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Sep 06, 2023
A two-decade trend of failed X-plane projects at the agency appears to be reversing, with a recent switch to a scaled-down approach producing results.
Sep 01, 2023
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Sep 01, 2023
On its third flight, Firefly will attempt to integrate a payload and launch a rocket within 24 hr.
Sep 01, 2023
It is time for Sen. Tommy Tuberville—and the Senate—to grow up and find a way to end this impasse.
Sep 01, 2023
The unit’s general manager confirms to Aviation Week that the company is engaged in low-rate production activities.

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Sep 18, 2025
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has unveiled the Strong Bow ballistic missile defense system at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition 2025.
Sep 17, 2025
The U.S. and Ukraine will jointly invest $150 million in a fund that will help rebuild the country and develop its vast critical minerals resources,
Sep 17, 2025
Iron Beam prime contractor Rafael, along with the Israeli Air Force and the Directorate of Defense Research & Development, have completed weeks of testing in southern Israel.
Sep 17, 2025
Denmark is to acquire long-range precision weapons in a bid to strengthen the country’s security in the face of the new regional threat, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen says.
Sep 17, 2025
SpaceX is in talks with countries to give them sovereign satellite communications capabilities, says Gwynne Shotwell, the company’s president.
Sep 16, 2025
A new House proposal to avert a government shutdown includes a provision to force the Pentagon to keep the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail program moving at pace.
Sep 16, 2025
The Trump administration on Sept. 15 announced it would significantly loosen restrictions on international sales of uncrewed aerial systems.
Sep 16, 2025
Germany is drafting a new military space architecture that will help shape the country's development plans, says the head of the German Space Command.