Defense

By Tony Osborne
The UAE is planning to further expand its already sizable uncrewed aircraft system fleet by placing an order for 200 rotary-wing UAS from domestic supplier Edge Group.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has become the latest country to put the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on alert.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
North Korea’s General Missile Bureau has announced that it fired a new “strategic cruise missile” for the first time on Jan. 24.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency says its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar probe has touched down 180 ft. from its planned landing spot.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The B-21 program will lose $1.56 billion combined on all bombers delivered during the first five annual lots of production, Northrop Grumman has revealed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Space technology and capability will be a vital topic for international discussion, and a dedicated section of World Defense Show 2024 (WDS).
Aerospace

EDGE has signed a landmark contract to supply 200 HT-100 and HT-750 unmanned helicopters to the UAE Ministry of Defence.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
When astronauts land on the Moon, will taikonauts be there to greet them?
Space

By Steve Trimble
As a major F-35 program upgrade stalls shipments, Lockheed executives reconsider their appetite for risk with the Next-Generation Air Dominance program on deck.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The aerospace and defense industry is grappling with a growing set of complex geopolitical risks in the Indo-Pacific.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Pentagon and Air Force officials have repeatedly said the Sentinel program is critical and must continue.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
At these margins, it is a challenge for the Space Force, argues Kristyn Jones, who is performing the duties of the under secretary of the Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Air Force C-32 carrying Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his staff experienced a hard landing during a visit through the Middle East in March 2023.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
In-space refueling startup Orbit Fab and in-space junk removal startup ClearSpace plan to work together to develop spacecraft refueling technologies.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s 2023 Moon to Mars Concept Review has identified seven key decisions that need to be addressed as early as possible.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he will urge his country’s national assembly to ratify Sweden’s entry into NATO.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Officials in Moscow said the airlifter had been engaged by two missiles launched from near the village of Lyptsi in the Kharkiv Region of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
S2 is among the payload cargo planned for launch aboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS on Jan. 29.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Paris has ordered 42 Airbus H145 light twin-engine helicopters for use by France's Sécurité Civile and Gendarmerie Nationale air services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Company leader Marc Bell has rebuffed calls for his resignation.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Staff
Ethiopia has acquired a pair of Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 fourth-generation fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion