Emily Ryan Miller

Emily Ryan Miller is responsible for covering defense tenders, company statements, and weapons market analytics. As an Editorial Fellow, she brings clarity to complex industrial developments and ensures our readers receive timely updates on key business and procurement trends.

Czech jet maker posts 400% profit jump

A Czech aircraft manufacturer that has been building military planes for a century just posted the best financial results in its modern history, with profit before tax jumping more than 400 percent in a single year as...

Washington Guard trains to stop drones over World Cup crowds

With millions of soccer fans heading to the Seattle area for the FIFA World Cup this summer, the Washington National Guard gathered federal agents, police officers, and military units at a desert training range in June to...

Silicon Valley meets the cannon: Anduril joins Team SIGMA

Two of the U.S. defense industry's most closely watched companies announced they are joining forces to compete for one of the Army's most significant ground combat modernization programs, pairing a combat-proven Israeli-American cannon system with Silicon Valley's...

Plasan launches three armor systems for drone-age warfare

An Israeli armor company is heading to Eurosatory later this month with three new vehicle protection systems, each targeting a category of threat that has grown sharply more lethal on the modern battlefield: mines, top-attack munitions, and...

L3Harris tests ramjet that could double U.S. Army missile range

L3Harris Technologies has successfully tested a propulsion system designed to push U.S. Army missiles well beyond the ranges that current weapons can reach, clearing a key technical hurdle in one of the Army's most closely watched long-range...

Lockheed’s new AI system intercepts Shahed-style attack drone

The drones that have reshaped warfare over Ukraine are now the target of a new American kill chain, and the company behind the F-35 just proved it can destroy one in a live-fire test using a combination...

L3Harris spends $25M expanding rocket motor plant in Alabama

L3Harris Technologies has spent $25 million adding 130,000 square feet (12,077 square meters) of manufacturing space to its solid rocket motor facility in Huntsville, Alabama, as the U.S. defense industry races to close the gap between munitions...

Saab rolls out first Gripen F two-seat fighter jet

Saab rolled out the first Gripen F two-seat fighter to the Brazilian Air Force on June 2 at its Linköping facility in Sweden, presenting the newest variant of the Gripen E family to the air force that...