Defense

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Skyryse has partnered with Robinson Helicopter to integrate its SkyOS automated flight control system into the R66 helo to develop a Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy’s air and sea commands are jointly looking for new ways to protect key ships and maritime choke points from the growing threats of swarming drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
B612 Foundation awards 2026 Schweickart Prize to Edinburgh students for proposal expanding planetary defense to cislunar infrastructure.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
Government-owned software that enables swarming autonomy behaviors between collaborative uncrewed and crewed aircraft will require a primary developer, the U.S. Air Force says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The Swiss government has resumed payments to the U.S. for the FMS buy of RTX Patriot air and missile defense systems to avoid a ripple effect on other deals.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin unveiled a concept for a hypersonic glide body designed for lower costs and high rates of production on June 24.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Swiss government has given RUAG International a new strategic roadmap to 2029 that includes the approval to take on debt as it seeks to increase the state-owned business’s military space focus.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Hensoldt CEO Oliver Dörre discusses the German company’s ambitions from producing more air defense radars to expanding airborne special mission activities.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
The British government says it will finalize its Defense Investment Plan (DIP) once due last year before the NATO summit gathering in Ankara on July 7.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
The Defense Innovation Unit plans to spend up to $200 million within the next year to ready “mature” quantum sensors and timing devices for fielding with U.S. military services.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin has delivered six F-35Bs to the U.S. Marine Corps without radars due to ongoing delays with a powerful new upgrade.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
European startup Stark Defense says it has raised €500 million ($569 million) in extra capital to help drive expansion.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
New Zealand's 2025 Defense Capability Plan offered perhaps the clearest indication yet that Wellington recognizes the need for greater combat capability.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
France is stepping up its efforts to get quadcopter drones into user hands with a 5,000-vehicle order with local startup Harmattan AI.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Editors explore the U.S. Air Force's award of Collaborative Combat Aircraft production contracts to Anduril and General Atomics.
Check 6

By Vivienne Machi
The call came before sunrise in Mahia, New Zealand. Less than 17 hr. later, Rocket Lab launched a company-built satellite to space with its Electron rocket.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Leonardo and Baykar said they flew Leonardo’s M-346 aircraft closely networked with the Turkish drone maker’s Kizilelma collaborative combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
When Airbus embarked on the A400M program, one of its selling points was that it could serve as a strategic transport and a tactical aircraft.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

Featuring Robert Wall & Steve Trimble
Join Aviation Week's defense experts for coverage from Eurosatory, Europe's premier defense exhibition. This episode explores Shield AI's X-Bat pitch—which the company sees as more than a CCA—and developments with airlifters in Europe and the U.S.
Defense

By Chen Chuanren
Australia and the UK are studying the integration of a European air-to-air missile on the Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft (CCA).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Canada has formally signed an agreement to acquire Australia's over-the-horizon radar technology, marking Australia's largest-ever defense export program.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has lifted the veil on a one-way, low-observable effector called Nyan that has already made its combat debut in Ukraine and is entering service with the British Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon wants to raid the Navy’s aircraft and broader Pentagon procurement funding to reverse course on developing the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German satellite-maker OHB expects to raise €510 million ($580 million) through a planned capital raise.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
A trio of UK manufacturers have been shortlisted to develop long-range missiles for Ukraine’s military to strike Russia.
Missile Defense & Weapons