Defense

A company successfully demonstrated a distributed passive sensor array that could help to mitigate interference caused by wind turbines on UK defense radars.

European emergency service aircraft operator Avincis has teamed with De Havilland Aircraft on support initiatives for the CL-215 and CL-415 water bombers.

Norway and the UK will work together on tackling Russian underwater warfare threats through a new agreement signed by the two countries.

A job advert posted by Anduril indicates that work is underway on a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) UAS in the Group 5 size category.

Denmark’s Defense Ministry will develop its Karup base as a future forward operating location for NATO’s multinational tanker unit.

The integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile onto the CTOL Lockheed Martin F-35 has advanced, with ground-based testing beginning.

A sense of urgency led member states to fuel ESA with record funding.

The agency’s Lift Challenge aims for at least a fourfold increase in drone payload-to-weight capability.

Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites on Dec. 3 unveiled Project Talon, the company’s latest design of an uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

The Pentagon is casting a wide net for work under the Golden Dome air and missile defense program.

The U.S. is looking at options to increase its supply of tungsten, a mineral crucial to the defense industry, more so after Chinese export restrictions.

Advanced air mobility startups are looking to defense for early revenues, so Electra.aero is forming a dedicated defense unit to pursue potential military uses.

U.S. Air Force B-2 bomber returned to operational status four years after it was grounded in 2021, following a gear collapse upon landing.

Shield AI announced tests of its Hivemind autonomy software for use on spacecraft, calling autonomy in space a natural extension of the air domain.

Taiwan's AIDC and Vantor Technologies signed an agreement at I/ITSEC 2025 to work to improve the ability of military drones to navigate GPS-denied environments.

The Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program has set a goal of acquiring 340,000 weaponized small drones by 2028, positing major price drops as production ramps up.

U.S. Central Command plans to use one-way attack drones based on a copy of the Iranian Shahed-136, and has set up a new task force to deploy them.

AeroVironment’s CEO is optimistic about the company's business, saying it could "easily double" in the next 3-5 years, he said in a investor presentation.

Germany has taken delivery of its first Arrow 3 ballistic missile defense system as the government also disclosed additional Kongsberg JSM procurement plans.

Korean Air’s Aerospace Division and Hyundai Rotem have launched a joint program to develop a 35-ton-class reusable methane rocket engine for launch vehicles.

On the cover of the November 3, 1975, issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology was a photograph of Navy/Lockheed full-scale developmental models of the Poseidon C-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile (left) and Trident C-4.

Canada has joined Europe's SAFE program, a new financial instrument to help EU member states boost spending on common defense in the face of the Russian threat.

Boeing CFO Jay Malave said that the company expects to report a $2 billion cash burn for all of 2025, better than predicted.

Argentina will soon receive the first six Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters of 24 ordered from Denmark in 2024, with the remainder coming by the end of 2027.

Saab signed an MOU with trade organization AED Cluster Portugal as part of its drive to sell its Gripen E fighter to to replace Portugal's aging F-16s.