Defense

European missile manufacturer MBDA has paired advanced anti-armor missiles with uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), enabling targets to be struck beyond line of sight.

Lockheed Martin F-35s will become more expensive over the next four years, with flyaway prices rising 16-18% depending on the variant.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says the budget plan for maintaining its fleet is “not executable” and needs to be fixed now.

DARPA has awarded Redwire a contract, as part of the agency’s Otter program, to be the prime mission integrator for a very low-Earth orbit spacecraft.

Belgium has ordered the military version of Airbus’ H145 utility helicopter to help modernize the fleets of its military and law enforcement agencies.

The tender moves the 5.8-metric ton Light Combat Helicopter, also known as Prachand, closer to a long-awaited order for full-rate production.

Northrop Grumman's high-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) has arrived at the Northern Territory’s RAAF Base Tindal in Australia.

Launching a war on drug cartels, ending the Russia-Ukraine war and expanding missile defense all have potential consequences.

Senators want a U.S. Space Force program executive office to manage the acquisition of satellites that can track both air and ground moving targets from orbit.

RTX is no longer building satellites in the first phase of the U.S. Space Force’s missile-tracking satellite constellation.

The Missile Defense Agency reports it has launched a Hypersonic Testbed to demonstrate a new experimental testing platform.

The Defense Innovation Unit launched a competition on June 14 on the Navy’s behalf, calling for written responses to an urgent request in two weeks.

NASA and Boeing plan to add at least four days to the ongoing CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test.

The NASA spacewalk outside the International Space Station that was postponed on June 13 has been rescheduled for June 24.

Taiwan’s Air Force is still evaluating aerial tanker options after 2023 visits from U.S. and French military delegations.

Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway have been approved to acquire hundreds of Raytheon Amraam missiles to equip combat aircraft and ground-based air defenses.

Intensifying budget pressures are forcing USAF to “take another look” at spending plans for its prized Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, says Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.

It will take some luck for Boeing to be ready to fly its first ISS crew rotation mission as early as February.

Anders’ photograph of “Earthrise” and his words remind us even now how small the planet is and how beautiful it is in depthless space.

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

The U.S. Space Force has selected Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance (ULA), and SpaceX as the three service providers for Phase 3 of the NSSL program.

The private-equity owners of Belcan, an engineering services provider to several marquee aerospace and defense companies, have sold the company to Cognizant.

Autonomous pilot developer Merlin has acquired EpiSys Science, a multidomain autonomy developer, and plans to unite the software solutions of each company.

Ed Stone was 36-year-old space scientist when NASA tapped him to lead the quest to visit Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune with two Voyager spacecraft.

Amazon plans to sell its Project Kuiper satellite internet service in seven South American countries via a distribution agreement.