Defense and Space

Stephen Perry
Had these transactions happened, the industry today would be almost unrecognizable.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Now in its fourth year, the European Commission-led EDF aims to support defense research, development and cooperation among member states.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Russian Air Force’s use of glide bombs is adding to the country’s fires advantage against Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force is hoping to field an attritable autonomous collaborative platform to operate and provide mass to its combat aircraft fleets by 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Navy plans to soon issue a request for proposals for a shipboard antenna that can connect to up to 15 different satellite constellations at once.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The $1.9 million Phase 1 contract under the Energy Web Aircraft program calls for Otto and Swift Engineering to build the uncrewed air vehicle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected the first three science instruments for deployment on the Moon’s south pole as part of Artemis III.
Space

By Craig Caffrey
Combined spending on procurement and RDT&E will reach 36.6% of overall U.S. defense spending in fiscal 2027, a level not seen since the end of the Cold War.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Space Development Agency on March 26 released its final solicitation for the Tranche 2 Tracking Layer-Gamma constellation of secretive space vehicles.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Venus Aerospace’s team intentionally throttled the hydrogen peroxide monopropellant engine at 80% thrust to prevent the drone from reaching supersonic speed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Honeywell is buying Italian supplier Civitanavi Systems in a bid to strengthen its foothold in autonomous aerospace operations and expand in Europe.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
After observing the battlefield effectiveness of UAS in Ukraine and Gaza, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry has shared plans to improve its uncrewed capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced appointments to a pair of space committees.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Its plan differs from some prior programs, such as the venerable MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen signed a letter of intent to finalize the deal later this year in Denmark.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Kymeta has delivered its first multi-orbit, flat-panel satellite antennas to an undisclosed branch of the U.S. military.
Space

By Brian Everstine
A new U.S. Army effort is focused on its emerging role of deep sensing for long-range fires.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Japanese cabinet has relaxed the country’s arms export restrictions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
A Turkish indigenous active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has taken to the air for the first time in an F-16, local defense officials announced.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Saab will supply its Arexis sensor suite to equip a fleet of German Air Force Eurofighters for the suppression and destruction of enemy air defense mission.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat final assembly facility will open in 2027 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Blended wing body developer JetZero has received an FAA airworthiness certificate for its 12.5% scaled demo, clearing the uncrewed twin-engine aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Development Agency is interested in hiring companies to deorbit its satellites at the end of their service lives.
Space

By Irene Klotz
ILC Dover is being sold again, this time to the global industrial-machinery company Ingersoll Rand.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Planet Labs has expanded its partnership with satellite image analytics firm SynMax to sell AI-powered vessel monitoring and classification software.
Commercial Space