Defense

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.

AIRBUS and DRAKEN EUROPE teamed to address the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) requirement for the Second Generation Search and Rescue (UKSAR2G)

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.

China orbited another trio of Yaogan-31 Earth remote sensing satellites using a Long March 4C rocket launched from the country’s oldest and most northern spaceport in Jiuquan, Inner Mongolia on March 13, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC).

Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC-3) aboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was reactivated over the weekend, following a low-voltage incident linked to the aging observatory’s recent lapse into safe mode.

CAE, announced this month that it was buying the military training arm of L3Harris at a multiple of 13.5. It is a mega deal for the training industry.

Speed, electrification and autonomy are among technologies unlocking the potential for VTOL to perform a wider range of missions.

When budgets tighten, one-shot missiles cannot match the power projection of fighters and bombers.

After breaking F-35A order monopoly last year, USAF seeks wide range of alternatives to only domestic stealth fighter in production.

Munitions in the 120mm class are typically ballistic rounds, but the Iron Sting mortar uses laser and GPS guidance to hit a target precisely.

Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins struggled with several complications during a 7-hr. spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

The Ukrainian government is planning to nationalize aero-engine maker Motor Sich in a bid to protect the company from Chinese investors.