Defense

BAE Systems has disclosed a swell of order bookings since the midyear mark, taking order intake through the first nine months beyond $35 billion.

Nations including the U.S. and China urgently need to agree on space traffic management, and opportunities abound to collaborate on lunar and planetary exploration.

With the Tornado bowing out at the end of the decade, Germany prepares Eurofighters and Lockheed F-35s for nuclear, strike and electronic warfare missions.

30 years ago in our headline news section, we reported that the cash-strapped National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) was battling efforts in Congress to force it to adapt smallsat technologies more quickly for U.S. spy satellites.

GE Aerospace is developing a small turbofan engine for midsized Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

UAS manufacturer Neros, whose drones have been battle tested in Ukraine, has raised $75 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital.

Authorities have initiated a search-and-recovery operation after a Turkish Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft crashed, killing all 20 onboard.

Export prospects for Russian combat aircraft are fading as Russian companies struggle with supply chain issues and lack the funding for R&D.

Uncertainty surrounds whether Azerbaijan has begun taking deliveries of the Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft.

Hensoldt has laid out plans to further boost output to keep pace with booming demand in Europe, as the company revealed its revenue growth forecast.

The People’s Liberation Army Air Force has released footage of the Hongdu GJ-11 flying alongside crewed fighters, suggesting a growing level of manned-unmanned integration.

Arcline Investment Management has agreed to buy aerospace parts and processes provider Novaria from private equity firm KKR for $2.2 billion.

The U.S. Navy is proceeding with an effort to install an automatic ground control avoidance system on Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers.

The time for the XQ-58 Valkyrie has almost come.

Avio, a space propulsion specialist, will build a solid rocket motor factory in the United States that will supply both RTX’s Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.

Belgium has selected Pilatus’ PC-7 MKX turboprop trainer as part of an effort to recapitalize its training aircraft fleet.

Chinese aircraft developers dubbed the Xi’an KJ-600 carrier-based airborne early warning aircraft “Nezha,” which is a protective deity from Chinese mythology.

Sukhoi’s Su-57 fighter will make its Middle Eastern flying display debut at Dubai Airshow 2025, according to Russian defense conglomerate Rostec.

Australia’s NIOA Group and MBDA have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore manufacturing and assembly of Mistral surface-to-air missiles in Australia.

Chemring plans to exit the Alloy Surfaces business it acquired in 1993 to gain a toehold in the U.S. market.

Albany International is looking to sell off its structures assembly business.

DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative is looking at 11 companies, with the goal of achieving a "useful quantum computer" by 2030.

John Greene has been appointed corporate vice president and CFO of Northrop Grumman, effective Jan. 7, 2026.

A U.S. and Kazakhstan aims to shore up the international supply of tungsten by decade's end, pulling away from China's dominance of the valuable resource.

In a major speech Nov. 7, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined reforms meant to streamline acquisitions and get new technology to troops quicker.