Defense

Taiwanese drone manufacturer Thunder Tiger braced itself for a painful impact when Trump imposed a 32% tariff on most imports from the island.

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of an unspecified number of Leonardo TH-73A helicopters to the Philippines.

Built to carry 72 aircraft with the most powerful engines ever put into a vessel, the USS Saratoga (CV-3)—the U.S. Navy’s first “fast” aircraft carrier—was launched at the New York Shipbuilding Corp. shipyard in Camden, New Jersey, on April 7, 1925, and featured on the cover of our April 20 edition.

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India’s defense development agency demonstrated an indigenous, land-based, high-energy laser in a live shoot-down event of a fixed-wing drone on April 13.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has unveiled the second version of the XQ-58A Valkyrie.

The U.S. Army is overhauling most of its major aircraft fleets, including rotary-wing, C4ISR and uncrewed platforms.

Lawmakers are pressing the Secret Service to explain its role in a series of anti-collision alerts reported by aircraft near Reagan National Airport March 1.

By mid-July a foreign partner could be selected to help India develop a new turbofan engine to power a future version of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft.

U.S. satellite launch firm Rocket Lab has joined a growing number of foreign companies to help advance hypersonic weapon capabilities for the UK.

Taiwan's Tron Future Tech sees burgeoning global demand for its counter-unmanned aircraft systems.

Airbus is discussing internally the level of required investment to address growing defense demand, CEO Guillaume Faury says.

The UK has launched a tech challenge to identify ways to track “government assets or representatives” if global navigation satellite systems are disrupted.

The Swedish government has asked its parliament for approval to further pursue export sales of GlobalEye AEW aircraft to Denmark and Saab JAS 39E/Fs to Peru.

The Israeli government says it is exploring setting up one or more defense investment funds to facilitate support for advanced defense technology.

Hanwha Aerospace has agreed to produce the rockets for the K239 Chunmoo system in Poland after already agreeing to produce the launcher in the country.

In 1955, new technical developments aimed at providing longer range, greater mobility and improved bombing accuracy for Britain's new subsonic strategic striking force of V bombers was revealed during a Parlimentary debate on the military budget.

Northrop Grumman will advance to Phase 2 of DARPA’s Modular Efficient Laser Technology (MELT) program.

Anduril Industries successfully test-fired two large solid rocket motors recently for the U.S. Navy.

The U.S. Navy is producing an advanced countermeasures system for its P-8A maritime patrol aircraft.

For the first time outside the U.S., a Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has shared data with the Dutch information system Keystone.

Turkey’s Aselsan has adapted its Tolun glide bomb for ground launch from multiple-launch artillery systems.

Germany has formally established its new Eurofighter National Test and Development Center ahead of the introduction of the first Tranche 4 model aircraft.

KAI and KB Kookmin Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding which will see the South Korean bank provide up to KRW1 trillion ($703 million) in financial support to the OEM.

Three companies will kick off the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Ephemeral Paragon program, winning separate contracts to develop adaptive EW technologies.