Defense

By Brian Everstine
Congressional appropriators seek to add $8 billion to the Pentagon’s budget for fiscal 2026 over its request, calling for $838.7 billion.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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 Steve Trimble
General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc. has signed up an Emirati company to co-produce MQ-9B Sea Guardians.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The hedge fund Elliott Investment Management has made a “significant” investment in hypersonic flight company Stratolaunch.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Emirati defense group Edge and Qatar’s Barzan Holdings are to create a joint venture and begin cross border defense industrial cooperation.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
India and the United Arab Emirates are working toward a strategic defense partnership following meetings between the leaders of the two countries.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Canada’s Top Aces has secured a 10-year, €420 million ($493 million) contract to provide the German air force with adversary red air training services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ new surface-to-surface missile (SSM) program has entered an advanced flight-test phase.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Italy is establishing a rotary-wing flying school to train pilots for all the country’s armed forces, parapublic agencies as well as from overseas militaries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The SpaceRise consortium developing the EU's IRIS2 autonomous secure satellite broadband constellation says it has brought military Ka-band service into use.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army over the past two years has rolled out major changes to its aviation forces, largely in response to lessons learned in the Russia-Ukraine War.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Czech ministers have rejected proposals made by the country’s president to offer Aero Vodochody L-159 Advanced Light Combat aircraft to Ukraine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Denmark has retired its F-16s, becoming the latest European nation to rely solely on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as its frontline combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British defense engineering company QinetiQ has been awarded a five-year contract extension to support the Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Two Chinese rockets—CASC's Long March 3B and private launch provider Galactic Energy's Ceres 2—failed in launch attempts on Jan. 17.
Operations & Safety

By Chen Chuanren
The Philippines signed a contract for six anti-submarine-warfare helicopters, according to a report detailing the Defense Department's approved acquisitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Ukraine and Iceye have signed an agreement to expand the embattled country’s access to high-resolution SAR satellite imagery on an expedited basis.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
The Israeli-designed Hero-90 became the first man-portable loitering munition to advance in the U.S. Army’s competition for the LASSO contract.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Samuel Archer
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AWIN Knowledge Center

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force soon will ask companies to propose new ideas for long-range hypersonic weapons that can be demonstrated rapidly.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Windracers’ Ultra uncrewed aircraft system has emerged as the latest British combat aircraft featuring an internal weapons bay.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
TransDigm Group will buy proprietary aftermarket part providers Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation from private equity owner Vance Street Capital.
Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a Conflict Zone Information Bulletin warning airlines should avoid Iranian airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The French Navy has placed its first order for the Airbus and Naval Group’s VSR700 rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system (RWUAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo’s autonomous rotorcraft demonstrator Proteus has made its long-awaited first flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion