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Jan 26, 2023
The recent Exercise Varuna with India addresses French security concerns and showcases Rafale fighters to the Indian Navy.
Jan 25, 2023
Europe’s industry is exploring the role of cybertechniques as a means to defeat increasingly advanced air defenses.
Jan 25, 2023
Researchers see a novel way to free up volume and electricity within small-satellite buses.
Jan 23, 2023
The Super Interceptor must confront masses of cruise missiles but also include a high-performance air-to-air missile.
Jan 20, 2023
Japan is not just investing in modernizing its military technology; it is also knitting closer bilateral ties with allies.

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Aug 25, 2025
U.S. Navy officials canceled the service’s high-speed, air-launched, anti-ship missile program but not the goal of a missile that can defeat modern air defenses
Aug 25, 2025
York Space Systems has delivered 21 satellites ahead of the first launch of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Aug 24, 2025
RTX preps upgrades to Next-Generation Jammer Mid-Band system, drawing on early operational lessons, as as it awaits the service’s full-rate production decision.
Aug 24, 2025
The U.S. Navy's sixth-generation fighter program, F/A-XX, appears to regain momentum as service officials say they are ready for a downselect.
Aug 22, 2025
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has issued two study contracts this month related to its Rocket Cargo vision to speedily transport equipment around the globe using commercial launch vehicles.
Aug 22, 2025
AVIC unit Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation has flown a dual-thrust compound rotorcraft demonstrator, just days after a Chinese tiltrotor test flight.
Aug 22, 2025
Both pilots successfully ejected as a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Boeing F/A-18D Hornet crashed on Aug. 21 shortly after takeoff from Kuantan AB.
Aug 22, 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched at 11:50 p.m. EDT Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane under the USSF-36 mission.