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.

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...

Rheinmetall spends $41M to expand U.S. Army production

American Rheinmetall is spending $41 million to expand and modernize six manufacturing facilities across Michigan, Ohio, and Maine, accelerating production capacity for some of the U.S. Army's most important ground combat modernization programs while deliberately avoiding the...

Lockheed opens Alabama factory to build America’s next missile shield

Lockheed Martin opened a purpose-built missile production facility in Courtland, Alabama on Monday dedicated entirely to manufacturing the Next Generation Interceptor, the missile that will eventually replace the aging Ground-Based Interceptors currently guarding the United States against...

Finland’s new warships get advanced composite armor fitted

Finland's next generation of warships is getting armored protection from a specialist composite materials company, with Integris selected to supply advanced naval ballistic protection systems for all four Pohjanmaa-class corvettes currently under construction at Rauma Marine Constructions'...

Northrop Grumman’s Jackal missile passes key flight test

Northrop Grumman completed a successful flight test of its Jackal precision strike missile on June 1, demonstrating the core systems that will define how American ground forces deliver long-range strikes in the most contested environments they are...