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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.”
Nov 10, 2023
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Nov 10, 2023
Aviation Week editors take a break from Day 2 of the A&D Programs conference to tease out the intractable issues facing the industrial base.
Nov 09, 2023
As E-2Cs retire, the service begins phased upgrades to the E-2D fleet, ending with the biggest modernization since it began fielding Advanced Hawkeyes in 2007.

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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.
Sep 08, 2025
UK defense procurement minister Maria Eagle has been sacked from government in a reshuffle, just days before she was due to address the UK’s flagship defense exhibition DSEI.
Sep 08, 2025
Berlin is rearming on a grand scale, considering voluntary conscription and enacting spending not seen since the days when Soviet tanks plowed into Prague.
Sep 08, 2025
South Korea says it has advanced its hypersonic weapons program with a successful test of its HyCore technology demonstrator, achieving speeds of up to Mach 6.
Sep 05, 2025
The Trump administration has withdrawn the nomination of Gen. Thomas Bussiere to be the U.S. Air Force's vice chief of staff, a source says.
Sep 05, 2025
Leonardo has formally offered 32 Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 5 fighters to meet the Philippine Air Force’s (PAF) multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) requirement.