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By Tony Osborne
Spear-EW utilizes the same airframe as MBDA’s Spear 3 missiles being manufactured for the UK Royal Air Force.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A distributed approach to command and control appeared for the first time in the 2023 version of Taiwan's biannual National Defense Report.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Space Force is standing up two new units that will target challenges emerging to electronic warfare and positioning, navigation and timing.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Qinetiq and BAE Systems have teamed up to develop a low-cost, disposable uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force on Sept. 12 was signing the paperwork and getting ready to receive its first T-7A Red Hawk training jet.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
Industry partners in the three-nation Global Combat Air Program have reached a further collaboration agreement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is giving the public new peeks at its secretive B-21 Raider bomber.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The project is dubbed the Enhanced Collaborative High-Frequency Orientation System (ECHOS).
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Collins Aerospace has begun manufacturing a 1-megawatt electric generator for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim, Brian Everstine
BAE Systems and L3Harris Technologies has delivered the first EC-37B Compass Call aircraft to the U.S. Air Force for developmental and operational testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Lockheed Martin is proposing the assembly of the S-70M Black Hawk in the UK as part of its bid to secure the country’s New Medium Helicopter requirement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Estonia and Latvia are to jointly purchase the Diehl IRIS-T SLM medium-range, ground-based air defense system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
The creation of the independent council follows last year’s announcement of a strategic partnership with Northrop Grumman.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
An image released by the Israeli Air Force shows only the midbody section of the new Spark UAV where a high-wing attaches to the fuselage
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Rapid Experimental Missonized Autonomy (REMA) program, worth a total of $25 million spread across multiple anticipated awards, kicked off on Sept. 11.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Jen DiMascio
The powdered metal issues plaguing Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan engines have not affected the company’s largest military engine programs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Sept. 11 used what is typically his largest stage.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
“The Air and Space Forces must change, or we’ll fail to prevent, or lose, a war,” U.S. Air Force SecretaryKendall says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
GEOST says its Starlite protective system will be integrated into the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tracking Layer Tranche 1 satellites.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The program, known as Silent Barker, consists of at least two launches, each with multiple payloads.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The Czech Republic has claimed that acquiring and operating Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be cheaper than operating Saab’s Gripen E.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Satellite Launch and Recovery Package will enable U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) to have a smaller logistics and personnel footprint for MQ-9 operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail buy is described as “extremely poor value for money,” with the UK paying £1.89 billion for three, rather than £2.15 billion for five.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce is poised to begin a third phase of ground tests with a pair of dual-podded F130 turbofans for the U.S. Air Force’s B-52J re-engining program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Previous work on hypersonic accelerator and high-speed patent provide possible clues as to GE’s ambitions for rotating detonation technology.
Emerging Technologies