Leonardo’s autonomous rotorcraft demonstrator Proteus has made its long-awaited first flight.

The U.S. Senate on Jan. 15 joined the House of Representatives in passing a fiscal 2026 budget for NASA that nearly matches its current spending levels.

Aviation Week Network’s new 2026 Military Fleet & MRO Forecast predicts thata over the course of the next 10 years, 22,132 military aircraft worth $1.2 trillion will be delivered to operators around the world.

The Global Combat Air Program continues to make quiet progress despite appearing to be in contract limbo.

Planet Labs is trying to get a new satellite production facility in Germany operational before year-end, though timing is somewhat linked to securing approvals.

The U.S. military is opening a second acquisition track for affordable and mass-producible missiles.

Denmark is increasing its military activity in Greenland and may send combat aircraft there amid the U.S. government’s interest in acquiring the island.

Divergent regional trends in global defense spending are a further reminder that this defense market boom is different from those seen in recent decades.