Defense

By Garrett Reim
Canada’s Dominion Dynamics has raised a $100 million Series A round to further develop its Scout CCA and AuraNet command-and-control platform for the Arctic.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon’s decision to significantly downsize the office tasked with oversight of weapons testing created risk, a new watchdog report says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Aevex will scale up production of a long-range precision strike platform under a $50 million contract from the U.S. Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Israel says it has put upgrades of its Iron Dome short-range air defense systems through its paces, including the integration of the laser-based Iron Beam.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
The tri-national Global Combat Air Program has emerged as the biggest winner from the UK government's Defense Investment Plan, although the funding comes at the cost of retiring helicopter and intelligence-gathering fleets as the military shifts some of those missions to uncrewed systems.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Joe Anselmo
As Washington’s Air & Space Museum turns 50, its director Chris Browne tells Aviation Week about its newest galleries and gives a sneak peek of what's on display ahead of their opening on July 1.
Check 6

By Guy Norris, Vivienne Machi
Sixty-one years after the U.S. launched its first and only reactor into orbit, space nuclear power and propulsion now appear central to U.S. space superiority.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

Avril Silva
The Kopin Corporation, an electronics manufacturer, has received orders for its First Person Viewer from several companies participating in the Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Anduril is playing a role in the development of the U.S. Marine Corps’ version of a Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy will soon begin soliciting for prototypes of a new family of missile interceptors and related technologies to replace the RTX-built Standard Missile series.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A high-speed, extended-range air intercept missile based on solid fuel ramjet propulsion could soon enter development in Norway.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Dutch government has issued a defense planning document to lay out in broad terms how the pledge to spend more on defense will translate into greater military capability.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK Defense Ministry has begun releasing details of procurement plans associated with the country's long-awaited Defense Investment Plan.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airbus has secured a €1 billion loan from the European Investment Bank, the first part of a €3.4 billion package to support aerospace research and development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Natalie Brattain is a 2026 20 Twenties winner and an undergraduate student in Aerospace Physiology at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Her pioneering work focuses on protecting astronaut vision during long-duration spaceflight.
Aerospace

By Robert Wall
The Romanian government has selected the Rafael Spyder system to meet a requirement for short-range air defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
A pilot in training accidentally activated the fuel shutoff valve during an initial qualification flight on the L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II, causing the armed overwatch aircraft to crash.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Turkish Air Force is expected to receive its first former UK Royal Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules airlifters by year’s end.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
Poland has signaled it is ready to acquire its first tanker aircraft following discussions with the Spanish government.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Swedish government has launched a review to study the economic, defense, security and foreign policy effects associated with potential plans for a future fighter program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Airbus and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have signed an MOU to jointly study and develop an anti-submarine warfare variant of the U950 Eurodrone.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Historians may come to categorize military aviation as Before F-35 and After F-35, such is the Joint Strike Fighter’s impact on combat capability, interoperability, program execution and oversight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
Indonesia has settled its remaining financial obligation under the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae fighter development program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has reached the "business end" of developing its Future Combat Air Demonstrator, the aircraft that will pave the way for the fighter emerging from the tri-national Global Combat Air Program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft is participating in Exercise Valiant Shield, its first involvement in a major multinational exercise.
Aircraft & Propulsion