Defense and Space

The Army’s desire to repurpose FARA resources perfectly positions SNC to harness its open systems architecture innovations for the Army’s future mission needs.

Sierra Space has begun initial drop tests of Ghost, a deployable decelerator designed to protect a pre-staged payload during re-entry within 90 min. of call-up.

Choices by Air Force and Navy leaders highlight an age-old tension: preserve present-day capacity, or trade readiness today for capability tomorrow?

Touchdown of the descent module on the steppes of Kazakhstan occurred at 3:17 a.m. EDT, or 12:17 p.m. local time, about 90 mi. southeast of Dzhezkazgan.

Spending on defense has increased at an average rate of 5.4% in real terms in the three years since 2021.

The award represents a breakthrough into solid rocket propulsion for Ursa Major, and comes as the Pentagon faces a major shortfall in SRM production capacity.

Startups Isar Aerospace, PLD Space and Rocket Factory Augsburg already have agreed to use the refurbished ELM-Diamant launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana.

Guy Norris talks with CEO Tom Vice about the spinoff-turned-prime’s growth plans as its space defense business surges and its spaceplane prepares for flight.

Exosonic is promoting its recently flown EX-3M Trident subscale uncrewed aircraft system as it seeks additional funding to develop a full-scale version.

A U.S. government pressure campaign has yet to produce visible results for Russia to drop alleged plans to eventually launch a co-orbital space weapon.

Italy has retired the long-serving AMX light combat aircraft after 35 years of operations, leaving Brazil as the last operator of the type.

The U.S. and Chinese militaries on April 4 concluded two days of talks concerning interactions in the air and sea.

The Space Development Agency is considering a change to its requirements for optical communications terminal for its data transport satellite constellation.

Spanish tier-one propulsion industry provider ITP Aero says it expects significant growth in revenue and production through 2024.

The final, 500-sec. hot fire of the EO525 development engine was carried out April 3rd at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Norway is to spend an extra 600 billion krone ($56 billion) on defense over the next 12 years, building up a stronger navy and ground-based air defenses.

The Integrated Test Event 12 (ITE-12) evaluated the full weapons release process for the captive-carry, free flight evaluation missiles.

Aviation Week experts dissect recent comments from a Chinese general on the secretive Xian H-20 and look at where the bomber would fit in the PLAAF's structure.

Opposition groups in Myanmar have conducted strikes on the country’s capital Naypyidaw, using self-developed attack uncrewed aerial systems (UAS).

The U.S. military wants terminals to connect with multiple satellite constellations.

A new Royal Air Force strategy lays out plans for the introduction of larger systems after having developed small, swarming platforms.

While NASA mulls plans to bring the samples to Earth, the collection is growing.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

NASA is continuing its efforts to partner with the U.S. commercial space sector while striving to establish a human presence at the Moon.

The U.S. Navy will buy Group 2 solar-electric uncrewed aerial systems from Kraus Hamdani Aerospace to be used by U.S. Marine Corps units.