Defense

The FAA has renewed two launch operator licenses for Northrop Grumman for its aircraft-launched Pegasus rocket system from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, and Cape Canaveral, the agency said March 17.

Aerovel is to begin ramping up production of the Flexrotor vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft system after securing $2.5 million in Series B capital.

European missile manufacturer MBDA is to develop a new generation anti-ship missile for Italian Navy warships.

The UK is facing scathing international criticism over its decision to increase its stockpile of nuclear weapons.

Fighters are the tip of an iceberg of uncertainty about next-gen military aircraft platforms in Europe.

After a series of cancelled programs over a decade ago, U.S. military officials make a new push for tracking moving targets from space.

The French Air and Space Force envisions a scaled-down A400M to replace C-130Hs and adversary air-to-air training as a service.

Though the Martian surface is now cold and dry, imagery dating back to the 1960s reveals a planet where large amounts of water once flowed and pooled, perhaps contributing to an environment amenable to life.

SpaceX continues to expand the operational envelope of its Falcon 9 fleet, with a successful ninth launch and landing of a first-stage booster, setting the stage to meet its goal of 10 launches per rocket with minimal refurbishment between flights.

Gen. Glen VanHerck’s testimony, which was submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee, adds another detail into the public domain about the U.S. intelligence community’s analysis of China’s nuclear modernization plans.

Austria has taken delivery of the first of nine modernized Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawks.

Maxar Technologies has selected European companies TTTech Aerospace and RUAG Space to provide the backbone of the fault-tolerant communications network for the foundational Power and Propulsion Element of NASA’s lunar-orbiting Gateway.

Relativity Space has secured its first contract with the Pentagon, through the Defense Innovation Unit, to provide responsive launch capability for the military.

The UK will tilt power projection towards the Indo-Pacific region in response to the growing threat posed by China, a review of the UK foreign and defense policy has outlined.

Eight Japanese companies are now working to design the nation’s F-X fighter: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Subaru, IHI, Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba, Fujitsu and NEC.

Russia, China and France are developing or have deployed hypersonic glide vehicles with nuclear warheads, unlike the U.S.

Agency to transition communications services to commercial providers.

New technologies that allow dozens of platform configurations to be tested in days will find balance for future systems.

The UK Royal Air Force has used Storm Shadow cruise missiles launched from Eurofighter Typhoons during combat for the first time, striking insurgents in Iraq.

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei has endorsed his March 9 assignment to lift off aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-18 on April 9 to help ensure a continuous U.S. presence aboard the International Space Station.

A mass attack by land-based ballistic missiles, air-launched cruise missiles and surface- and submarine-launched cruise missiles against Guam poses a significant defensive challenge for the U.S. military.

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK has order from German Armed Forces to supply 26 newly developed onboard patient transport units; AEROLITE will manufacture system.

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The Philippines Navy has confirmed interest in acquiring the Indian/Russian Brahmos cruise missile as a shore-based, anti-ship weapon, according to a local report.