Defense

As a result of progress in procurement, legacy fleets will be retired. More than 12,000 military aircraft are expected to be withdrawn from service over the next decade.
Defense

By Brian Everstine
As the service looks to cut KC-10s and KC-135s, it is expressing more confidence in the KC-46 despite continued deficiencies in its development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A Lockheed Martin-designed, all-electric laser shot down multiple aerial targets during February tests at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, the
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The status of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea flagship is unclear after Ukrainian forces claimed to have severely damaged the warship with shore-based anti-ship missiles.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Speaking alongside Sweden’s Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, in Stockholm on April 13, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin told journalists that “everything had changed after Russia’s invasion [of Ukraine].”
Budget, Policy & Operations

The International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (IADE) will be held from 11 to 15 May 2002 at the International Airport of Djerba Zarzis in Tunisia.
Aerospace

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesian defense prime PT Pindad and Safran are discussing potential local assembly of the AASM air-to-ground modular weapon that will equip the Southeast Asian country’s future Dassault Rafale fleet.
Supply Chain

By Jefferson Morris
Spirit’s reengining work; South Korea earmarks transport aircraft, missile funds; F-35A flying hours drop; and Draken gets RAF contract.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Launch contracts are game changers for ULA, Arianespace and Blue Origin.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
First U.S.-backed private mission to the ISS is a turning point in the ongoing commercial development of space.
Commercial Space

By Steven Grundman
The ulterior aim of critics’ inflation focus is not economics but the strategic choices the Pentagon’s budget request implements.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
The Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully completed testing of a prototype 1-newton thruster using its Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic propellant in a vacuum chamber.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force faces a fight on Capitol Hill as it looks to get rid of dozens more of its aircraft while readily acknowledging that comes with instant risk.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military is sending 11 more Mi-17 helicopters to Ukraine as part of a dramatic increase in military equipment for the country as it prepares for another phase of its fight against Russia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Space Agency’s governing council announced April 13 that it is ending cooperation with Russian space agency Roscosmos on three future Moon missions—Luna 25, 26 and 27.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s SpaceX Crew 4 Dragon mission to the International Space Station holds promise for the agency’s goals of extending the life and utility of the ISS as well as transitioning its human spaceflight focus to the Moon and Mars.
Space

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
Flight controls and mission systems for the next U.S. Air Force fighter will be designed to use separate software instructions, according to the service's chief of staff.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A 1-5 megawatt-class mobile nuclear reactor funded by the Strategic Capabilities Office will be tested at the Idaho National Laboratory, the Pentagon announced April 13.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The first NATO Boeing E-3 Sentry has been flown to Italy to be inducted into the Final Lifetime Extension Program (FLEP).
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

The Qatar Emiri Air Force has received the first of two NH90 NFH naval variant helicopters.
Aerospace

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become a key element of many armed forces across the world, as they are being more extensively deployed in war zones and counter-terrorism operations.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
With its improved and enlarged 3D printer enabling Starship engines, Velo3D talks about riding along with SpaceX, but not joining it.
Space

By Brian Everstine
New logistics program feeds basing, force protection data into maintenance analysis.
MRO

By Tony Osborne
AUKUS hypersonic decision comes as Russia uses Kinzhal in Ukraine and the U.S. successfully trials HAWC weapon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS has Boeing contract to supply engine pylons and nacelles, plus aftermarket support, for initial phase of B-52 Commercial Engine
Defense