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The Air Force Research Laboratory’s DEUSCI program advances hybrid satellite communications with industry-provided terminals, enabling seamless network switching for U.S. military operations.

As a new class of low-cost cruise missiles nears the development stage, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is proposing to push the technology further by adding swarming behaviors.

The Air Force Research Laboratory ground launched a liquid-fueled ballistic missile powered by the Ursa Major Draper rocket engine in January.

The U.S. Space Force is sharpening plans to monitor and defend the region between Earth and the Moon as global competition extends deeper into space.

A new U.S. military satellite built to track objects in cislunar space could fly by the end of 2026.

The U.S. military explores space-based warehouses for future logistics needs as cislunar and Mars missions grow, with AFRL studying orbital cargo depots.

The U.S. tanker fleet aircraft needs a new kind of air-to-air interceptor that can shoot down incoming missiles, an Air Force official says.

Dzyne Technologies, a small but key player in the ultralong-endurance military aircraft market, is looking to showcase even longer flights.

Dzyne Technologies has demonstrated a 60-hr. flight time with an upgraded version of its Ultra medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft system.

A recent series of ground tests validated a rotation detonation ramjet linked to a supersonic inlet for the first time.

The BAE Systems PHASA-35 will operate monthslong airborne surveillance missions under a new AFRL contract.

Ursa Major says it is in early talks to expand the potential customer base of a newly developed, affordable hypersonic missile.

Beehive says Frenzy test results for performance, ignition at altitude, operability, and durability “met or exceeded challenging Air Force requirements.”

The time for the XQ-58 Valkyrie has almost come.

Technology company Varda Space Industries wants the U.S. military to use its reentry capsule for Golden Dome-related reps and sets.

Intuitive Machines Inc. will acquire Lanteris Space Systems, previously known as Maxar Space Systems, from Advent International LLC.

iRocket reports a successful flight test of the company’s 2.75-in. IRX-100 version of the Hydra 70 rocket system.

U.S. Air Force researchers revealed plans to fire an affordable hypersonic missile in early December under the newly unveiled Angry Tortoise project.

Propulsion startup Beehive Industries is preparing to ship its first additively manufactured Frenzy engine for altitude tests at the AFRL.

Colorado-based rocket engine developer Ursa Major is entering a new growth phase.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is interested in getting a closer look at ships from satellites in very low Earth orbit (VLEO).

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.

U.S. Air Force researchers want proposals for new automation technologies that would allow boom-equipped uncrewed aircraft to refuel crewed aircraft.

As the U.S. Marine Corps aviation branch shuffles its tactical aviation force structure, the XQ-58 suddenly looms large in force structure plans.