Defense and Space

Amazon on March 14 unveiled a trio of customer terminals to support the network’s global broadband communications.

The U.S. Air Force will see its spending increase dramatically in nuclear modernization over the next five years.

The delivery stoppage prevented Lockheed from reaching its delivery target of at least 148 F-35s in 2022.

The U.S. Army wants $1.5 billion for its Future Vertical Lift programs.

The U.S. Navy wants to end the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton buy at 22, far short of the program of record as it looks to procure other uncrewed systems.

Norway has decided to purchase Sikorsky’s MH-60R helicopter as a replacement for the NHIndustries NH90s that Oslo permanently grounded last summer.

The incident over the Black Sea comes after a string of unsafe encounters reported by U.S. and UK military aircraft since October.

Seoul will purchase 20 Lockheed Martin F-35As under the F-X Batch 2 program.

After a five-year production hiatus, the company now has a backlog of orders for the fighter.

The company also announced March 13 that it has an agreement with Rivada Space Networks.

Pale Blue of Tokyo says it successfully demonstrated its water vapor propulsion system in low Earth orbit aboard Sony’s EYE nanosatellite.

Australia will buy three U.S. Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack subs before embarking on a trilateral submarine development under the AUKUS defense pact.

History suggests the military aviation program outlined by defense officials on March 13 is unlikely to survive the appropriations process intact.

NASA has presented a detailed version of the Biden administration’s $27.2 billion fiscal 2024 budget request for the agency.

The UK is further adapting its security and defense apparatus to deal with what ministers see as an “epoch-defining challenge” from China.

The Army eventually plans to buy its own jets to carry HADES, but will first deploy the payload on contractor-owned and operated business jet-class aircraft.

No procurement funding for the single-engine jet trainer appears in the fiscal 2024 budget request rolled out by the U.S. Defense Department.

Singapore’s ministry of defense has confirmed that the U.S. Air Force sent the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk on a “short-term deployment” to the island.

The review is one of the milestones in the £110 million ($133.7 million) Shadow Mk.2/R2 upgrade program.

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps want to maintain production of the Lockheed Martin F-35B and F-35C at a steady rate over the next five years.

The U.S. Navy wants an increase in critical, long-range munitions.

Shield AI and Boeing have agreed to explore ways to deepen an existing relationship by working to introduce artificial intelligence pilots on combat aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force is requesting $1.9 billion in RDT&E for its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform, an increase from $1.7 billion in fiscal 2023.

The U.S. Air Force is focusing heavily on maritime strike as it looks toward the Pacific with a need for munitions.

The U.S. Space Force is investing in new offensive capabilities in space.