Defense

Starlink, OneWeb and Iridium are looking to help users preserve positioning, navigation and timing information to prevent combat jamming and spoofing.

A key element of the ROKAF's force strengthening is the commitment to deploying the its growing fighter fleet alongside attritable uncrewed aircraft that will serve as loyal wingmen and force multipliers.

The weapon has been designed under contract through a recently completed 2023 UK Defense Ministry contract.

The U.S. Space Force plans to incorporate optical crosslinks into its next wave of missile warning satellites for use in medium Earth orbit.

The U.S. Air Force now has three Northrop Grumman B-21 bombers in test.

The entire V-22 fleet is still limited in its operations, including a requirement that it stays within 30 min. of a divert location.

Indonesian airframe manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) will be responsible for the reassembly of the aircraft.

Following the appointment of the EU's first Commissioner for Defense and Space, a European Commission official has laid out key areas that Andrius Kubilius will focus on.

Tanzania has made significant strides in the aeronautical field over the past years. Its first homemade aircraft designed specifically for business travel, the Skyleader 600, was unveiled at the Tanzania International Manufacturers Expo 2023 (TIMEXPO) hosted in Dar es Salaam.

Roscosmos says the Angara mission from the Plesetsk launch site in northern Russia successfully placed the Kosmos-2577 and Kosmos-2578 spacecraft into orbit.

As negotiators enter the final stages of labor contract negotiations, Textron Aviation workers are prepared to strike as union leaders say the sides remain far apart on key issues.

The agency’s first operational satellite deployment will test its innovative bureaucracy.

For Aviation Week’s Sept. 6, 1999 issue, Rocky Mountain bureau chief William B. Scott flew a 3.3-hr F-22 safety chase mission with F-22 test pilot Lt. Col. David M. “Doc” Nelson on the stick.

The French government plans to buy additional SAMP/T air and missile defense systems.

The service launched the Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) pilot program in early 2024.

Left out of the first round of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, Lockheed Martin is now looking at cheaper, less capable designs for the next round.

The U.S.-led group of nations supporting Ukraine cannot train F-16 pilots fast enough to meet the nation’s needs, Europe's top USAF officer says.

Stockholm wants to raise the defense budget by 13 billion Swedish krona ($1.28 billion), ministers announced Sept. 17.

The company says the funding round gives it enough cash to support R&D and flight testing.

The purchase forms part of the third phase of the country’s F-35 procurement program.

The IDF retired a fleet of Machbet anti-aircraft guns from service about 20 years ago.

The SAR emission detector effort began trying to detect C-band and X-band synthetic aperture signals, says Col. Ludovic Monnerat of the Swiss Armed Forces.

Novaspace projects 3,470 satellites will be built or launched from 2024 through 2033—up from 560 satellites in the 2014-23 period.

European Union President Ursula von der Leyen has named Lithuanian Andrius Kubilius to be the bloc’s first Commissioner for Defense and Space.

In 2024 average defense expenditure among NATO members has surpassed guideline levels for the first time this century.