Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
The parachute-assisted splashdown of the four fliers occurred at 5:47 a.m. EDT, following atmospheric re-entry in the skies over the U.S. midwest and southeast.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Satellite crowding and military conflict create new dangers in space.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Turkish aero-engine developer Tusas Engine Industries (TEI) has successfully spooled up the country’s first indigenous turbofan engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A new engine for the U.S. Army’s attack and utility helicopter fleets will take another two years to achieve a preliminary flight rating.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy is pushing back much of its research and development spending for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The White House on March 11 unveiled a $25.4 billion spending plan for NASA in fiscal 2025.
Space

By Garrett Reim
SSC is researching development of a constellation of next-generation scout spacecraft to investigate adversary satellites in and around the GEO belt.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army will seek to reduce funding in fiscal 2025 for a hypersonic missile program on the cusp of being fielded as part of an overall $185.9 billion budget proposal.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy will see its total aircraft procurement dip in fiscal 2025 compared to the previous year’s request.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to spend $2.81 billion for development of its Next Generation Air Dominance manned aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on March 11 rolled out its $849.8 billion budget request for 2025.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Procurement of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation T-7 trainer is set to begin in fiscal 2025, but at half the number originally expected.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The service announced last month it would cancel the FARA program after spending $2 billion on development of competitive prototypes from Bell and Sikorsky.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is changing course again on plans for its Boeing F-15EX Eagle II in the service’s fiscal 2025 budget request.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The ARRW is currently deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, where it is expected to be tested on a B-52 soon.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi hailed the milestone event by India’s 26-year-old nuclear weapons program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX's Crew-7 Dragon spacecraft departed the ISS with a four-person crew on March 11 for a parachute-assisted splashdown off the Florida peninsula.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Ministers Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Tom Tugendhat say that while defense spending of rivals is rising rapidly, that of the UK has only risen by 28% recently.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey
Chinese defense expenditure will remain at around 1.2% of GDP, although aspects of wider defense spending are understood to not be included in that official figure.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Stratolaunch conducted the first powered flight of its Talon TA-1 test vehicle, a key step toward supporting regular and reusable hypersonic test capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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AWIN Knowledge Center

By Mark Carreau
Launch of the SpaceX Cargo Dragon with a more than 6,000-lb. payload from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is planned for no earlier than mid-March.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The committee found that the defense ministry had been putting off making major program decisions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The possibility of future GCAP exports dominated a March 7 meeting by the Komeito Party’s Diplomacy and Security Investigation Committee.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Astra Space will go private by accepting a recently lowered buyout bid from its co-founders and top executives.
Commercial Space