The New Zealand Defence Force has conducted its first launch of a Kongsberg Penguin anti-ship missile from the Kaman Aerospace SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite helicopter.

RTX Corporation’s RTX unit, Raytheon, recently secured a $75.1 million modification contract to provide engineering and technical support for Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) and Standard Missile-6 (SM ...

Iran revealed a new ballistic missile on Sunday that it said was capable of traveling 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles), unveiling it in a Tehran ceremony attended by President Masoud Pezeshkian.

About 90 Patriot missiles from Israel are being sent to Ukraine in a transfer facilitated by the United States, according to a US defense official. The missiles had been in storage in Israel ...

The US military is transferring some 90 Patriot air defense missile interceptors from storage in Israel to be used in Ukraine against Russian strikes, according to a new report. The Patriot ...

Wonder Land: In 1986, Sen. Joe Biden mocked as ‘reckless’ Ronald Reagan's 'Strategic Defense Initiative,' a program to counter the ballistic missile threat. Israel ran with it, creating the ...

Often derided as "Star Wars," SDI never achieved its lofty goals, but the Army, Navy, and the Missile Defense Agency developed land-based and ship-based interceptors capable of destroying a small ...

Jon Jackson is a News Editor at Newsweek based in New York. His focus is on reporting on the Ukraine and Russia war. Jon previously worked at The Week, the River Journal, Den of Geek and Maxim.

Shares of RTX Corp. zoomed toward a record high Tuesday after the defense and aerospace giant, formerly known as Raytheon, guided for a strong 2025, with backlog of more than $200 billion between ...

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