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Aug 13, 2020
The U.S. Air Force’s next chief; Growler tests new jammer; Army deploys ISR aircraft; and top-level support for HBTSS.
Aug 11, 2020
As domestic opportunities for helicopter sales shrink, the UK arm of Leonardo Helicopters presses hard for exports.
Aug 11, 2020
Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin hoped to wrest contracts from incumbents ULA and SpaceX.
Aug 10, 2020
Facing flat budgets, the military will need strategic focus to leverage every dollar.
Aug 07, 2020
Two NASA astronauts return from extended SpaceX flight test to the ISS.

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Sep 20, 2024
Increasingly, defense plans in Europe are converting to contracts for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 and Eurofighter’s Typhoon, giving industry executives on both sides of the Atlantic reason to be optimistic.
Sep 19, 2024
U.S. Special Operations Command now intends to buy a fleet of 62 of the L3Harris and Air Tractor aircraft.
Sep 19, 2024
The EU effort to create a sovereign satellite communications network, known as IRIS², should be unaffected by the exit of Thierry Breton from the EC, program backers say.
Sep 19, 2024
A key element of the ROKAF's force strengthening is the commitment to deploying the its growing fighter fleet alongside attritable uncrewed aircraft that will serve as loyal wingmen and force multipliers.
Sep 18, 2024
The entire V-22 fleet is still limited in its operations, including a requirement that it stays within 30 min. of a divert location.
Sep 18, 2024
Following the appointment of the EU's first Commissioner for Defense and Space, a European Commission official has laid out key areas that Andrius Kubilius will focus on.
Sep 18, 2024
Roscosmos says the Angara mission from the Plesetsk launch site in northern Russia successfully placed the Kosmos-2577 and Kosmos-2578 spacecraft into orbit.
Sep 17, 2024
The U.S.-led group of nations supporting Ukraine cannot train F-16 pilots fast enough to meet the nation’s needs, Europe's top USAF officer says.