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May 13, 2026
Asian startups are building new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellite fleets to meet growing military and commercial demand.
May 12, 2026
The Pentagon is reducing its reliance on clandestine contractor aircraft as military operations ramp up and new tech is deployed.
May 12, 2026
Aviation Week editors discuss how space control is front and center for the U.S. Space Force, allied services and adversaries.
May 08, 2026
Turkey has joined the small club of countries that have demonstrated autonomous collaborative platform operations between crewed and uncrewed aircraft.
May 08, 2026
The defense industry may be tempted to run out the clock on President Donald Trump’s executive orders. That could be a grave mistake.
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Jun 11, 2026
Eight leading German defense and aerospace companies are urging their government to decide on the path forward for a future combat aircraft before year’s end.
Jun 11, 2026
U.S. and Australian fighter pilots will have the technical ability to take turns flying the same MQ-28, a Boeing official says.
Jun 11, 2026
The UK’s defense ministry is in disarray after the departure of two ministers concerned about the government’s unwillingness to provide more funding for defense.
Jun 11, 2026
Germany is scrambling to quickly address a need for deep-strike weapons amid uncertainty about an earlier plan to rely on U.S. systems in the near term.
Jun 11, 2026
As Europe pursues its goal of becoming more autonomous in space, ESA is exploring whether its Ariane 6 rocket could to take astronauts to orbit.
Jun 11, 2026
Rohde & Schwarz is looking to begin flight trials for its new multi-domain secure communications network architecture as early as next year, with the goal of having key elements customer-ready by the end of the decade.
Jun 10, 2026
LeoLabs has deployed its new Scout-S transportable radar to the Indo-Pacific that has already tracked multiple Chinese spacecraft, the space domain awareness company announced June 10.
Jun 10, 2026
A U.S. Air Force classification change to the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program could give a boost to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.’s (GA-ASI’s) marketing campaign in Europe.