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Mar 08, 2023
An upgraded Exploration Upper Stage is due to fly on the fourth flight of NASA’s Space Launch System.
Mar 08, 2023
A plan emerges to establish weapons-making capacity in Australia, starting with perhaps a new production order for Ukraine.
Mar 07, 2023
A new generation of design tools has allowed small companies to compete against industry heavyweights in developing high-performance aircraft.
Mar 07, 2023
Australia is planning its future military expansion as it seeks to fend off the widening influence of China and build its defense industrial capabilities.
Mar 07, 2023
Three reasons why the use of nuclear weapons does not make sense for Russia.

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Sep 18, 2025
Capella Space parent IonQ has signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to work on developing and deploying quantum technologies in space.
Sep 18, 2025
Nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a mutual defense pact that declares that any aggression against one of the countries will be considered aggression against both.
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.