Defense

China has flown its first full-scale crewed tiltrotor aircraft, developed by state-owned company AVIC.

The UK is looking to build out its ground-based air defenses and seeking a lead systems integrator as part of the effort.

The homegrown LUS-222 is intended to lift Portugal into the global aircraft market.

F-35 purchases by European countries are back in the spotlight as Spain scraps procurement plans and Switzerland wrestles with a $1.6 billion cost surge.

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin has announced his plans to retire, marking a surprise shift at the top of the service.

The U.S. Air Force is seeking industry input on the airframe for the Next Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS) after reimagining the original concept.

Grid Aero is developing an autonomous cargo UAV that can fly thousands of miles and carry thousands of pounds of payload for the U.S. military.

Signs of activity on the arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya point to a resumption of flight tests on Russia’s 9M370 Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile.

The UK issued an urgent request for information to industry for a low-cost means to engage jet-powered one-way-attack drones Russia is using against Ukraine.

Voyager Technologies has announced the second artificial intelligence-focused deal in as many weeks, this time in the shape of an investment in Latent AI.

China has completed the first system-level test of the YF-100K engine for its new Long March-10 rocket, a key vehicle designed for future crewed lunar missions.

South Korea's LIG Nex1 is self-funding development of two modular missile types aimed at competing with MBDA’s Spear and Kongsberg’s Joint Strike Missile.

Drone manufacturer Red Cat Holdings expects it would significantly benefit from a possible U.S. ban on the use of UAVs made by China’s DJI, the company said.

Red 6 will integrate an emulation system based on augmented reality technology into the Lockheed Martin F-16.

Here's what was new or surprising at this year's Space and Missile Defense conference, from counter-UAS to in-space mobility.

Western defense primes continue to play an important role in Turkish modernization plans, but Turkey will increasingly rely on domestic purchases, resulting in a 12% increase in the number of in-service Turkish military aircraft from 1,269 today to around 1,467 in 2035.

The architecture would comprise surface batteries in the homeland with launchers positioned inside of standard, 40-ft.-long shipping containers and silos, according to slides presented to industry.

Autonomous flight system developer Merlin is to go public through a merger with a blank-check company that values the Boston-based startup at $800 million.

Ukrainian front-line troops received the first 1,000 first person view drones less than two weeks after a newly launched online weapons marketplace started processing orders.

Poland accounted for more than half of the $11.9 million in export sales in Taiwan’s drone sector recorded in the first half of the year.

KBR hopes tech and tools developed for its Iron Stallion space domain awareness monitoring platform will enable it to play a key role in Golden Dome.

The Missile Defense Agency is targeting a new launcher for Golden Dome under layer interceptors to be operational within two years.

The U.S. Army has announced a standardized interface for UAS and launched effects to carry munitions or other attachments.

The country placed the foreign military sales order for 12 aircraft in 2022.

Switzerland’s government has instructed the country’s defense ministry to look at options after failing to find agreement with the U.S. on price.