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Nov 30, 2023
Airbus is building a road map of technologies for automated aerial refueling that will pave the way for a second-generation MRTT.
Nov 21, 2023
The bomber’s public first flight kicks off an intensive test campaign and more funding for Northrop Grumman.
Nov 20, 2023
The 50-year-old GPS program is increasingly vulnerable to a proliferation of tools used to jam and spoof the weak and unencrypted civilian signal.
Nov 15, 2023
The “father of GPS” on how the system came to be and the hurdles it needs to overcome to remain at the cutting edge.
Nov 10, 2023
A multi-orbit satellite architecture is key to the nation’s quest to “conquer the night.”
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Aug 01, 2025
Advocates for more scientific rigor in studying unidentified anomalous phenomena have renewed calls for wider data collection and proliferated sensor systems.
Jul 30, 2025
Pakistan has made progress in recapitalizing its fighter fleet in the last two years.
Jul 30, 2025
Germany’s combined defense funding is slated to reach around $125 billion in the coming year, taking a further step up from already elevated spending levels.
Jul 30, 2025
BAE Systems CEO Charles Woodburn says talks with Turkey to sign an MOU over the purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets are “progressing pretty quickly.”
Jul 30, 2025
Denmark has become the latest European country to buy into the Diehl IRIS-T SLM air and missile defense program.
Jul 29, 2025
Boeing avoided further charges against some of its troubled defense programs in the second quarter.
Jul 29, 2025
Russia has launched a crash program to harden military airfields near the border with Ukraine in response to Kyiv’s successful strikes with one-way attack UAS.
Jul 29, 2025
Aviation Week rode along on the KC-135 as it participated in the last scheduled day of flying as part of AMC’s massive Mobility Guardian 2025 exercise.