U.S. Navy

By Steve Trimble
A draft solicitation for a U.S. Navy training jet keeps a requirement that avoids making costly changes to the designs of the aircraft involved in the competition.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy is evaluating proposals to make prototypes for an affordable, anti-ship cruise missile to provide to partner countries.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
A hypersonic reentry capsule built by space technology company Varda Space Industries successfully landed Jan. 29, marking the company’s first reentry of 2026.
Operations & Safety

By Matthew Fulco
Raytheon’s production output increased 20% on several critical programs last year; the company expects to significantly boost output again in 2026.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has created a program office charged with developing Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for the service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Lawmakers are blasting the Pentagon for wasting time and money for the U.S. Navy fighter program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy now plans to brief industry on a concept for a new family of ship-launched ballistic missiles in February.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
For almost a year, the Pentagon’s pause and review of the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX program has tested the patience of the competitors.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy wants to develop a new, compact air-to-air missile using emerging highly loaded grain solid rocket motor energetics.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin is developing two concepts for greatly extending the range of the Sikorsky MH-60R/S Seahawk to offer to the U.S. Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
X-Bow Systems on Jan. 12 announced it has completed preliminary design review of its new Mk-72 and Mk-104 solid rocket motors.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman $233 million to manufacture a new lightweight torpedo to be launched from the service’s fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A series of recent demonstrations have familiarized Boeing F/A-18E/F and Lockheed Martin F-35C pilots with Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy awarded GE Aerospace a $1.4 billion contract for five lots of T408 engines to power the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter for the Marine Corps.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace and defense electronics company Teledyne RISI has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the U.S. for providing nonconforming aircraft parts to the military.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy on Dec. 23 announced it was awarding Leonardo UK a $54.3 million contract for ALQ-260 BriteCloud decoys to protect the Pentagon’s F-35 fleet.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The Office of Naval Research on Dec. 23 awarded Skydweller’s U.S. arm the $1.4 million contract for the development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine, Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
A new U.S. strategy recalibrates global security posture from foreign intervention to homeland protection.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Jouppi
The decade-long demand outlook for military aircraft has jumped 30% over the past year, reaching $250 billion.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman announced Dec. 18 it had test-fired a prototype of a new solid rocket motor for the U.S. Navy.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy on Dec. 18 announced it had for the first time fired a newly developed one-way attack drone from a ship in the Middle East.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy wants to field 216 new training aircraft to replace its T-45 Goshawk fleet.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
The Ghost Bat, a loyal wingman in development for years by Boeing’s arm Down Under, has been a trailblazer for what has become the CCA trend.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has moved to eventually reacquire the ability to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles from a new fleet of airborne command posts.
Missile Defense & Weapons