Defense

By Brian Everstine
Pratt & Whitney is developing a new family of scalable engines targeting the emerging market of Collaborative Combat Aircraft and cruise missiles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Advanced Hawkeyes are picking up battle management slack from the dwindling number of E-3s, now that the U.S. Air Force’s E-7A Wedgetail plans are in flux.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
Skunk Works is taking work it did to compete for the USAF's sixth-gen fighter and applying it to a new stealthy, survivable Collaborative Combat Aircraft design.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwanese flight academy Apex Aviation will partner with Portugal’s Tekever on AI-powered drones used by Ukraine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Italian F-35s and Swedish JAS-39 Gripens were scrambled on Sept. 19 to respond to Russian MiG-31s that entered Estonian airspace.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The hybrid-electric, short-takeoff-and-landing transport could fill a gap in the military’s air mobility fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Colorado-based startup Radia has announced plans to offer a purpose-built military version of its WindRunner outsized cargo aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
U.S. government figures show 2024 was a record year for Foreign Military Sales. The question is how long the European market renaissance which has driven the rise will continue for.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Chen Chuanren
Northrop Grumman and Taiwan’s NCSIST have agreed to explore collaboration on air and missile defense modernization for the country's National Defense Ministry.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Ukraine’s armed forces face a new drone menace on the front lines that threatens after 3.5 years of full-scale war to transform a bloody stalemate with Russia into something worse for the defenders.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Space Norway and Airbus’ SSTL have signed an agreement to jointly pursue business for a new synthetic aperture radar satellite the companies are co-developing.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
The Taiwan Space Agency is moving ahead with its first domestically developed communications satellite program.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan’s AIDC says it is not abandoning its crewed aircraft ambitions, including a next-generation fighter, even as the company pivots to support UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jonas Murby
Europe has momentum as an exporter to India, but the advancement of India’s own industry will be the ultimate determinant.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Long passed over, smaller manufacturers are gaining greater attention as merger and acquisition targets.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Marine Corps is looking for a new autonomous, vertical take off and landing system to supply austere locations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman are starting a process to address the airborne early warning and control aircraft's lack of a precision landing aid.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. government is seeking to retake control of the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump has said.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
U.S. drone manufacturer AeroVironment has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Boeing is to assemble the two rapid prototypes of its E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning platform in the UK.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Capella Space parent IonQ has signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to work on developing and deploying quantum technologies in space.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a mutual defense pact that declares that any aggression against one of the countries will be considered aggression against both.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
A tie-up between Kratos Defense and Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology has produced the Mighty Hornet-IV loitering munition.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has unveiled the Strong Bow ballistic missile defense system at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition 2025.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The French Vortex spaceplane demonstrator program will aim to validate heat shield technology and different control capabilities once it takes flight.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion