Missile Defense & Weapons

Startups and established primes are revisiting weapon development to accelerate delivery of equipment to users.

Iron Beam prime contractor Rafael, along with the Israeli Air Force and the Directorate of Defense Research & Development, have completed weeks of testing in southern Israel.

British-made alternative to the StormBreaker small diameter glide bomb.

Denmark is to acquire long-range precision weapons in a bid to strengthen the country’s security in the face of the new regional threat, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen says.

Atmos Space Cargo is expanding its focus on the defense market, floating the idea of using its capsule to allow military users to rapidly deploy missiles from space.

Raytheon is internally testing the addition of an air-breathing propulsion system to its air- and ground-launched GBU-53/B StormBreaker.

The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon recently set a new record for longest AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile shot by a fifth-generation fighter.

A new layer of high-altitude platforms carrying optical tracking sensors could be added to the U.S. missile defense architecture in the future.

The Swedish developers of a low-cost anti-drone effector are working on a longer-range loitering munition capable of engaging targets beyond line of sight.

Days after Russian drone incursions into Poland and Romania, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to NATO countries to invest in his country’s low-cost interceptors.

President Trump’s goal of a Golden Dome to protect against a broad range of threats to the homeland is likely to cost far more than originally advertised.

Copenhagen plans to acquire four SAMP/T batteries, as well as four batteries of medium-range systems, the Danish Ministry of Defense announced Sept. 12.

The French government has disclosed a development contract with ArianeGroup for a further evolution of its M51 ballistic missile.

Italian rocket company Avio plans to raise $470 million in capital in part to support its ambition to establish a U.S. solid rocket motor production facility.

Despite the growing prominence of mini attack drones, Singapore's Air Force continues to underscore the enduring relevance of the attack helicopter.

The DSEI arms expo provided the backdrop for companies to unveil new weapons and for government buyers to drive home a sense of urgency to develop systems at pace.

Thales has announced a teaming agreement with British robotics company Autonomous Devices to bring to market an electronic warfare uncrewed air system (EW-UAS).

Ukraine is looking to expand the number of weapons it carries on a newly set up defense marketplace.

AeroVironment says the company's Switchblade 600 loitering munition system completed the first launch from a General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper uncrewed air system.

Electro Optic Systems is looking to demonstrate a new high-power laser system capable of burning through satellites or using it to help deorbit them.

Leonardo is looking to replicate its success selling the BriteCloud active decoy to the Pentagon with its BriteStorm jammer system.

The Republic of Singapore Air Force is testing mini-UAS as part of an effort to establish a multi-tiered UAS network for swarm, ISR and counter-drone missions.

The parade in Beijing was the most significant in nearly a decade, and the breadth of equipment unveiled was striking.

MBDA at the DSEI defense expo in London is displaying the stealthy, subsonic element of the Franco-British future supersonic cruise missile program.

Electro Optic Systems is looking to up the kill rate of its new counter-drone laser system to address the growing focus of armed forces on fighting UAS swarms.