U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon plans to field thousands of autonomous systems—including aircraft, ships and ground vehicles—on a scale not seen within two years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Defense Department has started canvassing the market for interest in reviving domestic and North American production of titanium sponge.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is asking for ideas to prototype and demonstrate a space system that can launch within 24 hr. of notice.
Space

By Byron Callan
The Pentagon and Congress must keep in mind shareholder partners and their influence on the behavior of public company management.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
AeroVironment plans to buy Tomahawk Robotics, a developer of software and hardware to control multiple tactical uncrewed air and ground vehicles at once.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
The study contracts were awarded via the SDA’s System, Technologies, and Emerging Capabilities broad agency announcement.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Members of Niger’s military rose up against President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been under house arrest since July 26.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) on Aug. 17 released a request for information.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military’s nuclear command is undergoing a review of its warhead stockpile needs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
JetZero says the demonstrator will provide the platform for a mid-market aircraft with capacity for up to 250 passengers and a range of at least 5,000 nm.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Apurva Mahajan
The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) within the Commerce Department is set to implement a three-phase plan to assume control of space situational awareness.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Capitol Hill should take limited steps to help the Pentagon improve its budgeting flexibility and speed up acquisition, a congressionally mandated panel says
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S.-Japan partnership is reportedly intended to counter growing threats of hypersonic missile technology from China, North Korea and Russia.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Astranis plans to launch by year’s end its UtilitySat, a multiband and relocatable small communications satellite.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon needs a new way to coordinate and advocate for “missile defeat,” the U.S. Army’s top missile defense official says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The company announced Aug. 7 that all elements of its NGI have been validated ahead of another PDR for the entire all-up round.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
The Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization Flight One payload undertook a thermal vacuum test at Northrop Grumman’s Dulles, Virginia, facility.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military has set up a new joint pathway aimed at bringing on nontraditional suppliers to try to grow the propulsion industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
New technology is making simulated training more powerful than ever, but obstacles remain for the U.S. military to exploit recent advances fully.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The 14-aircraft fleet, all based at the JGSDF Camp in Kisarazu, stood down on July 22.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
“I’m thrilled to welcome more than 5,000 employees to the L3Harris team today,” L3Harris Chair and CEO Chris Kubasik said.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Senate Appropriations Committee on July 27 approved its $831.8 million defense spending bill for 2024.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Boeing is generating cash and on the way to meeting key promises made to investors, top managers asserted July 26.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is sending additional Patriot and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) munitions to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Russia’s harassment of U.S. aircraft continues over Syria, this time with an Su-35 fighter damaging an MQ-9 Reaper UAV, forcing it to land.
Budget, Policy & Operations