Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis

Jul 09, 2021
Admiral reveals new Trident details; MEO satellite test coming in 2022; the Netherlands’ Reaper and NGI approach questioned.
Jun 29, 2021
A new way to process data from older radars might allow NORAD to operate the airborne early-warning system above the Arctic for years.
Jun 28, 2021
Gallium nitride has migrated across terrestrial radar applications for a decade but is ready to enter the challenging market for fighters.
Jun 08, 2021
A sale to Poland of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 armed uncrewed air systems suggests they are gaining broader acceptance among allies.
Jun 07, 2021
The European missile manufacturer sees opportunities for missile development and consolidation as future fighter programs evolve.
Jun 19, 2023
GE Aerospace is working to combine rotating detonation engine (RDE) combustors for a turbine engine with a dual-mode ramjet/scramjet.
Jun 19, 2023
The agreement signed at the Paris Air Show between PBS Group and Ukraine’s Ivchenko-Progress launches joint development of the AI-PBS 350 turbojet engine.
Jun 19, 2023
European missile manufacturer MBDA's Orchestrike technology will allow multiple weapons to communicate their status and position to each other­.
Jun 18, 2023
Elbit Systems has unveiled the Nano SPEAR, a radio-frequency countermeasure dispensed like a passive chaff system but which functions like an active decoy.
Jun 18, 2023
The first version of the Electron rocket modified for use as a booster for hypersonic and suborbital flight tests launched successfully on June 17.
Jun 15, 2023
The airborne launch demonstration of the 18-kg, anti-tank loitering munition occurred during the U.S. Army’s Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event.
Jun 14, 2023
Rafael announced that it “has developed” the counter-hypersonic interceptor, which may imply that it has already been tested. 
Jun 14, 2023
Specter Aerospace, formerly known as FGC Plasma Solutions, says a hypersonic demonstrator vehicle powered with plasma-assisted combustion will fly in two years.