increasing to meet modernization needs, but hurdles to progress remain.

While Russia’s defense budget is likely to flatten, Putin will maintain his focus on the nation’s strategic forces.

Pinched by COVID-related economic woes, New Delhi is still prepared to buy what it needs to counter border threats in Ladakh.

A decade of research and simulation is transitioning into a flight test series of autonomous aircraft projects in 2021.

Ask the Editors: China and Russia are not likely to follow in U.S. footsteps and establish separate space force branches within their militaries.

Although the ministry has requested a 3.3% rise, something closer to the 1.5% average of the past eight years is more likely to happen.

Gen. John Raymond, the chief of space operations, looks back at the first year of operations for the U.S. Space Force and ahead at what is to come for

A year and a half after Turkey moved forward with the acceptance of Russian surface-to-air missiles, the U.S. is finally imposing sanctions on the NATO ally with whom relations are increasingly strained.

The external release of a subsonic, Lockheed Martin AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile from the right forward fuselage station of the B-1B helps to prove the feasibility of launching hypersonic weapons.

The USS Chaffee, a DDG-51 destroyer, conducted the first operational test of the Raytheon Tomahawk Block V.

Fateful decisions loom in the next 12 months for a global fighter market caught up in a pivotal debate over how much to invest in each of three

Northrop Grumman announced late Dec. 7 that it will sell its federal information technology and mission support services business to private equity investor Veritas Capital for $3.4 billion.