Defense

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane has been inducted into the NASA Armstrong In-Space Propulsion facility in Ohio in readiness for thermal vacuum testing.

Terran Orbital has unveiled a new small geosynchronous orbit communications satellite product.

The UK defense ministry has finalized a deal with Boeing to buy 14 MH-47G Chinook helicopters after having deferred the purchase for three years.

Sierra Space has unveiled a series of advanced autonomous, satellite and reentry products developed by Axelerator, its newly launched innovations incubator arm.

Denmark is to acquire new ground-based air defense systems and create an anti-submarine warfare capability as part of a buildup of the country’s armed forces.

The U.S. has approved Poland’s purchase of more than 800 air-launched cruise missiles as part of a buildup of the country’s weapons stocks.

Embraer and Singapore’s ST Engineering say they will expand their collaboration in defense beyond the service and engineering of the C-390 transport aircraft.

SpaceX's Starship completed a full-duration ascent burn and was able to run through a series of engineering demonstrations as it coasted above Earth.

The realities of higher costs and program risk may not be enough to overcome the potential benefit of new technology.

Stratasys plans to test two types of 3D-printed material on an upcoming lunar lander mission.

NASA’s Lucy probe to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids encountered a surprise last November as it flew by the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh.

Despite the schedule change appearing in budget documents, nothing has changed and the program’s status is still being assessed, an Air Force spokesperson said.

TEXTRON AVIATION has US Army contract to supply two Cessna Grand Caravan EXs for DJIBOUTIAN AIR FORCE.

The U.S. Navy appears set to begin buying replacements for its aging T-45 Goshawk training aircraft, with budget documents showing procurement to begin in 2026 after a contract has been awarded.

Seventy percent of European missile manufacturer MBDA’s exports in 2023 were for ground-based air defenses, the company’s CEO has revealed.

The decision certifies that the F-35 has passed the initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) phase and is ready to advance toward peak production levels.

Space One's Kairos rocket exploded seconds after liftoff on the morning of March 13, with the company saying “flight termination measures” had kicked in.

With the upcoming launch of the last Delta IV Heavy, a family of rockets that has been flying since 1960 comes to an end.

Last living Apollo 17 crewmember is guiding off-world prospecting.

ELT Group and the Qatar Armed Forces have signed a LOI stating their common will to cooperate on strategic projects in the field of Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations and in particular on the development of an EW and Intelligence Centre.

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A U.S. startup promising to drastically cut the time required for engineering design and analysis by providing cloud-based access to massive computing power.

Defense conglomerate Edge Group focuses on autonomy, electronic warfare and precision weapons.

While the Pentagon remains vexed on the November crash, the U.S. Navy says progress is being made on the clutch issue.

Aviation Week propulsion editor Guy Norris’ cover story in the February 20 2017reverberated through the halls of the Pentagon in early 2017 with its public revelation that the U.S. may have squandered its lead in hypersonic weapons to China and Russia.