Missile Defense News

April 18, 2024

Navy has spent nearly $1B in Middle East, including against Houthi threat, secretary says

The Hill U.S. naval forces have spent nearly $1 billion in the Middle East, including on efforts to fend off

April 18, 2024

Coalition conducts Air & Missile Defense exercise in Arabian Gulf

US Air Forces Central Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) conducted Blue Sands 24.4, a combined air and missile defense

April 17, 2024

Lockheed chosen to build new homeland missile defense interceptor

Defense News Nearly a year prior to a deadline for two competing teams to reach a critical design review phase

April 17, 2024

U.S. Patriot Missile Defense System In Iraqi Kurdistan Is Well-Placed

Forbes Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack targeting Israel over the weekend revealed the United States has deployed a MIM-104

April 17, 2024

Ukraine Ops Reveal ‘Backwards’ U.S. Approach To Missile Defense

Aviation Week Ukraine’s air and missile defense architecture shows that the U.S. approach is “backwards,” with the most expensive interceptors

April 17, 2024

Drone-and-Missile Warfare Tests Supply-Strapped Defense Systems

The Wall Street Journal The near-complete defeat of Iran’s drone-and-missile barrage against Israel on Saturday marked a success for air-defense systems, but

April 16, 2024

Out of INF, Army deploys Typhon weapon to the Philippines

Breaking Defense Soldiers with the US Army’s 1st Multi-Domain Task Force deployed to the Philippines with a new long-range weapon exceeding

April 16, 2024

The Lessons of Israeli Missile Defense

The Wall Street Journal The performance of Israeli air defenses, combined with assistance from U.S. jets and interceptors, saved countless

April 16, 2024

Pentagon Slows And Adapts Long-Range Hypersonic Defense Plan

Aviation Week The U.S. will take even longer to field a purpose-built, long-range hypersonic defense system expected by the 2030s,

April 16, 2024

Ukraine says it ‘ran out of missiles’ to stop Russian strike ruining power station

Reuters A lack of air defense missiles prevented Ukraine from thwarting a Russian missile attack last week that destroyed the biggest power