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Germany to activate Arrow 3 missile shield this week
This event, as reported by German media, will mark the first deployment of Arrow 3 outside of Israel.
By Linus Höller
More leadership changes at the National Reconnaissance Office
Just days after the Senate confirmed the next director of the NRO, America's spy satellite agency has a new deputy director.
By Nathan Strout
The Pentagon’s new space agency has an idea about the future
A new document from the Space Development Agency provides an early glimpse of how it wants to organize it's next generation space architecture.
By Nathan Strout
Lockheed braces for German blowback over cost of missile-defense pitch
Company executives are preparing for a stiff debate in Germany about the price tag of a next-generation anti-missile system formally proposed to Berlin just days ago.
One drone down and the new nuance of escalation
A 2015 wargame sought to explore how drones factor into conflict escalation, in an analysis that proves prescient today.
By Kelsey D. Atherton
Norway’s Air Force tests Sidewinder missile
The AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II missile was launched for the first time using a National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, according to a Raytheon announcement.
By Kelsey Reichmann
FCAS or Tempest? European missile company has its eyes on both
MBDA is rolling out new ideas for supplying future aerial weapons with swarming, expendable drones for strike and reconnaissance.
By Christina Mackenzie
The US must deploy a sub-launched low-yield nuke
To address an important gap in America’s security, the country must modernize its nuclear arsenal.
By Bradley Bowman and Andrew Gabel
US Air Force flight tests hypersonic missile on B-52 bomber
The flight test collected data on drag and vibration impacts on the weapon and the B-52 Stratofortress carrying it.
By Cal Pringle
House panel wants cheaper Patriot missile
The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee wants the Army to look into plans to buy a low-cost interceptor for the Patriot air-and-missile defense system in its mark-up of the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill.
By Jen Judson
Air Force awards $20M contract for new common ground system
The Air Force is one step closer to the creation of a new common platform for satellite command and control called the Enterprise Ground Services.
By Nathan Strout