Air Defense News

January 17, 2024

Ukrainian Crews Set A Complex Missile Trap For Russia’s Best Radar Plane

Forbes On Sunday night, Ukrainian air-defenses shot down one of the Russian air force’s very rare, and very valuable, A-50 radar early-warning

January 16, 2024

Russia Loses A-50 Recon Jet, Il-22 Plane as Putin’s Air Defenses Blamed

Newsweek A rare $300 million Russian early warning and control aircraft and an Ilyushin plane were allegedly hit by Russia’s

January 16, 2024

NATO’s rotational air defense presence on its eastern borders would be ‘appropriate response to Russian escalation,’ says Lithuanian Foreign

YahooNews Expanding NATO’s rotational air defense presence in the Black and Baltic Sea regions would be an “appropriate response to the

January 11, 2024

SR-71 Blackbird: Could It Outrun Russia’s S-400 Air Defense Missiles?

National Interest This article considers the capabilities of modern air-defense systems like the Russian S-200, S-300, and S-400, suggesting that while

January 9, 2024

The New Air Defense System Protecting Ukrainian Skies, Courtesy of Germany

Kyiv Post As winter approached, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky repeatedly asked his partners for more air defense assets, anticipating a repeat of

January 9, 2024

Boeing aims for annual output of 6 E-7 Wedgetails to fill global early warning ‘gap’

Breaking Defense Aerospace giant Boeing plans to ramp up production of the E-7 Wedgetail to an ambitious six planes per

January 8, 2024

The U.S. Navy Doesn’t Have Enough Air Defense Missiles

American Enterprise Institue The United States Navy is engaged in its highest level of missile combat in the last decade, as sailors defend

December 21, 2023

Drastic Increase In Army Coyote Drone Interceptor Purchase Plans

The Drive The U.S. Army plans to substantially increase its arsenal of Coyote counter-drone interceptors, as well as associated launchers

December 21, 2023

Raytheon building high-power microwave weapons in Tucson

Tucson.com Raytheon in Tucson will build two high-power microwave antenna systems for the Navy and Air Force that will use

December 18, 2023

US approves possible air-to-air missile sales to Japan

Janes The United States State Department has approved the possible sale of air-to-air missiles for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force