Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Russian Air Force’s use of glide bombs is adding to the country’s fires advantage against Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
A new U.S. Army effort is focused on its emerging role of deep sensing for long-range fires.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
British intelligence officials are suggesting Moscow could be facing fleet availability issues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Adm. John C. Aquilino, leader of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, warns of China’s rapid military buildup and its ability to strike beyond the first island chain.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Lawmakers in Germany have approved the purchase of four more Patriot ground-based air defense systems for the country.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The fifth test of the AGM-183A all-up round in 15 months yielded a familiarly vague statement from the Air Force about the results.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Rising demand for weapons stocks is driving a review of European missile manufacturing.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
European Union and national government investments in Norway’s missile and ammunition industries are being focused on building increased production capacity.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A new kind of hypersonic vehicle could infiltrate an enemy’s most defended area, strike a target and then return to base to fight another day.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The announcement means Lockheed Martin or Northrop Grumman will be selected two years early for the next intercontinental ballistic missile-class interceptor.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A company-led test at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah in September demonstrated the armed, propeller-driven Altius-700M striking a tracked armored vehicle.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Denmark is to acquire new ground-based air defense systems and create an anti-submarine warfare capability as part of a buildup of the country’s armed forces.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. has approved Poland’s purchase of more than 800 air-launched cruise missiles as part of a buildup of the country’s weapons stocks.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Seventy percent of European missile manufacturer MBDA’s exports in 2023 were for ground-based air defenses, the company’s CEO has revealed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The integration will allow the Navy to experiment with autonomous capabilities as it continues developing concepts for crewed-uncrewed teaming capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Satellite crowding and military conflict create new dangers in space.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army will seek to reduce funding in fiscal 2025 for a hypersonic missile program on the cusp of being fielded as part of an overall $185.9 billion budget proposal.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi hailed the milestone event by India’s 26-year-old nuclear weapons program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Kim Minseok
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has unveiled a concept for a new armed UAV at Drone Show Korea 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The U.S. Air Force wants the Raytheon Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) to transition to production ahead of any tests of the missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Ukrainian forces appear to have used French-supplied Hammer AASM air-launched guided bombs in action, reports from both sides of the frontline have indicated.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Off-the-shelf algorithms open up new possibilities for inexpensive UAVs.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
RTAF has released a white paper on new procurement requirements, including fighter replacements, domestically produced munitions and anti-drone technology.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A long-standing provision in the U.S. code to block investments in retiring weapon systems may negatively impact the ground leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin’s team has passed another milestone in a competitive design process with Northrop Grumman for the MDA's Next Generation Interceptor program.
Missile Defense & Weapons