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Oct 21, 2022
While promising continued nuclear modernization, the White House aims to lower tensions by deemphasizing use of weapons.
Oct 21, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Oct 20, 2022
NATO nations are heeding air defense lessons from Ukraine and preparing to invest in their ground-based surface-to-air defenses.
Oct 20, 2022
The San Diego company’s next uncrewed aircraft system could be powered by a radical new engine design of its own making.
Oct 20, 2022
NASA is assessing a private initiative to boost and service the flagship observatory.

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Nov 19, 2025
President Donald Trump has formally nominated a senior U.S. Air Force official to oversee critical modernization programs.
Nov 19, 2025
China’s United Aircraft carried out the first flight of its R6000 large tiltrotor UAS, roughly a year after the initial prototype rolled off the assembly line.
Nov 18, 2025
The U.S. Air Force for the past year has faced an internal debate that ultimately upended the service’s top leadership.
Nov 18, 2025
Israel is moving to streamline it arms export policy to smooth the process and boost exports at a time global competition is heating up.
Nov 18, 2025
York Space Systems, a mass satellite manufacturer, says it is applying to become a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.
Nov 18, 2025
The companies putting money on the line to stand up Europe’s future sovereign satellite communications constellation are determined to keep the nascent program on schedule.
Nov 18, 2025
BAE Systems has teamed up with Boeing and Saab to offer the T-7 for a UK Royal Air Force need to replace an aging fleet of Hawk T1s and T2s flown by the Red Arrows and student pilots.
Nov 18, 2025
Airbus is gearing up to begin flight trials of its Sirtap tactical uncrewed air system while also looking to expand the system's customer set and capabilities.