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Aug 03, 2022
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office uses independence and contracting leeway to deliver classified projects quickly.
Aug 02, 2022
South Korea is becoming Poland’s new defense partner, as the NATO nation rearms in the face of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Aug 01, 2022
New chief of Roscosmos says decision made to leave ISS after 2024.
Aug 01, 2022
How soon can the U.S. Defense Department pivot from offensive to defensive hypersonic weapons—and can it afford to?
Jul 29, 2022
Tupolev’s PAK DA strategic bomber program aims to fly its first prototype in 2024.

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Aug 25, 2025
U.S. Navy officials canceled the service’s high-speed, air-launched, anti-ship missile program but not the goal of a missile that can defeat modern air defenses
Aug 25, 2025
York Space Systems has delivered 21 satellites ahead of the first launch of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Aug 24, 2025
RTX preps upgrades to Next-Generation Jammer Mid-Band system, drawing on early operational lessons, as as it awaits the service’s full-rate production decision.
Aug 24, 2025
The U.S. Navy's sixth-generation fighter program, F/A-XX, appears to regain momentum as service officials say they are ready for a downselect.
Aug 22, 2025
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has issued two study contracts this month related to its Rocket Cargo vision to speedily transport equipment around the globe using commercial launch vehicles.
Aug 22, 2025
AVIC unit Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation has flown a dual-thrust compound rotorcraft demonstrator, just days after a Chinese tiltrotor test flight.
Aug 22, 2025
Both pilots successfully ejected as a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Boeing F/A-18D Hornet crashed on Aug. 21 shortly after takeoff from Kuantan AB.
Aug 22, 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched at 11:50 p.m. EDT Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane under the USSF-36 mission.