Defense

Boeing Australia is moving MQ-28 Ghost Bat assembly to Toowoomba, Queensland, crediting advanced production and digital design for meeting speed and cost targets.

The Golden Dome air and missile defense program's first phase focuses on deterring a strike aimed at killing U.S. leadership and a limited attack by a rogue nation against the homeland.

Europe shifts from concept to implementation mode across military satcom, intelligence and other missions.

Congress’ prohibition on share buybacks and the Pentagon’s memo on cost disclosure are likely to discourage potential new defense contractors.

U.S. Air Force demand for a new fleet of Massed Modular Aircraft points to a novel way of fighting, with swarming, attritable aircraft flinging long-range missiles from afar.

The acknowledgement of coorbital weapons marks a turning point in the way the U.S. military talks about war in space.

The Defense Innovation Unit’s Drone Dominance program has scored top-five performers for its Gauntlet II one-way attack drone mission areas.

The proposed interceptor adds to a wide-ranging push by the U.S. Navy and other services to find ranging answers to the threat of Shahed-class drones and low-flying cruise missiles.

The U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command is now looking into how it can better improve readiness while remaining heavily deployed.

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of up to 48 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters to Saudi Arabia.

The U.S. Air Force is expected to tell lawmakers in the next few months how many Northrop Grumman B-21s it hopes to procure.

Pentagon and Lockheed Martin agree on a framework to boost AIM-260 missile production, pending congressional approval for multiyear funding.

Northrop Grumman displayed a new model of its Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at AFA's Air, Space and Cyber conference.

General Atomics is ready to build at the rate the U.S. Air Force has outlined for autonomous aircraft, Vice President of Strategic Development Mike Shortsleeve told Aviation Week at AFA's Air, Space and Cyber conference.

The U.S. Space Force is undergoing a significant acquisition restructuring while playing a key role in support of the Pentagon's Golden Dome missile defense initiative.

Chinese air exercises test PLAAF composite-force operations, overseas command structures and tactical decision-making across diverse environments.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected teams led by Leonardo and Iceye to conduct separate architecture studies for a planned sovereign Earth-observation constellation.

The British Defense Ministry has formalized its plans to acquired Tekever AR5 tactical intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance drones, while also moving forward with buying small drones for the army.

Indra joins the push to field low-cost cruise missiles, unveiling its Squall concept as European militaries look to augment high-end-weapons affordability.

The Peruvian government is looking to acquire an initial set of new space systems, a further sign that developing such capabilities has become a global focus.

U.S. Space Force leadership detailed preparations for the first space surveillance squadron, on day three of AFA’s Air, Space and Cyber conference.

Textron and Merlin are adapting the Cessna SkyCourier into an autonomous aircraft intended to move thousands of pounds of supplies across contested environments.

The U.S. Space Force has established its first operational unit dedicated to space-based moving target indication.

Lockheed Martin is pitching an upgraded variant of the F-16, called the F-16G, to the U.S. Air Force to fill Fighting Falcon units that will age out of their existing fighters.

The announced competitors for the U.S. Air Force’s Massed Modular Aircraft so far have one major thing in common—they use Honeywell Aerospace’s TPE331 engine.