Defense and Space

Sen. Tommy Tuberville placed a hold on DOD nominations to protest a policy of the military reimbursing travel for service members who obtain abortions.

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget is modifying its recently submitted fiscal 2024 budget request.

Vast and SpaceX plan to launch a commercial space station, named Haven-1, as soon as August 2025.

Archer Aviation has announced the establishment of a new Government Services Advisory Board, staffed by a cadre of retired military officers.

The single-engine L-159 can carry guns, missiles and bombs, but falls short of the speed, agility and payload of Ukraine's preferred fighter: the F-16.

NASA is seeking industry input in developing a strategy for a commercial, controlled end-of-life deorbit of the International Space Station.

Rocket Lab was awarded another NASA contract to launch a second multi-cubesat mission to demonstrate autonomous swarm technologies.

A prototype of the ESR-500A AESA radar intended to replace the the FA-50 light fighter’s EL/M-2032 radar has been revealed by LIG Nex1 and KAI.

Prices are rising in aerospace and defense, but few are turned off.

U.S. hypersonic facilities need cash; China’s X-37B returns; Poland warms to Korea’s KF-21; and fleet retirement optimism.

Russia is close to completing the construction of a new launchpad for Angara rockets in Vostochny spaceport in the country’s Far East.

The U.S. military will provide another $1.2 billion in newly produced military aid for Ukraine.

Astroscale U.S. and Momentus have submitted a joint bid to boost NASA’s Hubble space telescope to a higher orbit using a robotic spacecraft.

The opening of the new line establishes Gripen production in South America as Brazil's neighbors shop for new fighters.

The prospect is based on still-maturing research underway aboard the ISS and Earth-based research and technology labs.

CEO Bob Pragada said the corporate divorce will stand up two well-established publicly traded companies.

The electronic attack payload adds to the Army’s evolving plans to acquire high-altitude platforms.

Bids are due in U.S. bankruptcy court later this month.

The Air Force Secretary believes opposition has lessened as House Armed Services Committee panels are set to mark up the fiscal 2024 authorization bill.

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AIRBUS made first flight of first C295 for INDIA.

Less than a year after losing their ride to space, a pair of novel hurricane-tracking cubesats have been delivered into orbit for NASA.

The U.S. Space Force wants industry feedback on its new approach to buying satellites for its space test experiments.