Defense

By Tony Osborne
The first six of a planned 18 Rafales overflew the Acropolis in Athens before touching down at the nearby Tanagra Air Base.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Spain has become the third of the four Eurofighter partner nations to induct MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile into front-line use.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
ESA and Roscosmos were previously forced to postpone the launch of the Mars exploration mission from 2020 to 2022.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has taken delivery of its first Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules upgraded to what it calls the “Block 8.1” standard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is rapidly increasing its pilot training capabilities.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
Defiant clears mission profile tests; South Korea’s big missile export deal; Storm Shadow upgrade tests; and BrahMos’ first sale abroad.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Military seaplanes soon could be added to the fleets of several major Pacific air forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Satellite-powered hyperspectral imagery and analytics startup HySpecIQ is aiming to raise more funds and grow its small staff ahead of an expected September 2023 launch of its first of 12 orbital assets.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Northrop Grumman has finalized a contract with Paragon Space Development worth more than $100 million to provide the life support system for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost program, aimed for lunar orbit as the first crew module of NASA’s Lunar Gateway.
Space

By Maksim Pyadushkin
Roscosmos plans to retire its heavy-lift workhorse Proton launch vehicle this year.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force Research Laboratory on Jan. 14 awarded SpaceX a $102 million contract for its Rocket Cargo program, an effort studying the feasibility of moving military materiel through space.
Space

By Mark Carreau
A surprise November 2021 Russian anti-satellite test has nearly doubled the risk of a penetrating collision between test debris and the International Space Station, NASA ISS Director Robyn Gatens says.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin passed an important milestone at the end of 2021 with little fanfare.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry has completed a series of test firings of two missiles destined for its fast jets.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
The European Space Agency is working toward the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 medium-to-heavy launcher, but a precise date–in 2022 or later–cannot be set, Director General Josef Aschbacher says.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Air Force is set to expand its swarming drone effort with the development of a self-healing communications network that will support the passage of data between the air vehicles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
HeroX and DrivenData have joined with NASA to launch a “NASAAir-athon” crowdsourcing competition to establish a satellite data source to improve and make more publicly accessible urban air quality estimates.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is working with crowdsourcing platform HeroX to award prizes for recycling concepts that could help diminish the trash buildup associated with early-stage human expeditions to Mars.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin says it has completed a series of mission profile tests of the Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant rotorcraft demonstrator as the U.S. Army continues evaluating competing bids for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

ALSIM has announced the sale of an ALX to AFRICAT Group, based in the Ivory Coast.
Maintenance & Training

By Chen Chuanren
The United Arab Emirates has signed an agreement with South Korea for the purchase of KM-SAM Block II Cheongung surface-to-air missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Philippines has placed an order to acquire 32 more Sikorsky/PZL Mielec S-70i Black Hawks to bolster its rotary wing capabilities, which have come under scrutiny following recent events.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Houthi are believed to have targeted the UAE previously, but the Jan. 17 attack is understood to be the first to be formally acknowledged by UAE officials.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Three fuel trucks exploded, killing three people, and a fire broke out at Abu Dhabi Airport on Monday in what Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said was an attack deep inside the United Arab Emirates, State news agency WAM reported.
Defense

By Byron Callan
International conflicts, contracting decisions, shareholders and an industrial-base review are likely to shape the A&D outlook in 2022.
Budget, Policy & Operations