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Sep 04, 2020
From SpaceX’s recent successes to Palantir’s coming public stock offering, newcomers are making noise in A&D, but looks can be deceiving.
Sep 04, 2020
A year-old proposal to reform the U.S. Air Force fighter pilot training pipeline is restructuring its acquisition approach again.
Sep 02, 2020
Researchers find lack of large flakes may give crews false sense of security in snowy takeoffs.
Aug 28, 2020
Sikorsky and Boeing flew Raider and Defiant demonstrators in formation, showcasing potential commonality between FARA and FLRAA.
Aug 28, 2020
Competing for the U.S. Army’s FARA and FLRAA programs, Bell emphasizes the pedigrees of its designs.

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Apr 28, 2025
Stockholm's raft of new measures to bolster funding for both its own armed forces and Ukraine represents a post-Trump adjustment to previously established plans.
Apr 28, 2025
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin’s Astrotech Space Operations a contract to boost payload processing capacity at Vandenberg SFB, California.
Apr 25, 2025
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 experienced an engine fire on takeoff April 18 and conducted an emergency landing, damaging the tiltrotor.
Apr 25, 2025
The German Air Force is trying to ease concerns that the Lockheed Martin F-35s it is buying could be operationally impaired by U.S. control over the Joint Strike Fighter's technology.
Apr 25, 2025
Hanwha Aerospace is positioning its military MRO capabilities to support the U.S. Defense Department's Regional Sustainment Framework.
Apr 25, 2025
Saab is looking to wrap up negotiations and finalize contracts this year for Gripen E/F deals with Thailand and Colombia, CEO Micael Johansson says.
Apr 24, 2025
China has sent three astronauts on the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, blasting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 5:17 pm Beijing time on April 24.
Apr 24, 2025
L3Harris CEO Chris Kubasik says he expects the Trump administration to release a basic version of the fiscal 2026 budget request within two weeks.