Lockheed Martin PAC-3

The long-duopolistic solid rocket motor market dominated by Northrop Grumman and Aerojet Rocketdyne is transforming into a competitive multiplayer industry.

The companies producing the highly in-demand Patriot PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhanced interceptor are continuing to bulk up their production capacity.

Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control received its biggest contract in the segment’s history, a $9.8 billion award from the U.S. Army.

The company is expecting the requirement to go above the current 650 annual rate, having been asked to evaluate numbers as high as 2,000 per year.

The U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command will in the next three months release a new long-term strategy guiding its modernization.

A new leader, a funding plan and an architecture outline define the early steps toward Trump’s hawkish homeland defense plan.

The Pentagon on July 2 confirmed it has paused shipments of military aid to Ukraine.

The Pentagon’s fiscal 2026 budget request carries the imprint of recent conflicts, with a big investment in air and missile defense systems.

The Taiwanese ministry of national defense (MND) says flight control software issues were the primary cause of delays.

Spain is already an operator of the Patriot, but it is unclear whether the Foreign Military Sale will replace Spain’s existing systems or further bolster them.

U.S. and European defense suppliers are supporting the development of Poland’s air defense system and the development of future missiles to support it.

The first intercept of a hypersonic Kinzhal comes less than three weeks after the first donated German Patriot battery was delivered to Ukraine.

The government can now launch a feasibility study to “closely review the necessity and economic feasibility" of the $2.03 billion project before final approval.

A U.S./Israel team plans to propose the Skyceptor air defense system for Australia’s medium-range surface-to-air missile program.