Finland and Sweden have become observer members of NATO, as alliance members sign off accession protocols to enable the membership of the two Nordic nations.
A sprawling complex under arid mountains near the edge of Kirtland AFB here has a renewed life testing cutting-edge technology, more than 70 years after it was built in secret to protect the U.S. president in the event of a post-World War II disaster.
The Singaporean Defense Ministry has played down the possibility of setting up a space division within its military in the near future, but nevertheless is closely studying the development of novel satellite technology, especially in the field of small to nano satellites.
Northrop Grumman has selected Airbus US Space & Defense as its satellite bus supplier for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) prototype constellation.
An entire wing of divested Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawks and some restricted airspace over northern Michigan may soon play a key role in a long-overdue revamp of U.S. hypersonic weapons testing.
Boeing is building a next-generation product support system for its military aircraft and building off experience garnered by the UK’s Royal Air Force.
Elbit Systems has announced another deal in Asia-Pacific, securing an $80 million contract to supply directed infrared counter measures (DIRCM) and airborne electronic warfare systems to an unspecific country in the region.
Germany and Sweden have joined France to study the future development of a new-generation European airlifter that could replace types such as the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and CASA CN235.
NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (Capstone) small satellite successfully separated from its orbital Photon propulsion stage early July 4, beginning a pioneering journey to near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) around the Moon.
The U.S. Air Force is expected to issue a request for information (RFI) within the next week for the design of a large-scale prototype of a blended wing body, the first details of which emerged in President Biden’s recently announced fiscal 2023 budget request.
The U.S. Army’s decision to delay its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program by pushing production milestones back up to four years gives Sikorsky more time to mature its Raider X design, and although some in Washington have raised doubts about the program’s future, the service and company are still confident in its permanence.
Initial ground tests to integrate Stratolaunch’s Roc carrier aircraft with the company’s first captive-carry version of the Talon A hypersonic test vehicle have begun in Mojave, California, marking a major milestone toward a key drop test planned for later this year.
