Air & Missile Defense

An all-new missile was successfully tested from Russia’s S-500 air defense system (ADS), the successor to the highly successful and controversial S-400 ADS. The...

Drones may constitute a threat to sensitive installations. The Y‑12 National Security Complex is a United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration...

A mobile ground-based weapon system designed to acquire, track, engage and defeat unmanned aircraft systems, cruise missiles, and rockets, artillery and mortars has been...

South Korea has been improving its laser weapons capabilities as a defensive measure against space-based nuclear or intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons. The country’s...

The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has enabled the latest artificial intelligence (AI) to be brought into the command spaces on a...

Romania will become the first country to field the newest version of the U.S. Patriot air and missile defense system. The Patriot made by Raytheon...

By Arie Egozi Israel must decide now what will be its reaction to an attack from Lebanon, with Hezbollah launching it's highly advanced missiles, some...

Following its Indirect Fires Protection Capability, or IFPC, solicitation in April, the U.S. Army is about to choose an enduring system that will counter...

By Arie Egozi Iron Dome is, without any doubt, the "star" of the current fighting with Gaza. 90% intercepts have made the system more unique...

Watch a presentation by Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. Danny Gold, Head, MAF’AT, Israel Ministry of Defense, portraying Israel’s defense R&D achievements, including the development...

The British Army is interested in gaining more accurate, long-range engagement capabilities against armoured and non-armoured targets.  The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has...

India’s Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully trialed the 5th generation Python-5 air-to-air missile (AAM) for the Tejas, India’s indigenous light combat...

Extended air defense capabilities achieved by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The company completed a series of successful live firing trials with the Barak Air...

The RAFAEL Spike Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) electro-optical missile system was demonstrated by the US Army aboard an AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter. The demonstration took place...

The U.S. Army’s new extended-range version of its Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) had a successful 80-kilometer flight demonstration at White Sands Missile...

The US is likely to deploy mobile short-range AN/TWQ-1 Avenger air defense missile systems in order to protect its troops in Syria and Iraq...

Turkey has been leading a policy of manufacturing defense products and parts domestically in order to reduce dependency on imports. To date, the country...

The German Federal Ministry of Defense has decided to equip the Bundeswehr's Leopard 2 MBTs with Rafael's Trophy Active Protection Systems (APS) by Rafael...

In an age of big data, operational systems’ operators are grappling with information influx. Integrating operational scenarios and automated tools with high reliability will...

The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO), in the Directorate of Defense R&D (MAFAT) of the Israel Ministry of Defense, and the U.S. Missile Defense...

Current US air superiority concepts rely on advanced manned fighter aircraft to provide a penetrating counter-air capability to effectively deliver weapons. In an effort...

By Arie Egozi RAFAEL Advanced Systems continues to add capabilities to its combat-proven air defense systems. Only recently, the Israeli company has completed a two-week-long series...