Defense and Space

By Brian Everstine
Allies of NATO will sign a new defense industrial pledge during its annual summit this week in Washington.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The company’s in-house-developed engine has still yet to be fired up and fully tested.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Oslo has plentiful spares available to support the Ukrainian aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Kurt Hoffman
Vienna is eager to replace its three Lockheed Martin C-130s that are now about 50 years old.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Navy aims to declare initial operational capability for the Next-Generation Jammer’s mid-band system before the end of September after multiple delays.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
The UK and France are testing their ability to project power to the Indo-Pacific at a time of growing political tension between Western states and China.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Lithuania's order of a short-range air defense system from Saab continues the steady drumbeat of European countries upgrading their intercept capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
After years of production delays and shortages, fighter OEMs are investing in in new facilities, manufacturing methods and labor to spark new growth.
Farnborough Airshow

By Craig Caffrey
Defense budgets are undergoing exceptional growth, spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, concerns over China’s global intent and the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Farnborough Airshow

By Mark Carreau
Four volunteers with astronaut-like credentials have concluded the first of NASA’s three planned yearlong Earth-based missions on a simulated Martian surface.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Sweden wants to become a defense space player in Europe.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A cannon-fired, off-board-guided, hypervelocity projectile could become a new, low-cost layer of the U.S. Army’s defenses against air and missile threats.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon will continue with the Northrop Grumman LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, despite an 81% cost increase.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The winner of the Advanced Electronic Warfare suite will replace the F/A-18E/F’s existing system, which combines subsystems supplied by both companies.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
Ovzon says its Ovzon 3 small geostationary orbit communications satellite is ready to start commercial service.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Poland is examining whether it can deliver another squadron of MiG-29 combat aircraft to Ukraine as part of a new defense agreement between the two countries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Australia department of defense announced on July 8 that it will procure an unspecified number of AeroVironment Switchblade 300 loitering munition systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
An ex-U.S. Air Force civilian employee allegedly transmitted classified information about the vulnerabilities of Air Force aircraft to unauthorized people between November 2020 and March 2021.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. has reportedly offered a loan to the Royal Thai Air Force to acquire a fleet of F-16 Block 70s in a bid to trump Sweden's competing JAS-39 Gripen offer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
After elections, France is set for a period of political instability, but in terms of defense spending the result may not be quite so destabilizing.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
Despite obvious historic parallels with the TSR-2, industry partners are confident they can deliver a new-generation combat aircraft in the mid-2030s.
GASCC & RIAT

By Brian Everstine
Frank Kendall has spent his time as secretary working to reshape the Air Force—but will his work outlast him?
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
China’s military has released an image of a Xian H-6K bomber carrying up to four air-launched ballistic missiles, doubling its previously acknowledged capacity.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The next U.S. Army multiyear contract for Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks is expected to include up to 255 helicopters over five years starting in 2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The German government says it will meet the NATO target of spending at least 2% on defense in its 2025 budget and following years.
Budget, Policy & Operations