Air & Missile Defense

Air & Missile Defense

A new technology under development will ultimately detect distant enemy rockets and artillery fire, providing early warning — and potentially saving lives. A team...

Turkey’s increasing closeness with Russia has been driving Washington and Ankara apart on a number of fronts, including military sales and negotiations over the...
THAAD

  Lockheed Martin has closed a $2.54 billion contract to build missile defense rocket interceptors for the United States and Saudi Arabia. U.S. officials at...

Australia is enhancing its air and missile defense. The national advanced Surface to Air Missile System, NASAMS, was selected for the Australian Government’s Short...

The US Army warfighters are now training with lasers to attack threats in the sky, in order to gain hands-on experience operating a high-energy...

Japan has been known for its defense-oriented policy. However, Tokyo now plans to extend the range of its ASM-3 air-launched anti-ship missile in order...

A new advanced air defense system incorporates several unique technologies. Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Saab and Diehl Defense to deliver the Falcon...
hypersonic weapon

A joint effort of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Air Force focuses on the development and demonstration of...
improved defense

The U.S. will sell India equipment similar to the one used on the two ‘Air Force One’ Boeing 747 aircraft that carry the US...

U.S. Navy ships often face risks of attack when going through narrow passages such as the Suez Canal or the Hormuz strait. Protecting itself...

Tensions between Taiwan and China leads the former to develop cruise missiles out of old fighter jets’ engines. The J85 turbojet engines in question...

Russia is upgrading its missile defense system. Its Aerospace Forces will get their first medium-range surface-to-air missile system S-350 Vityaz next year, the Defence...

Turkey did not hide its delight regarding US President Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria. Now...

Raytheon has won a $692.9 million U.S. Army contract to produce Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense System...
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One of the U.S. most important asset is vulnerable to cyber attacks. The inadequate cybersecurity practices being used to protect the U.S ballistic missile...

The US Air Force is working to one day be able to fire high-tech laser weapons from drones and fighter jets to destroy high-value...
IAMD

The seventh Israel Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) conference and exhibition hosted yesterday an exceptional gathering of the best experts and leading figures from...

A successful initial ballistic flight test of the new M-SHORAD Future Interceptor from a Stryker Maneuver SHORAD Launcher (MSL) was conducted by Lockheed Martin....

Representatives from government, industry, and research centers from Israel and many other nations will meet at Israel’s Seventh International Conference and Exhibition on Air...
directed energy

The US has been enhancing its Directed-Energy (DE) capabilities aimed at countering threats posed by missiles. A directed energy weapon is a ranged weapon...
air and missile defense

Representatives from government, industry, and research centers from Israel and many other nations will meet at Israel’s Seventh International Conference and Exhibition on Air...
air and missile defense

Representatives from government, industry, and research centers from Israel and many other nations will meet at Israel’s Seventh International Conference and Exhibition on Air...