Defense

By Mark Carreau
Set for launch March 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T promises to help forecasters and scientists monitor and warn of weather and climate concerns on a wider scale and a faster pace, including those linked to wild fires, hurricanes, severe thunderstorms, and solar storms.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov said on Feb. 25 that the current status of the An-225 Mriya is unknown after more than 30 hr. of fighting at its home airport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Ten more Ukrainian military aircraft departed the warring country on Feb. 25, eluding Russian Air Force fighters on patrol to land at a NATO base in
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to expand the use of its experimental Rapid Dragon palletized munition system, issuing a new request for information to determine what existing or upcoming systems it could deploy.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, the long-serving Republican from Oklahoma and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has announced he will retire at the end of his term in 2027.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Russian military does not have air superiority in Ukraine, with the U.S. Defense Department assessing that Ukrainian command and control has remained intact and the country is still operating air defenses and aircraft,
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian government is putting aside around A$65 million ($47 million) to develop three “spaceports” around the country and to buy slots on space missions to ensure Australia’s space sector can deploy and test its systems in space.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea has reportedly test-fired its indigenous long-range surface-to-air missile, which is primarily designed to protect the country against ballistic missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s intelligence agencies believe Russian forces failed to achieve their primary objectives on the first day of their campaign in Ukraine, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

India’s Rossell Techsys has won a contract from Boeing to manufacture and supply wire harnesses for the global aerospace company’s T-7A Red Hawk.
Defense

Turkish Aerospace Industries formally exhibited the country’s new National Combat Aircraft or Milli Muharip Uçak (MMU) at the 15th International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) in Istanbul.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Russia added two more Ukrainian Air Force aircraft on Feb. 25 to a running tally of shoot downs, raising the claimed overall total of aircraft kills to 11 since the invasion began, the state-owned TASS news agency says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
How KC-46 pilots, boom operators are teaching themselves the tanker’s new tricks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
AE Industrial Partners, a U.S. private equity firm active in aerospace and defense, said Feb. 24 that it had struck deal to buy a “significant” stake in embattled rocket startup Firefly Aerospace from investment group Noosphere Venture Partners.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Stratolaunch’s Roc retracted and extended its landing gear for the first time on the 385-ft.-wingspan carrier aircraft’s fourth test flight from Mojave, California, on Feb. 24.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
NASA is aiming to roll out its first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Launch Complex 39B on March 17 for a key tanking test ahead of launch no sooner than late May on the Artemis I mission.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A bloody day of fighting paused shortly after nightfall in Ukraine with Russian invaders advancing across the country, although more rapidly from the south than the east and north, according to Ukrainian officials.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems says it is working to make the defense industry’s voice heard over investor concerns about the sector’s environmental, social and governance credentials.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Rocket Lab will provide 17 spacecraft buses for a new low Earth orbit satellite constellation owned and operated by Globalstar.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began with an opening salvo of more than 100 missiles targeting military locations including several airfields, followed by dozens of aircraft entering the country’s airspace to hit military targets and prepare for ground forces, according to a U.S. assessment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The signing of the global contract for the four-nation Eurodrone program on Feb. 24 brings to an end nearly a decade of lobbying by industry for governments to fund a European MALE UAS program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A fierce battle has erupted around the flight test center for Antonov aircraft company near Kyiv, with a Russian air assault fighting a brigade of Ukrainian national guard troops for control of the airport, Ukraine’s Ministry of the Interior says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau, Kurt Hofmann, Maksim Pyadushkin
Air traffic in Eastern Europe has been severely impacted by the consequences of Russia’s Feb. 24 attack on Ukraine.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
Russian armed forces launched an invasion on Ukraine before dawn on Feb. 24 with an opening salvo of 30 3M54 Kalibr cruise missiles, a Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesman says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The alliance is planning to deploy more military equipment to reinforce Eastern European countries, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says.
Budget, Policy & Operations