Defense

Technology startup Ares Industries emerged from stealth mode on Aug. 20 with a plan to develop an extremely low-cost anti-ship missile.

The Netherlands has signed an order with Robin Radar Systems for sensors to detect small UAS and plans to donate them to Ukraine to bolster air defense.

Northrop’s Variable Speed Training Target is launched at the Army’s White Sands, N.M., missile range while a second VSTT is on the launch rail. The drone can carry a number of target payloads. For additional data, see page 55. Northrop photograph by Robert T. Thornton.

A Royal Australian Air Force remote systems operator has become the first in the service to complete training on the Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat.

SpaceX leans on fellow operators of the company’s 3D printers in a pinch.

The first U.S. military payload to be hosted aboard an international partner’s spacecraft is now in orbit.

BAE SYSTEMS was selected by Boeing to upgrade fly-by-wire flight control computers (to increase processing power, enhance cyber/product security and address obsolescence issues) for F-15EX Eagle II and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.

The so-called Silent Hangar—a large anechoic chamber due to open in 2026—will be able to test military aircraft up to the size of the Boeing Chinook rotorcraft.

BAE SYSTEMS was selected by Boeing to upgrade fly-by-wire flight control computers (to increase processing power, enhance cyber/product security and address obsolescence issues) for F-15EX Eagle II and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.

NASA is seeking input to identify the near-term capabilities and assets necessary to achieve the Moon-to-Mars architecture’s objectives.

According to a new report from the AIA, the U.S. aerospace and defense (A&D) industry’s workforce suffered a 13% attrition rate last year.

The SpaceX charter flight includes depressurizing their Dragon spacecraft to test the company’s first extravehicular activity spacesuits.

The U.S. Air Force has released a “sources-sought” notice for the Next-Generation Ejection Seat, a program currently reserved for the Collins-made ACES 5.

The company signed a contract with the NATO Communications and Information Agency to bolster the Allied Persistent Surveillance from Space initiative.

With four months to go in 2024, this year’s defense tech funding is likely to surpass the record of $2.6 billion set in 2022 as well as 2023’s $2.1 billion.

A second Electronically-Scanned Multifunction Reconfigurable Integrated Sensor will soon enter testing to demonstrate cheaper apertures for smaller platforms.

NASA has released a draft solicitation to advance efforts to address two gaps in the lunar portion of the agency's evolving Moon to Mars Architecture.

The South Korean National Defense Ministry says the first of its reconnaissance satellites has passed in-orbit testing and is now operational.

As European states have moved to bolster defense budgets in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, no country has done more than Poland.

The U.S. State Department has approved Seoul's request to purchase 36 Boeing AH-64E combat helicopters, which would double South Korea's Apache fleet.

New interceptors, radars, and command and control are on the near-term agenda.

“We are now working closely with SaxaVord Spaceport and the authorities to gather data and info to eventually resolve what happened,” launch provider RFA said.

After a two-year silence, Kronstadt has revealed the results of a draft design project for its Grom UAS: a dumbed-down configuration emphasizing cost over capability.

The U.S. Marine Corps and Sikorsky made the announcement Aug. 19, noting the delivery took place at a ceremony in Owego, New York, earlier this month.

Aero Vodochody test pilots have completed the first site acceptance tests of the delivered, reassembled aircraft after they were shipped into Vietnam,