Defense

Boeing is making a large bet on its ability to win future fighter programs to the tune of more than half a billion dollars for four state-of-the-art fabrication, production and assembly facilities that are purpose-built for combat aircraft.

A consortium of Polish companies and missile manufacturer MBDA are set to deliver the first fire unit of Poland’s Narew program in the coming months.

Avio, the prime contractor in Europe’s Vega light launcher program, is working on an experimental launch vehicle using only a liquid oxygen-methane propellant.

BOEING completed construction of 155,000 sq ft advanced composite fabrication center (to be operated by PHANTOM WORKS) in Mesa, AZ to produce advanced

Greece has received the first two of 84 Lockheed Martin F-16s to be upgraded with an active electronically scanned array radar.

Flight control teams continue to address solar power and attitude control issues associated with the NASA-funded Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment.

Mike Leinbach, the final NASA Space Shuttle Launch Director, shares his thoughts about the finicky fuel and how the Artemis team is managing with the Space Laun

Russia has rescheduled its robotic Luna-25 Moon lander mission for 2023, Roscosmos Space Corp. CEO Yury Borisov told journalists on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Sept. 7.

Saab, a leading defence and security company in the UAE, announced its first group of Sustain & Enhance Emiratisation in Defence and Security (SEEDS) trainees are being offered full-time jobs in Abu Dhabi upon graduating from the programme.

The U.S. Air Force now offers the mobile ad-hoc networking technology to international partners with light attack aircraft.

Elbit Systems says it has secured a contract for EW training through simulation with an air force in an unspecified Asia-Pacific nation.

General Electric is working with the U.S. Air Force on potential next steps for evaluating the XA100 demonstrator as the engine-maker begins development on its

New satellite technologies are expected to enable more accurate forecasting of severe weather phenomena.

The U.S. Navy's sixth-generation fighter will be the “survivable, lethal” quarterback that will fly with loyal wingmen drones, now known in the Pentagon as collaborative combat aircraft.

The deal marks the first award of a commercially sourced, fourth-generation fighter for aggressor support training by the Air Force.

A Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital booster failed 1 min. 4 sec. after liftoff on Sept. 12, triggering the automated ignition of the capsule’s emergency escape system and a successful parachute touchdown.

The U.S. Air Force proposes to retire 1,463 aircraft and buy 467 between fiscal 2023 to 2027 in the Future Years Defense Program, resulting in a net loss of 997 aircraft.

The NASA-funded Capstone small-satellite mission has entered safe mode as a planned trajectory correction maneuver was concluding, according to a space agency advisory.

As chair of the second meeting of the White House National Space Council, Vice President Kamala Harris has announced efforts to inspire and expand the country’s space workforce through a new STEM educational initiative.

Against a backdrop of tough geopolitical and economic issues, Director General Josef Aschbacher has to convince the agency’s 22 member states that those difficulties are precisely why they need to invest more into space.

The US Air Force is augmenting its normal bomber deployments in the Middle East with frequent ‘presence patrols’ by long-range Boeing B-52H Stratofortress heavy bombers.

A partial grounding of the U.S. V-22 fleet has been lifted after a nagging issue with a slipping sprag clutch caused two more emergency landings.

The FCC has recommended shortening the maximum period for post-mission disposal of low-Earth-orbit satellites to five years or less, down from 25 years, as concerns grow about space junk, traffic and collisions.

The U.S. Defense Department may allow Lockheed Martin F-35 deliveries to resume within weeks, pending the outcome of legal, security and airworthiness

The U.S. Navy says it has seen a dramatic decrease in the number of physiological incidents in its aircraft since a high in 2017.