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Nov 03, 2022
After a three-year hiatus, SpaceX’s heavy lifter is back in business.
Nov 02, 2022
With an eye on contested logistics, service officials want more capable mobility aircraft sooner than originally planned.
Oct 31, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is prompting Europe’s armed forces to rapidly relearn skills that have faded since the end of the Cold War.
Oct 28, 2022
Former Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper shares some of his memories about the former Defense Secretary, who knew science, technology and the politics of the Pentagon to tackle its toughest challenges.
Oct 28, 2022
The country's air force is one of the major beneficiaries of Berlin’s defense spending uptick.

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Jun 20, 2025
Eutelsat, whose OneWeb system competes with SpaceX’s Starlink, is raising $1.6 billion with backing from the French government.
Jun 19, 2025
Two Chinese-built satellites may be on the verge of conducting an on-orbit, satellite-to-satellite refueling activity for the first time, U.S. space situational awareness company Slingshot Aerospace recently announced.
Jun 19, 2025
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has agreed to explore opportunities with Electra.aero for the startup’s in-development EL9 ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Jun 18, 2025
A low-end collaborative combat aircraft designed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works entered captive-carry testing within the last few weeks.
Jun 18, 2025
French armament procurement agency DGA has selected Daher as one of five companies to fly a medium-altitude, long-endurance demonstrator for uncrewed ops.
Jun 18, 2025
EURA—made up of MTU Aero Engines, Safran Helicopter Engines and Avio Aero—is planning tests of a demonstrator power and propulsion system in the early 2030s.
Jun 18, 2025
Lithuania has become the latest NATO member to select the Embraer C-390 as its future airlifter.
Jun 18, 2025
Italy’s Avio Aero has joined a growing European industry effort to develop a new helicopter engine with more than 300 shp for next-gen military rotorcraft.