The U.S. Army will activate two air defense artillery batteries at Fort Bliss in Texas to test and evaluate the Iron Dome system for integration into the service’s existing architecture.
European missile manufacturer MBDA’s high-tier missile/long-range mobile missile (MHT/MLP) has been selected to fulfill France’s Future Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile (MAST-F) requirement.
Versions of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) LAH and Surion helicopters could be developed for manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T), improving survivability, according to a proposal from the manufacturer.
A parliamentary committee says the defense ministry is in danger of failing “to capitalize on the huge investment that the UK has made” in the two ships because of delays in programs critical to their operation.
The U.S. Navy still intends to pursue Battle Force 2045, although former Defense Secretary Mark Esper is no longer at the Pentagon, the head of Navy shipbuilding says.
Sikorsky is extending work with DARPA and the U.S. Army on its Matrix autonomy system to encompass collaboration between multiple UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters operating in a contested environment.
The selected teams—Boeing, EpiSci, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Heron Systems and physicsAI—will build on the results of the AlphaDogfight Trials won by Heron Systems in August.
Airbus and Eurofighter have signed contracts to deliver 38 Tranche 4-model Eurofighters to the German Air Force in the first follow-on order for the aircraft for one of the partner nations.
Achieving a return to the Moon’s surface with human explorers by 2024 tops a list of seven signature management and performance challenges that NASA faces over the coming decade, an assessment from the agency’s inspector general says.
NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Force has taken delivery of its fifth Northrop Grumman RQ-4D Global Hawk unmanned air system, completing the fleet.
Two senior House Progressive Caucus members are requesting that President-Elect Joe Biden nominate a defense secretary who has not been previously employed as a defense contractor, which may rule out rumored favorite Michele Flournoy.
Aireon on Nov. 12 announced an agreement with the FAA allowing the agency access to its satellite-routed aircraft surveillance data to evaluate different air traffic control applications.
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) suggests to heavily upgrading the Surion for a program that could greatly enlarge the South Korean army’s utility helicopter fleet
Northrop Grumman is looking to become the third major missile provider to the Pentagon and allied customers, the company’s chief executive said Nov. 11.
Senate appropriators are looking to accelerate two weapons programs—the U.S. Air Force’s Golden Horde and the Army’s long-range fires and air and missile defense development.
Raytheon Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Blue Canyon Technologies, a pioneering provider of small satellites and spacecraft systems components, for about $350 million.
