Defense

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army wants to develop a common mission system for targeting and CNI functions between the V-280 and FARA fleets.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Thirty members of a secretive Russian military unit that programs the flightpaths of cruise missiles targeting Ukraine have been sanctioned.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Pyongyang claims to have successfully tested a large solid-fuel engine, which could be used to power an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno, Steve Trimble
The deal adds one of the U.S. government’s most important propulsion, space and missile system suppliers to industry’s self-titled trusted disruptor.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The Mayhem team will now start working on system requirements, concept design and a digital engineering environment for the vehicle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
President Joe Biden on Dec. 16 signed a bill to keep the government open for one more week.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Telesat of Ottawa has finished testing its Phase 1 low-Earth-orbit demonstration satellite.
Advanced Air Mobility

Roscosmos Space Corp. has suggested that a micrometeorite may have caused the coolant leak on the Russian Soyuz MS-22 spaceship.
Space

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Special Operations Command wants to upgrade the direction finding antenna in the Joint Threat Warning System-Air
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Mark Carreau
Vice President Kamala Harris has named 29 people to join the U.S. National Space Council's Users Advisory Group.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Industrial partners on the joint French, German and Spanish project were awarded a €3.2 billion ($3.4 billion) Phase 1B contract on Dec. 15.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
The European Space Agency has solidified its master plan for three demonstration programs aiming at launcher reusability.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Saab has been contracted to develop an upgrade for Sweden’s Gripen C/D combat aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Boston-based Advent, which bought Britain’s Cobham and Ultra Electronics in recent years, said Maxar is a high-quality known supplier of orbital assets.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
With the AW609 closing in on the 20th anniversary of its first flight, could 2023 finally bring high-speed rotorcraft to the commercial market?
Emerging Technologies

By Steven Grundman
At the end of a year filled with profound challenges to the U.S. defense posture, the music of its national defense is surprisingly upbeat.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
A new propulsion technology decades in the making faces a fateful decision point for the Air Force in the new year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is planning to begin offering commercial services with its high-flying solar-powered Zephyr uncrewed aircraft by the end of 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The Air Force Research Laboratory has contracted with Pacific Defense to develop a modular, open architecture sensor to monitor cislunar space.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. F-35B crash-landed near Lockheed Martin's assembly line in Texas and the pilot ejected safely .
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
A planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station was delayed due to a Soyuz leak.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
U.S. Space Forces Korea is the Space Force's first command outside of the United States.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The single-engine delta-winged Kizilelma took to the air Dec. 14 from Baykar’s flight-test facility near Istanbul.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The move follows the decision by the German government to pursue development of an electronic warfare derivative of the Eurofighter.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Piotr Butowski
Ukraine appears to have fashioned the Tu-141 into a weapon that is attacking targets deep in Russian territory.
Missile Defense & Weapons