Defense

FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker has informed the agency’s workforce that he will step down from his position four years early on Jan. 20, 2025.

Archer Aviation and Anduril Industries have signed a “strategic partnership” to develop “next-generation aircraft” for defense applications.

Poland is joining Belgium and the UK as European operators of the General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian uncrewed aircraft system (UAS).

The Japanese Defense Ministry has selected Textron Aviation's T-6 Texan II for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) basic trainer program.

After years of talking about collective defense, the EU wants to make 2025 the year it really advances efforts to boost the region’s military capacity.

The Space Rapid Capabilities Office plans to deliver the first unit of a new phased-array antenna by year-end 2025, to support the Satellite Control Network.

The increasing number of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) being spotted near U.S. military installations rep[ortedly pose no threat.

If Gen. Stephen Whiting could knock only one capability need off of his wish list, it would be integrated space fires, the U.S. Space Command commander says.

Kratos Defense and Security recently completed the first flight of its stealthy uncrewed combat air vehicle Thanatos, proving out the aircraft’s basic design.

The U.S. Marine Corps has selected Sikorsky to demonstrate its flight-autonomy system onboard an optionally piloted UH-60 Black Hawk.

Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK have joined to further develop, integrate and procure BAE Systems’ Striker II helmet-mounted display for the Eurofighter.

Raytheon UK’s high-energy laser has been successfully tested against moving aerial targets during trials in the UK.

EDGE Group is celebrating its emergence as a global provider of advanced technology and defence.

Malaysia is drafting a long-term national space defense system plan, with the ambition of deploying its own military satellites.

The increasingly connected and powerful Chinese military is displaying its capabilities and prompting countermoves by the U.S. and allies.

The Slovak Defense Ministry signed a letter of intent with its Brazilian counterpart to deepen industrial ties, Embraer says.

The cover of the issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology dated Dec. 16, 1974, shows an Army/Rockwell International laser-guided prototype Hellfire missile being tested on a Bell Helicopter AH-1G Huey Cobra at Los Angeles International Airport.

Aviation Week & Space Technology Dec. 14, 1964 cover features a composite photo of four Army XV-5A Vertical Takeoff aircraft.

The Israeli Air Force has targeted Syrian Air Force and air-defense assets as it conducts strikes to eliminate potential threats in the neighboring country.

The UK Defense Ministry has insisted there are no plans to change the New Medium Helicopter program to find a replacement for Royal Air Force Airbus Pumas.

The companies leading a Pentagon-backed antimony project have signed a MOU, boosting the U.S.’ growing effort to reduce critical-mineral dependency on China

UK engineering company 2Excel has begun test of its modified 757 flying testbed, which will be used for technologies leading to the Global Combat Air Program.

A Guam-based interceptor battery for the first time shot down a target representing a medium-range ballistic missile target, the Missile Defense Agency says.