Defense and Space

President Joe Biden has chosen a new uniformed leader for the U.S. Army.

Airbus Helicopters has unveiled two new U.S.-made military variants of its H125 single-engine helicopter.

Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody has flown the first production example of its L-39NG jet trainer ahead of delivery later this year.

Despite its global sales success, the F-35 entered service five years late and cost billions more than expected to develop and acquire.

Australia's Defense Strategic Review prioritizes Joint Strike Missile (JSM) certification for its Lockheed Martin F-35A and Boeing F/A-18F fleets.

Boeing’s global search for engineering talent has spawned a lawsuit in Brazil over alleged damage to national security.

NASA has devised a 10-year strategy for advancing efforts to protect the Earth from a devastating encounter with a Near Earth asteroid or comet.

The HASTE uses the same Rutherford engines as Rocket Lab's Electron, but modifies the third stage to carry larger payloads and for suborbital deployment.

Northrop Grumman’s 18th NASA contracted resupply mission capsule departed the ISS, filled with trash.

Israeli defense officials have confirmed they and German counterparts have begun discussing acquisition of the Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system.

BAE Systems will fit Radar 2 into a development aircraft ready for initial flight tests planned for next year.

The Royal Air Force’s Project Monet could open the door to Swift’s success as a military training aircraft.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The GAO denial of Sikorsky’s FLRAA protest shows the Army prioritized Bell’s submission detail and open systems architecture over Sikorsky’s much lower cost.

U.S. Air Force future tanker interest and commercial midmarket demand combine to provide a long-awaited potential launch window for a blended wing body concept.

HawkEye recently launched its seventh cluster of three satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

The Space Development Agency is negotiating with the FAA for temporary approval to test broadcasting Link 16 datalink from its recently launched satellites.

The U.S. Space Force is launching five Strategic Technology Institutes to advance R&D for space technology that it believes will be critical.

The launch of dozens of satellites for a proliferated LEO constellation focused on missile warning and tracking could require more operational units.

The Pentagon has tasked the U.S. Space Force to develop on-orbit refueling quickly.

Ispace is making the final preparations for its Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar landing attempt on April 25.

Takeshi Hakamada, founder & CEO of ispace, details his company's plans to land on the Moon on April 25.

Maxar is seeing interest in its Maxar 300, a smaller spacecraft drawn from a bus it is making for L3Harris’ Space Development Agency offering.

With the ability to continue feeding battery power to the guidance system, the AIM-120D-3 has a longer effective kinematic range, Raytheon says.

Paul Pelley, global security senior director for Lockheed Martin, gives an update on the company’s new LM 40