Defense

The company selects Dayton, Ohio, for its manufacturing plant and delivers its first eVTOL to the U.S. Air Force.

The Osiris-Rex sample canister with material gathered from the surface of the asteroid Bennu was flown on Sept. 25 from its landing site in the Utah desert to NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

The $705 million contract for the Stand-in Attack Weapon calls for Northrop Grumman to have the new missile ready to to enter service in 2026.

The Pentagon still lacks a plan to successfully wrestle sustainment functions away from the collection of contractors that now jealously own those roles.

Thirteen years before he led a daring B-25 raid over Japan, Lt. (later Gen.) James Doolittle made his first mark on aviation history. On Sep. 24, 1929, Doolittle proved an aircraft could fly and land safely even if the pilot could not see the ground or horizon.

Poland’s defense ministry has contracted a first offset agreement associated with the acquisition of its planned Boeing Apache attack helicopter fleet.

The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is putting its upgraded Lockheed Martin F-16 D+ Block 52 through its paces at Exercise Forging Saber.

Yemen’s Houthi movement has restored a Northrop F-5 Tiger combat aircraft to flight.

Joby Aviation delivered its first S4 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to the U.S. Air Force at Edwards AFB, California, on Sept. 25.

Finding the best combination of capability and cost has created a market for civil helicopters modified for multi-mission military capabilities, says Bell.

The Military Committee Organising Dubai Airshow 2023 said it continues its preparations for what it expects to be the ‘biggest’ Airshow to date.

UAV-maker envisions pushing decisions to frontline soldiers, autonomous weapons.

The largest haul of extraterrestrial samples since Apollo 17 landed in Utah on Sept. 24 after being collected by the Osiris-REx spacecraft.

Satellite-based remote sensing startup Satellogic said Sept. 21 it will not launch any more satellites until at least the first quarter of 2024.

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall announced this plan during a speech earlier this month at the Air and Space Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

Paramount is seeking additional production capacity for its Mwari multimission aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force is planning to stagger replacements of a troublesome part of the V-22 Osprey’s clutch to limit impacts to the fleet.

The U.s. Air Force Special Operations Command plan is called the Adaptive Airborne Enterprise.

The German defense ministry has completed trials of a laser weapon demonstrator that could equip warships for anti-drone defense.

The current MSR mission cost estimate of $5.9 billion with a 2027 launch of the initial multiple mission elements will likely rise to $8-$11 billion.

The unsealed indictment accuses Menendez of secretly helping to release hundreds of millions of dollars of arms deals to the Egyptian government.

Lockheed Martin says the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return spacecraft is healthy and on track for a pinpoint atmospheric Earth reentry over Utah on Sept. 24.

Fighters of the United Arab Emirates Air Force and Defense recently ventured into Europe for the second time in six months to attend joint manoeuvres in Turkey. Alan Warnes reports.

Singapore Armed Forces' new Digital and Intelligence Service, which is participating for the first time in Exercise Forging Saber, has helped advance the CCIS.

The agency plans to make a single award for a U.S. Deorbit Vehicle on April 18, 2024, a solicitation posted on NASA's procurement website shows.