Defense

The U.S. is looking at all its options to help with Ukraine’s air defense, including possibly Patriot missile systems, as Russia appears unlikely to relent in its constant attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, senior officials say.

AAR and WZL-2 opened F-16 overhaul facility at Bydgoszcz, Poland to support NATO aircraft in Europe; tasks include avionic upgrades; structural mods

Bulgaria’s government has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the Foreign Military Sale of a second batch of Lockheed Martin Block 70 F-16s.

A senior Airbus UK official says the UK Royal Air Force’s A400M airlifters are now delivering on target availability after months of questions about whether the turboprop airlifter would be ready to take on the missions of the RAF’s Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules fleet.

As China continues to expand its nuclear missile force, Beijing is increasing its efforts to modernize delivery systems from sea to orbit to counter expected developments in Western defense systems, the Pentagon says in a new report to Congress.

Pleased with the progress of the Artemis I mission Orion/Space Launch System at its midpoint, mission managers have decided to add seven new test objectives focused on learning more about the spacecraft’s response to the deep-space thermal environment and propulsion system performance.

BAE Systems has teamed with U.S. augmented reality training technology provider Red 6 to see if Red 6’s AR system can be fitted to the Hawk jet trainer to provide a further boost to its training capability.

The rocket carrying astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 11:08 p.m. local time on Nov. 29.

A second path has been launched to address the lack of a helmet-mounted displayon the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fleet.

Oberon will form part of a wider ISR constellation called Istari, the UK’s planned billion-pound eye in low Earth orbit.

President Yoon Suk Yeol has announced space exploration targets with an ambition to reach the Moon by 2032 and Mars by 2045.

Listen in as Aviation Week defense editors discuss what details they are hoping to see and what is likely to come next for the B-21 Raider.

The first of three Bombardier Global 6000 business jets that will be adapted to become signals intelligence platforms for the German Air Force has arrived in Ka

The eyes of the aviation world will focus on Northrop Grumman’s secretive Site 4 complex at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on Dec. 2 for the first glimpse of the next generation stealth bomber: the B-21 Raider.

BOMBARDIER took delivery of Germany's Global 6000 at Wichita for major structural mods to accommodate Kalætron Integral signal intelligence (SIGINT)

Multiple aircraft flown by artificial intelligence agents will simulate air-to-air battles against formations of enemy aircraft at beyond visual range under a newly launched DARPA program.

Officials suggest the removal of the nuclear warhead from the weapon was further evidence of the depletion of Russia’s stock of long-range weapons.

China is also welcoming astronauts from other countries to enter its Tiangong space station and conduct experiments there.

The White House will likely request a Pentagon budget boost, and defense budget authorizations usually receive bipartisan support.

SpaceX’s 26th NASA-contracted Dragon cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station autonomously docked with the seven-person orbital laboratory’s U.S. segment Harmony module at 7:39 a.m. EST on Nov. 27.

NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft successfully executed a second major maneuver using propulsion from the capsule’s European Space Agency-provided service module on Nov. 25.

Boeing’s “systemic capture and hiring” of engineers now threatens the viability of parts of Brazil’s defense industrial base, says the Association of Aerospace Industries of Brazil (AIAB).

The inaugural World Defense Show held in Riyadh earlier this year, was a huge success. Now show organisers are tasked with taking the event to the next stage.

The UK-developed, drink can-size BriteCloud is designed to be dispensed like chaff and infrared decoys to lure away advanced surface-to-air missile threats.

In the first pictures published of the twin-engine TF-X since manufacturing began earlier this year, Turkish Aerospace appears to have completed most of the forward and rear fuselage with much of the main wing fitted to the aircraft.