Defense

Saudi Arabia suffered a series of attacks from missiles and drones allegedly fired by Yemeni Houthi missiles.

After releasing its satellite computer vision and guidance software in January, Scout has raised an undisclosed bridge round of financing led by venture capital firm Decisive Point.

The debris of a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey that crashed was spotted late March 18 by a Norwegian rescue team south of the northern city of Bodo.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-21 successfully launched and docked to the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment on March 18, delivering cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov.

The U.S. Air Force needs to update its operating locations around the globe to be able to surge and operate combat aircraft under duress. So the service is starting an in-depth review of how this will happen, and it might not be easy. Or cheap.

The first NASA-backed private astronaut mission to the International Space Station has been retargeted for launch no earlier than April 3 due to additional time needed for transportation provider SpaceX to prepare the Crew Dragon spacecraft chartered by Axiom Space.

China’s Ministry of Transport’s Rescue and Salvage Bureau has acquired six Leonardo AW189 helicopters to enhance its maritime search-and-rescue operations.

This webinar took place on Friday, March 18, 2022. The first new U.S. stealth bomber in over 30 years is scheduled to roll-out later this year. The

Aquarian Space raised $650,000 in seed capital to fund development of a lunar satellite communications relay network.

Retired astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria is heading back to the ISS to oversee three private travelers.

Uncrewed “wingmen” for the Air Force’s next bomber and fighter will be large, sophisticated and costly.

Egypt approved to receive F-15EX; North Korean missile test failure; Satcom prototype clears review; and Boeing’s Australian suppliers.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

NASA’s strategy for transitioning its operations aboard the International Space Station to an assortment of commercial free flyers over the coming decade faces a number of opportunity-nurtured challenges, a panel of experts with a stake in the outcome says.

NASA’s debut Space Launch System rocket began an overnight ride from Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B on March 17, a major milestone in a 10-year, $20 billion effort to develop a heavy-lift rocket capable of sending astronauts back to the Moon.

Slovakia is willing to give its S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine, provided it can get replacements to avoid a “security gap,” the country’s defense minister says.

A British startup company has emerged as a potential contender in the UK’s New Medium Helicopter contest.

The European Space Agency has suspended the ExoMars 2022 program, a cooperative effort with Russian space agency Roscosmos to look for traces of life underneath the surface of Mars.

The U.S. Army has asked companies for a software solution to a fundamental vulnerability that exposes current radar systems to jamming and other electronic warfare threats.

Israeli’s military confirmed on March 17 that the Rafael/Elbit Systems Iron Beam laser interceptor system will become operational after spending several years in research and development.

Aviation Week analysis suggests annual defense spending by Europe biggest spenders could rise to over $400 billion by 2030.

Starlink not built for battlefield, so Elon Musk makes on-the-fly updates to keep Ukrainians online.