Defense

The co-founders of Astra Space have offered a new, lower buyout bid for the embattled space startup.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is gearing up to begin a $7.2 billion upgrade program for the Indian Air Force’s Su-30MKI fighter fleet.

The Army National Guard on Feb. 27 announced a stand-down of all helicopter units following two crashes of Boeing AH-64D Apaches.

The UK defense ministry has opened negotiations to find a new fleet of medium helicopters for the country’s armed services.

“America’s first space station,” Skylab, was launched in 1973 on the last Saturn V rocket flown. The mission, coming on the heels of the final Apollo Moon landing, concluded nine months later in February 1974 with the successful return of a third astronaut crew that spent a then-record 84 days in space.

Leonardo is performing a study with Italy’s armed forces on potential missions for the AW609 as the company works to certify the tiltrotor.

Three months after SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy’s second flight test ended in a mid-air explosion, the FAA closed its accident investigation.

President Erdogan says he has discussed the next steps on finalizing Turkey's procurement of additional Lockheed Martin F-16s with U.S. lawmakers.

The use of uncrewed systems by Ukraine is inspiring nations including the UK to make major investments in drone capabilities.

Japan’s Smart Lander For Investigating Moon (SLIM) survived a two-week lunar night and powered up over the weekend.

Hungarian lawmakers have voted in favor of Sweden’s entry into NATO.

SpaceX plans to place its first direct-to-cellular phone Starlink constellation in orbit by the end of August.

Intuitive Machines expects to lose communications with its Nova-C lunar lander Odysseus early on Feb. 27 after 4 1/2 days on the Moon’s surface.

Dana Weigel, NASA’s International Space Station deputy program manager since 2021, is taking over as the 15-nation orbital lab’s program manager.

South Korea has released its KF-21 fighter aircraft production road map and is expected to sign for the first batch of aircraft in June.

NASA, SpaceX and Russia’s Roscosmos are preparing for the first seven-person, multiweek crew exchange of 2024 aboard the International Space Station.

A decades-old ambition to make multiday, ultralong-endurance flight a reality is quietly solidifying within the U.S. military after a series of failures and false starts.

The scale of Singapore's defense spend recovery indicates recognition of an increasingly complex security environment in the Asia-Pacific region.

Militaries in the region are looking to evolve their attack helicopters.

Stratolaunch conducted a second captive carry of the company’s Talon TA-1 hypersonic test vehicle on Feb. 24.

The negotiations began after a Feb. 19 demonstration of the turboprop-powered A-29 at Accra Airbase attended by top Ghanaian Armed Forces officials.

A Boeing F-15 is still quite fast, but not nearly Mach 3, the company’s program manager said on Feb. 23, correcting a previous statement.

Flight controllers at Intuitive Machines conducted their first mission on the Moon’s surface Feb. 23.

The tenure of Frank Calvelli as the Department of the U.S. Air Force’s space acquisition boss has been defined by a few key tenets.

The Pentagon sent Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine last year without a plan for long-term sustainment, a new watchdog report says.