Space executives suggest a lack of regulations may be hindering progress, particularly around manufacturing standards, insurance frameworks and orbital traffic management.
Australian defense firm NIOA has partnered with MBDA to explore manufacturing the Deluge attack drone in Australia, aiming to expand domestic munitions production.
Chinese startup Xuanwu Space has completed preliminary design work on the Luduan 9, a reusable rocket concept using liquid oxygen/methane and sea-platform vertical recovery.
The Houthi militia in Yemen is claiming responsibility for striking King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with a missile for the second time this week.
A secretive DOD program funding prototypes for next-generation hypersonic tech has selected three companies for initial contract awards: Anduril, Lockheed Martin and Ursa Major.
A U.S. Army probe into the January 2025 collision between a UH-60L Black Hawk and a PSA Airlines CRJ-700 near Washington Reagan National Airport outlined systemic issues.
An investigation into the fatal loss of a UK Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire in May 2024 has raised questions over whether the aircraft received too much attention from its maintainers.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he has “expressed openness” to Germany in joining the GCAP fighter development effort already underway with Italy and Japan.
The U.S. Air Force intends to transfer four recently retired KC-10 Extender refueling aircraft to an undisclosed partner nation in North Africa, according to an announcement.
Shield AI has received an additional $150 million investment from the U.S. Navy to support the X-Bat program, raising overall financing to $400 million.
Phebe Novakovic’s reign atop of General Dynamics has started sunsetting, and Danny Deep, currently president, will succeed her as CEO come the start of 2027.
France's defense materiel agency (DGA) has tasked Airbus Helicopters with studying missile integration onto the H160M rotorcraft being acquired for the Army, Navy and Air and Space Force.
ESA plans to initiate talks with member states in the coming months about evolving its space launch infrastructure and seeking funding to modernize its rocket launch capabilities.
Indian space startup Skyroot is looking to return to the pad in January after its Vikram-1 rocket reached orbit on the first try, in a mission that has contributed to its bulging backlog.
