The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $58.6 billion to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, as conflicts in Iran and Ukraine strain U.S. weapons stockpiles. The U.S. […]
Japan’s JASDF has begun flight testing the air-launched variant of the Upgraded Type 12 anti-ship missile on an F-2 fighter, boasting a 1,000 km stand-off range. On July 30, 2026, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force […]
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the Israeli company that produces the Iron Dome and Iron Beam systems, has successfully tested an upgraded version of its Spyder air-defense system against multiple aerial threats, including unmanned aerial vehicles […]
A rifle that decides, mid-trigger-pull, when to let the round go, not the shooter, is now fielded or in procurement across an estimated 10 to 15 European countries, according to Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). The […]
The next evolution of attack drones like Russia’s Shaheds will feature AI that allows the drone to independently recognize targets and choose to strike them, said one of Ukraine’s top drone analysts. “Analyzing targets by […]
Iran receives an initial delivery under a contract of 400 Chinese-manufactured QW-12 and FN-16 man-portable air defense systems via Pakistan’s CPEC corridor, according to a Reuters report on July 29, 2026. The acquisition seeks to […]
Evolving drone and missile threats, from Europe to the Middle East, are pushing the Marine Corps to move faster on critical air-defense programs, a top Marine general said last week. The Marine Corps is investing […]
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) introduced HYPNOSIS, a navigation warfare system built to counter large numbers of drones and other satellite-guided aerial threats by scrambling the navigation signals those weapons depend on to find their targets, […]
North Korea has resumed sending Russia one of its deadliest ballistic missiles, a weapon that started this war as a punchline for its terrible aim and has since become one of the most accurate short-range […]
Lockheed Martin’s latest solution to drone swarms has arrived, and the defense giant is saying it can take on up to 50 enemy systems in just one flight. The “MORFIUS X-Rotor” is a reusable high-power […]
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