Defense

Asia-Pacific Staff
The latest weapon system lifecycle cost estimates from Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) shows changes to Tokyo's procurement plans.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Lockheed Martin Australia’s consortium was selected for JP9102 phase 1 ahead of bids led by Airbus, Boeing Australia, Northrop Grumman Australia and Optus.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden will be able to muster a front-line fighter fleet of 250 aircraft by 2030.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
The launch marks the start of the military's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The Multi-Domain Operations Radar for Air-Launched Effects (ALE) has entered the competitive phase of the acquisition process.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Jen DiMascio
When the U.S. Space Development Agency’s first ten satellites become operational, it will mark the start of a massive change in the Pentagon’s architecture.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Air Marshal Sir Richard Knighton will be appointed Chief of the Air Staff in June, the UK defense ministry announced March 31.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The last of NATO’s 30 member states to approve admission, Turkey voted in favor of Finland’s accession on March 30.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft award is coming later than expected and Future Long-Range Attack Aircraft prototypes are slipping deliveries.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon installed a software upgrade on the SM-6 Dual II since a May 2021 setback, and it worked.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jen DiMascio
Momentum for in-space servicing, space logistics and manufacturing is building.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has established a Moon to Mars Program Office to provide focused oversight of human exploration activities under the Artemis Program.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Ukraine’s military commander on March 30 repeated his request for Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
SpaceX scrubbed the launch of the Space Development Agency’s first official batch of satellites March 30.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Nine U.S. soldiers were killed when two Sikorsky HH-60 Black Hawks collided during night training.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The German Navy wants to expand its planned fleet of Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and acquire uncrewed air systems to supplement them.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Bahrain has been approved to receive second-hand Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters, on top of recent deliveries of new-model AH-1Z Vipers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine, Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Development Agency is poised to test its small-satellite constellation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A multilayered plan to defend Guam from swarming missile attacks will require a new level of integration between Army and Navy interceptor systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jen DiMascio
The Space Development Agency (SDA) intends to track a hypersonic missile defense test next spring, Director Derek Tournear says.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The JPO originally scheduled the first TR-3-equipped F-35 for delivery in April 2023, a year before the end of the new schedule window.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to cancel an electronic-warfare upgrade for its F-16 fleet to prioritize next-generation aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Michael Bruno
Airbus announced it will not acquire a stake in Evidian, a cybersecurity business under French information technology company Atos.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Michael Bruno
German rocket startup Isar Aerospace has unveiled a $165 million Series C fundraising round.
Space