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Jun 18, 2024
The service is exploring the future of narrowband satellite communications as its legacy Mobile User Objective System approaches the end of its life span.
Jun 17, 2024
Launching a war on drug cartels, ending the Russia-Ukraine war and expanding missile defense all have potential consequences.
Jun 13, 2024
The agency proposes a major revamp of the U.S. Army’s most advanced theater-level interceptor 16 years after the first battery was activated.
Jun 12, 2024
The two companies are studying Pearl-family business jet engines as an option to power military uncrewed aerial systems.
Jun 12, 2024
Airbus has unveiled concepts for an uncrewed wingman that could support German Air Force Eurofighters in the 2030s.
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Sep 10, 2025
Mauritania has built a modest but modern air force thanks to a fivefold increase in defense spending from 2003 to 2023.
Sep 09, 2025
After languishing in budgetary limbo, an electronic warfare suite developed for the F-16 is now being pressed quickly into service.
Sep 09, 2025
Poland has secured the lion’s share of a European Union financial assistance fund for nations to build their defense readiness.
Sep 09, 2025
Rafael has launched the industrial phase of adapting its Iron Beam high-power laser air defense system for maritime applications.
Sep 09, 2025
The Republic of Singapore Air Force is steadily introducing adaptive software technologies as a key enabler of its sense-strike operations.
Sep 08, 2025
The Finnish government and local satellite-maker Iceye have signed an agreement for the country’s defense forces to field an SAR satellite constellation.
Sep 08, 2025
Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear has left the agency less than one week before the first operational satellites are due to launch.
Sep 08, 2025
Bird Aerosystems has secured a contract to develop and test an enhanced self-protection system for the Israeli Air Force’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.