An emerging architecture for a space-based sensor layer could use multiple types of observation tech to detect and track ballistic and hypersonic missiles, U.S. defense officials say.
The German defense ministry has begun a radical restructuring of the country’s armed forces to better prepare it for modernization and an uptick in defense spending.
Northrop Grumman has revealed the details of a production-ready new radar called Vanguard that its Mission Systems division launched about five years ago.
Air Force National Guard Brig. Gen. Edward Vaughn was selected by the active duty component to aggressively respond to pilots’ reporting of physiological events.
A Japanese requirement to replace Bell AH-1S attack helos shaping up as an opportunity for the country to enter an international joint development program.
An Indian Air Force MiG-27 fighter has crashed in the western state of Rajasthan, the latest in a series of similar accidents among the service’s aging fleets.
Japan's proposed military budget seeks money for land-based batteries, interceptors, an upgrade for an Aegis destroyer and air-to-surface weapons for knocking out threats before launch.
The pressurized Airbus Perlan 2 sailplane reached an altitude of over 76,000 ft. on Sept. 2 over the Andes Mountains, attaining what is believed to be the highest level-flight ever by a manned, winged, subsonic aircraft.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $250.4m U.S. Navy contract for F-35 Lightning II low-rate initial production Lot 11 production nonrecurring special tooling and special test equipment.
The first Boeing 702-based ViaSat-3 satellite structure has arrived at Viasat’s facility in Tempe, Arizona, where payload integration and testing can now begin, Viasat announced Aug.
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The air pressure within the habitable volume of the International Space Station held steady Aug. 31, a day after the six-person crew hustled to locate and internally seal a small leak in the orbital compartment of the Soyuz MS-09 crew transport capsule.
The mobile launcher that will serve as the construction base and launch platform for NASA’s heavy-lift SLS rocket and Orion deep-space capsule was transported to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B on Aug. 31 for fit checks.
The UK defense ministry is to test machine learning to support the processing and exploitation of surveillance data from its unmanned aerial systems (UAV).
