Defense and Space

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced appointments to a pair of space committees.

Its plan differs from some prior programs, such as the venerable MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper.

Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen signed a letter of intent to finalize the deal later this year in Denmark.

Kymeta has delivered its first multi-orbit, flat-panel satellite antennas to an undisclosed branch of the U.S. military.

A new U.S. Army effort is focused on its emerging role of deep sensing for long-range fires.

The Japanese cabinet has relaxed the country’s arms export restrictions.

A Turkish indigenous active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has taken to the air for the first time in an F-16, local defense officials announced.

Saab will supply its Arexis sensor suite to equip a fleet of German Air Force Eurofighters for the suppression and destruction of enemy air defense mission.

Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat final assembly facility will open in 2027 in Toowoomba, Queensland.

Blended wing body developer JetZero has received an FAA airworthiness certificate for its 12.5% scaled demo, clearing the uncrewed twin-engine aircraft.

The U.S. Space Development Agency is interested in hiring companies to deorbit its satellites at the end of their service lives.

ILC Dover is being sold again, this time to the global industrial-machinery company Ingersoll Rand.

Planet Labs has expanded its partnership with satellite image analytics firm SynMax to sell AI-powered vessel monitoring and classification software.

MDA stands as a crucial pillar of national security, encompassing the comprehensive monitoring and understanding of activities within the maritime domain.

Armor Harris, the newly hired vice president of Aircraft Engineering for San Diego-based Shield AI, wants to lead a new revolution in aircraft design.

Croatia and Greece have signed contracts to purchase de Havilland Canada DHC-515 amphibious aircraft to modernize their aerial firefighting fleets.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 crew transport successfully docked with the International Space Station on March 25.

The British Army Air Corps has marked the impending retirement of its locally assembled Apache attack helicopters with a flypast around the UK.

Airbus Defense and Space announced March 25 that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Cologne-based cyber security outfit Infodas.

Hybrid Air Vehicles wants to build production, testing and certification facilities that would be able to produce up to 24 airships a year.

South Korea will spend close to $6 billion on 40 KF-21s and related infrastructure and armaments through 2028.

The agency’s disruptive approach to space acquisition has produced many contracts in a tight timeline, though its biggest tests are yet to come.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 is carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight tourist Marina Vasilevskaya.

The Cargo Dragon freighter is to remain docked for about five weeks before departing for a return to Earth with time-sensitive research.

GKN AEROSPACE has 2-year contract from Sweden's FMV to develop conceptual studies for advanced power and propulsion systems to support future fighter systems. It will seek and develop collaboration with partners on program.