The Israeli Ministry of Defense announced the successful completion of a planned series of developmental flight tests for the David’s Sling air and missile defense system.
MBDA marked two significant developments in European air defence during July 2025, underlining its commitment to delivering sovereign defence capabilities.
The United States has scheduled its first major test of the proposed Golden Dome missile defense system in the months leading up to the 2028 presidential election, according to CNN.
Germany announced on Friday it will deliver two more Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine under a new agreement with the United States.
The Slovenian Ministry of Defence has signed a contract to procure two additional fire units of the IRIS-T SLM medium-range ground-based air defence system.
Kopin has announced a contract update with Lockheed Martin for Phase 2 development of the Visual Display Subsystem (VDS) in the U.S. Army’s NGSRI programme.
A second successful firing of the Aster B1 New Technology (B1NT) missile was conducted on 30 July 2025 at the DGA Essais de Missiles test range, marking a major milestone for European air defence.
The IRIS-T SLM is designed to counter threats such as aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, and drones at distances of up to 40 kilometres and altitudes reaching 20 kilometres.
THAAD is a highly effective, combat-proven defence system capable of intercepting ballistic missile threats at both high and low altitudes.
The first batch of new Aster missiles has been delivered to Italy as part of the FSAF-PAAMS Sustainment and Enhancement (S&E) contract, following a production acceleration initiative.
Turkish defence company ASELSAN announced a major expansion in the production of its Steel Dome air defence system during the 17th International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF 2025) in Istanbul.
During the recent conflict with Iran, Israeli territory was protected by two American THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) batteries.
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