Defense

By Chen Chuanren
Japan is set to increase its Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker fleet from four aircraft to six.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Raanan Horowitz
The nation can employ contracting tools, competition, creative policies and allied technologies to meet increased demands.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
NASA has awarded ICON of Austin, Texas, a $57.2 million contract to develop a 3D printer for building lunar infrastructures such as landing pads, roads and habi
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force’s flight training pipeline is being stressed by queues of personnel waiting to reach the front line, industry officials involved in the U
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. is looking at all its options to help with Ukraine’s air defense, including possibly Patriot missile systems, as Russia appears unlikely to relent in its constant attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, senior officials say.
Budget, Policy & Operations

AAR and WZL-2 opened F-16 overhaul facility at Bydgoszcz, Poland to support NATO aircraft in Europe; tasks include avionic upgrades; structural mods
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Bulgaria’s government has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the Foreign Military Sale of a second batch of Lockheed Martin Block 70 F-16s.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
A senior Airbus UK official says the UK Royal Air Force’s A400M airlifters are now delivering on target availability after months of questions about whether the turboprop airlifter would be ready to take on the missions of the RAF’s Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules fleet.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
As China continues to expand its nuclear missile force, Beijing is increasing its efforts to modernize delivery systems from sea to orbit to counter expected developments in Western defense systems, the Pentagon says in a new report to Congress.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Pleased with the progress of the Artemis I mission Orion/Space Launch System at its midpoint, mission managers have decided to add seven new test objectives focused on learning more about the spacecraft’s response to the deep-space thermal environment and propulsion system performance.
Space

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has teamed with U.S. augmented reality training technology provider Red 6 to see if Red 6’s AR system can be fitted to the Hawk jet trainer to provide a further boost to its training capability.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Chen Chuanren
The rocket carrying astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 11:08 p.m. local time on Nov. 29.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A second path has been launched to address the lack of a helmet-mounted displayon the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fleet.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Oberon will form part of a wider ISR constellation called Istari, the UK’s planned billion-pound eye in low Earth orbit.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
President Yoon Suk Yeol has announced space exploration targets with an ambition to reach the Moon by 2032 and Mars by 2045.
Space

By Jen DiMascio, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Listen in as Aviation Week defense editors discuss what details they are hoping to see and what is likely to come next for the B-21 Raider.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The first of three Bombardier Global 6000 business jets that will be adapted to become signals intelligence platforms for the German Air Force has arrived in Ka
Business Aviation

By Brian Everstine
The eyes of the aviation world will focus on Northrop Grumman’s secretive Site 4 complex at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on Dec. 2 for the first glimpse of the next generation stealth bomber: the B-21 Raider.
Aircraft & Propulsion

BOMBARDIER took delivery of Germany's Global 6000 at Wichita for major structural mods to accommodate Kalætron Integral signal intelligence (SIGINT)
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Multiple aircraft flown by artificial intelligence agents will simulate air-to-air battles against formations of enemy aircraft at beyond visual range under a newly launched DARPA program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Officials suggest the removal of the nuclear warhead from the weapon was further evidence of the depletion of Russia’s stock of long-range weapons.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
China is also welcoming astronauts from other countries to enter its Tiangong space station and conduct experiments there.
Space

By Byron Callan
The White House will likely request a Pentagon budget boost, and defense budget authorizations usually receive bipartisan support.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX’s 26th NASA-contracted Dragon cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station autonomously docked with the seven-person orbital laboratory’s U.S. segment Harmony module at 7:39 a.m. EST on Nov. 27.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft successfully executed a second major maneuver using propulsion from the capsule’s European Space Agency-provided service module on Nov. 25.
Space