Defense

By Robert Wall
Austrian uncrewed helicopter maker Schiebel is getting into the armed drone business, unveiling two new Camcopter systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
MBDA says it is in talks with potential customers to demonstrate a new low-cost, long-range cruise missile concept potentially before year's end.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
MBDA is exploring how it will respond to a UK requirement for a tactical ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
About three yeas after first unveiling the idea of a glide-weapon spinoff of its Spear air-to-ground missile, MBDA says it is now moving with pace to bring the munition to market.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry is exploring interim alternative standoff weapons for its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Applied Research Associations (ARA) will lead development of a Next Generation Penetrator prototype munition for the U.S. Air Force.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A series of teaser images suggest Shield AI's VTOL aircraft is a tailsitter with swept wings and an internal weapons bay large enough to carry two cruise missiles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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Defense contractors shift from "exquisite" solutions to affordable mass production. Marotta Controls' Adit Girdhari discusses balancing performance, cost and scale for urgent military needs.
Defense

By Robert Wall
The Finnish government and local satellite-maker Iceye have signed an agreement for the country’s defense forces to field an SAR satellite constellation.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear has left the agency less than one week before the first operational satellites are due to launch.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Bird Aerosystems has secured a contract to develop and test an enhanced self-protection system for the Israeli Air Force’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
UK defense procurement minister Maria Eagle has been sacked from government in a reshuffle, just days before she was due to address the UK’s flagship defense exhibition DSEI.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sonny Butterworth
Berlin is rearming on a grand scale, considering voluntary conscription and enacting spending not seen since the days when Soviet tanks plowed into Prague.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kim Minseok
South Korea says it has advanced its hypersonic weapons program with a successful test of its HyCore technology demonstrator, achieving speeds of up to Mach 6.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Coming out of the service’s biggest exercise in recent history, the Air Force looks to make changes, but uncertainty is bubbling up.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Trump administration has withdrawn the nomination of Gen. Thomas Bussiere to be the U.S. Air Force's vice chief of staff, a source says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Leonardo has formally offered 32 Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 5 fighters to meet the Philippine Air Force’s (PAF) multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) requirement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Boeing MQ-28 Block 1 Ghost Bats have completed a series of demonstrations to inform an imminent Australian decision on whether to proceed with a follow-on order.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
After its rapid-fire development, the low-cost Extended-Range Attack Munition cruise missile program is poised for trial by fire.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Development Agency and its suppliers are racing to scale production and prove the resilience of their optical communications tech.
Satellites

Sharon B. DeVivo
The new academic year is a great time to reach out to students who could be next-generation employees in aviation and aerospace.
Maintenance & Training

By Brandon Patrick
France’s plans to accelerate its planned increases in defense spending portend a potentially massive defense acquisition cycle.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
A multinational startup has secured a UK defense ministry contract to test a ramjet-powered artillery round
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
South Korean drone startup Pablo Air has merged with Volk.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Ascent Aviation Services has chosen Block Aero Technologies to digitalize its used serviceable material business and open doors to selling parts in China.
Services & Support