SMD 2026

Latest in SMD 2026

MIM-104 Patriot

New Patriot Battalion To Bolster Guam’s Defenses Within Months

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 17, 2026

U.S. Army

Hunt For New Lower-Cost Strike Missile With 1,000-Kilometer Range Underway By U.S. Army

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 14, 2026

Unmanned

U.S. Not Prepared To Handle Drone Attack From Inside Homeland: NORTHCOM Deputy Commander

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 13, 2026

Anti-Satellite Capabilities

New Anti-Satellite Weapons Now Officially A Top U.S. Priority

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 13, 2026

Drones

Drone Swarms Over Langley AFB Didn’t Surprise General In Charge Of NORAD

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 12, 2026

Iran

Iranian F-5s Bombing U.S. Forces In Kuwait Should Be A Wake-Up Call: Ex-USAF General

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 12, 2026

Space

U.S. Must Fuse Missile Warning And Defense To Defeat Future Threats: SPACECOM Deputy Commander

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 12, 2026

War In Space

Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield At Risk Of Grinding To A Halt Due To Budget Impasse

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 12, 2026

MIM-104 Patriot

Army Downed More Than 1,400 Iranian Missiles And Drones During Epic Fury And 12-Day War

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 11, 2026

Land-Based Ballistic Missile Defense

Hunt For New Mobile Missile Defense Radar Reinforced By Lessons From Iran War

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 11, 2026

MIM-104 Patriot

PAC-3 Adapted Capability Effector Is Lockheed’s New Low-Cost Patriot Interceptor

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 20, 2026

MIM-104 Patriot

Pentagon’s Ability To Supply Ukraine With More Patriot Interceptors Questioned By Congress (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jun 17, 2026

Orbital Systems

Pentagon’s Plans To Track Aircraft From Orbit Accelerated With New $4B SpaceX Deal

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 29, 2026

Anti-Satellite Capabilities

7,800 Interceptors In Space At Core Of $1.2 Trillion Golden Dome Cost Estimate

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 13, 2026

U.S. Space Force

Lockheed To Test Golden Dome Space-Based Missile Interceptor In Orbit By 2028

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

U.S. Army

New Surface-To-Air Missile Enters Army Mid-Tier Air Defense Competition

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 16, 2025