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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Feb. 21 that his country would formally suspend its participation in the New START nuclear arms control treaty.

U.S. forces have completely recovered the Chinese surveillance balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast on Feb. 4.

Consultancy Osprey Flight Services believes the U.S. is researching or has deployed ISR high-altitude balloons from Asia-Pacific sites or naval ships.

The U.S. government will rewrite the rulebook for aerial objects flying over U.S. airspace, President Joe Biden said.

Although the club is not pointing fingers, there are suspicions among other prominent members of the small, pico-ballooning enthusiasts community.

Astranis has won a contract to show its software-defined radio-satellite payload can transmit the Defense Department’s Protected Tactical Wave.

The U.S. and partners must continue to deliver air defenses, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said following a meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group.

The leading explanation is that the three downed high-altitude objects were “benign” and tied to a commercial or other civilian purpose, officials say.

President Joe Biden has ordered his national security team to begin a review of the policy implications of the series of sightings of unidentified objects.

The Defense Innovation Unit is looking for a prototype small high-frequency direction-finding antenna that it could mount on a fixed-wing aircraft.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 shot down an unidentified flying object off the coast of Alaska on Feb. 10.

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 1,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition bomb kits and 250 Paveway II guided bombs kits to Singapore.

The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is part of the Foreign Commercial Imagery Program.

Key lawmakers are already calling for improvements to air surveillance to better detect high-altitude intrusions over the U.S.

Pentagon and White House officials are sharing more details about the balloon as an effort continues to collect debris.

Hydrosat has won a contract from AFWERX to adapt its surface temperature data analytics software for military missions.

A zigzagging Chinese high-altitude balloon roving across the U.S. recalls a history of lighter-than-air spy missions and highlights a new trend.

The balloon has flown over sensitive locations including nuclear missile fields but President Biden has been advised not to shoot it down.

Defense against both North Korean and potentially Chinese ballistic missiles are among Seoul and Tokyo’s top defense priorities.

Japan is not just investing in modernizing its military technology; it is also knitting closer bilateral ties with allies.

The move stems from a defense industrial base study that the Biden administration reported out last year.

The White House has nominated William LaPlante to be the Defense Department’s top weapons buyer, a return to the Pentagon for him.

The new Pentagon Global Posture Review did not recommend any changes from previous reviews.

Two U.S. military initiatives to determine the feasibility of moving cargo through space are moving forward.

The aim of the actions announced is to “re-establish U.S. credibility through ambitious domestic commitments ... [and] demonstrate leadership on aviation ambition at the International Civil Aviation Organization,” the White House said.