Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Oct 07, 2020
The Army’s next scout aircraft will be an air-launched effect that could enter service six years before the FARA.
Oct 02, 2020
Doubling Reaper’s firepower; Rats undermine Triton comms; Will Kazakhstan buy A400Ms?; and Russia receives new Mi-28s.
Sep 29, 2020
The U.S. Air Force is taking a holistic view to defining the tanker fleet that will follow the KC-46 into production.
Sep 25, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Sep 18, 2020
Aviation Week editors discuss the roots of the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance program, its use of digital engineering to speed development and some of the obstacles it may face in the future.
Apr 27, 2023
MBDA has secured a lead role in the EATMI project to develop an air defense weapon capable of intercepting current and emerging post-2030 missile threats.
Apr 26, 2023
The latest order worth $64.6 million falls within the $231 million contract awarded to AeroVironment for Switchblade 300s several years ago.
Apr 26, 2023
DAPA has approved development for two missile-defense systems, one of which is designed to intercept hypersonic glide vehicles.
Apr 24, 2023
Australia's Defense Strategic Review prioritizes Joint Strike Missile (JSM) certification for its Lockheed Martin F-35A and Boeing F/A-18F fleets.
Apr 21, 2023
The HASTE uses the same Rutherford engines as Rocket Lab's Electron, but modifies the third stage to carry larger payloads and for suborbital deployment.
Apr 21, 2023
Israeli defense officials have confirmed they and German counterparts have begun discussing acquisition of the Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system.
Apr 20, 2023
With the ability to continue feeding battery power to the guidance system, the AIM-120D-3 has a longer effective kinematic range, Raytheon says.
Apr 19, 2023
DMEA’s staff has recently been assigned a new task in response to urgent calls by Ukraine to replenish a rapidly depleting arsenal of air defense systems.