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Jun 24, 2024
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns are back on the air defense procurement agenda.
Jun 24, 2024
Paris drone pact is the first step in structuring the highly fragmented French UAS industry.
Jun 21, 2024
The newcomer joins incumbents ULA and SpaceX on the Space Force’s launch vendor list.
Jun 21, 2024
The agency needs more than the Defense Department’s space collision avoidance services to keep its satellites out of harm’s way.
Jun 19, 2024
Public spotlight again focuses on the Ospreys as tiltrotors will not return to full operations for a year.

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Sep 23, 2025
The SDA and FAA are close to resolving an ongoing limitation on transmitting Link 16 data from space over the continental U.S., the acting director says.
Sep 23, 2025
South Korean defense contractor Hanwha Group has appointed Alex Wong, a former Trump administration official, as global chief strategy officer.
Sep 22, 2025
Both programs for presidential airlift are progressing on schedule, according to U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink.
Sep 22, 2025
The U.S. Air Force will have a chief of staff when its current uniformed leader retires in early November, the service's boss says.
Sep 22, 2025
The UK Royal Navy’s Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group is testing “carrier hopping” in the Indo-Pacific to extend the reach of its Lockheed Martin F-35Bs.
Sep 22, 2025
GE Aerospace has demonstrated two different rotating detonation combustion (RDC) engines—a missile-scale ramjet and a dual-mode ramjet for high-speed aircraft.
Sep 22, 2025
GE Aerospace on Sept. 22 announced it conducted supersonic captive carry flight tests of a new solid-fueled ramjet.
Sep 19, 2025
Italian F-35s and Swedish JAS-39 Gripens were scrambled on Sept. 19 to respond to Russian MiG-31s that entered Estonian airspace.