Defense

By Tony Osborne
A UK firm is adapting tech developed for smartphones and driverless automobiles to provide the navigational accuracy for a new generation of low-cost munitions.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has picked AEVEX’s Atlas to advance as its initial Launched Effects-Short Range (LE-SR) system following a series of demonstrations this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Iraq’s Ministry of the Interior has become the first export operator of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KUH-1 Surion twin-engine medium helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Hill Helicopters has further delayed a planned first engine run of its independently developed GT50 turbine powerplant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The French government has declared the latest iteration of its M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile is ready for operational service.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
With ambitions to become the “LAX of spaceports,” Vandenberg SFB is preparing for a new launch era.
Operations & Safety

By Tony Osborne
Polish defense company PGZ has teamed up with Anduril to potentially produce the latter’s Barracuda low-cost cruise missile in Poland.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Castelion announced Oct. 24 it has received multiple contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic weapon system onto existing U.S. Army and Navy platforms.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is to lead the charge in a sales campaign for the Eurofighter in Portugal.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Russia has completed another test of a cruise missile powered by a nuclear propulsion system, but Western experts remain unimpressed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Turkey has signed a long-anticipated £8 billion ($11 billion) deal to acquire Eurofighter Typhoons.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman has secretly built a large new uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), dubbed Project Lotus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Voyager Technologies has acquired ExoTerra Resources, a Hall-effect propulsion developer, for an undisclosed amount.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk and a Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed on Oct. 26.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
An MBDA-led team working on the development of a hypersonic interceptor missile has downselected two of the most promising concepts.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Testing includes DefendTex drone “mother ships” and other swarming technologies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Kratos Defense will use the Hermeus high-speed Quarterhorse aircraft as part of its support work for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s MACH-TB program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Iridium Communications has launched a microchip that could be embedded in devices to mitigate GPS jamming and spoofing.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
The escalating use of drones in combat is creating demand for a supply chain for uncrewed aircraft production that can meet security and sovereignty concerns.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is sending its newest aircraft carrier along with its embarked air wing and a group of support ships to the Caribbean.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
DARPA has launched a prize challenge to demonstrate multicopter uncrewed aircraft that can carry payloads more than four times their weight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has completed the first flight of a production standard HTT-40 turboprop trainer.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
Denmark has chosen not to acquire the Israel Aerospace Industries Barak MX surface-to-air missile system after it was shortlisted as an option for medium-range air defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is looking to acquire second-hand Eurofighter Typhoons from Oman and Qatar.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
France and Germany have committed to field a space-based missile warning system by 2030, seeking to plug Europe's capability gap.
Missile Defense & Weapons