U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

By Jen DiMascio
Boeing and the U.S. Space Force have demonstrated a ground-based anti-jam satellite communications capability using an on-orbit satellite.
Space

By Brian Everstine
President Joe Biden is proposing a 3.2% jump in Pentagon spending, allocating $842 billion for fiscal 2024.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Russian fighter jets have increased their operations near and over U.S. locations in Syria in recent weeks, a U.S. Air Force lieutenant general says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey
China’s defense budget is set to increase by 7.1% for fiscal 2023, rising from CNY1,450.4 billion to CNY1,553.7 billion ($224.9 billion).
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus expects to receive Pratt & Whitney’s F100-229 military turbofan for tests later this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The U.S. Air Force is kicking off spending on Boeing’s E-7A Wedgetail, awarding Boeing a contract of up to $1.2 billion for the rapid prototyping program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
President Joe Biden has signed a new waiver of statutory requirements for the Defense Production Act.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Calls for the Biden administration to send Lockheed Martin F-16s to Ukraine’s air force are growing louder on Capitol Hill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Taliban claims to have repaired about half of the U.S.-provided aircraft that were damaged during the final days of the American withdrawal from Kabul.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on Feb. 24 announced another major batch of military aid for Ukraine just as Russia’s invasion passes the one-year mark.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Momentus on Feb. 23 announced a preliminary settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the turbulent space tug startup.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Startup Relativity Space is aiming to launch its first rocket, the 3D-printed Terran 1, on March 8 from Cape Canaveral.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The current U.S. Foreign Military Sales system is antiquated and needs to evolve, weapons maker representatives say in a study.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Feb. 21 that his country would formally suspend its participation in the New START nuclear arms control treaty.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
U.S. forces have completely recovered the Chinese surveillance balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast on Feb. 4.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. government will rewrite the rulebook for aerial objects flying over U.S. airspace, President Joe Biden said.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Although the club is not pointing fingers, there are suspicions among other prominent members of the small, pico-ballooning enthusiasts community.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

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

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

By Brian Everstine
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Air Force F-22 shot down an unidentified flying object off the coast of Alaska on Feb. 10.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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.
Missile Defense & Weapons