Defense and Space

The last of NATO’s 30 member states to approve admission, Turkey voted in favor of Finland’s accession on March 30.

The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft award is coming later than expected and Future Long-Range Attack Aircraft prototypes are slipping deliveries.

Raytheon installed a software upgrade on the SM-6 Dual II since a May 2021 setback, and it worked.

Momentum for in-space servicing, space logistics and manufacturing is building.

NASA has established a Moon to Mars Program Office to provide focused oversight of human exploration activities under the Artemis Program.

Ukraine’s military commander on March 30 repeated his request for Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters.

SpaceX scrubbed the launch of the Space Development Agency’s first official batch of satellites March 30.

Nine U.S. soldiers were killed when two Sikorsky HH-60 Black Hawks collided during night training.

The German Navy wants to expand its planned fleet of Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and acquire uncrewed air systems to supplement them.

Bahrain has been approved to receive second-hand Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters, on top of recent deliveries of new-model AH-1Z Vipers.

The U.S. Space Development Agency is poised to test its small-satellite constellation.

A multilayered plan to defend Guam from swarming missile attacks will require a new level of integration between Army and Navy interceptor systems.

The Space Development Agency (SDA) intends to track a hypersonic missile defense test next spring, Director Derek Tournear says.

The JPO originally scheduled the first TR-3-equipped F-35 for delivery in April 2023, a year before the end of the new schedule window.

The U.S. Air Force wants to cancel an electronic-warfare upgrade for its F-16 fleet to prioritize next-generation aircraft.

Airbus announced it will not acquire a stake in Evidian, a cybersecurity business under French information technology company Atos.

German rocket startup Isar Aerospace has unveiled a $165 million Series C fundraising round.

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The awards come nearly seven months after the U.S. Air Force selected Raytheon for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) operational prototyping program.

The Japanese defense ministry and leading companies in the country are working to lower costs and strengthen the supply chain.

The aerospace and defense Industry has an attraction and retention problem of its own making.

The U.S. Space Force wants to continue investments in tactically responsive space.

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is looking for proposals for a portable electrolysis system to generate hydrogen in austere conditions.

Top civilian leaders in the Pentagon say they support an effort to cancel the requirement for requesting funds outside of key budget areas.

Lockheed Martin is self-funding an offshoot to provide communications, navigation and other services for government and commercial lunar customers.