Defense

By Irene Klotz
The U.S. Senate on Jan. 15 joined the House of Representatives in passing a fiscal 2026 budget for NASA that nearly matches its current spending levels.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Michael Bruno
A new executive order and presidential posts on social media target legacy defense industry spoils, but will they work?
Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
After a dip, Asia-Pacific military spending as a percentage of GDP is back on an upward trend.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Parsons Corporation, a provider of technology solutions to the defense sector, has acquired Altamira Technologies from venture capital firm ClearSky.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Global Combat Air Program continues to make quiet progress despite appearing to be in contract limbo.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Planet Labs is trying to get a new satellite production facility in Germany operational before year-end, though timing is somewhat linked to securing approvals.
Satellites

By Craig Caffrey
The day that China will outspend the rest of Asia on defense has slipped into the 2030s. Here’s why.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Large defense companies and startups alike are challenging the de facto duopoly of Northrop Grumman and L3Harris-owned Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
Following a banner year of satellite launches and two reusable launch attempts, China appears poised to demonstrate more cutting-edge tech on orbit in 2026.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. military is opening a second acquisition track for affordable and mass-producible missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy wants to develop a new, compact air-to-air missile using emerging highly loaded grain solid rocket motor energetics.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Denmark is increasing its military activity in Greenland and may send combat aircraft there amid the U.S. government’s interest in acquiring the island.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey
Divergent regional trends in global defense spending are a further reminder that this defense market boom is different from those seen in recent decades.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Thierry Dubois
France has yet to find a ride to space for its twin-nanosatellite “Yoda” demonstration program for geostationary patrol against potential unfriendly spacecraft.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
NH90 crews from France and Spain will be the first to benefit from an upgraded helmet-mounted sight that will also unlock planned upgrades for the rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Open Cosmos received Ka-band spectrum rights through Liechtenstein as the European space tech company prepares to deploy an LEO broadband satellite system.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Upcoming European Defense Fund-backed projects will validate hypersonic glide vehicle data while narrowing Europe’s options for a future interceptor.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Astro Mechanica’s hybrid-electric powerplant operates as a turbofan, turbojet and ramjet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Startup sees space-based radar as cheaper than aircraft-based AWACs.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
The need to refresh and bolster air forces in Southeast Asia outpaces the urgency for action.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Network Staff
25 Years Ago in Aviation Week The cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Feb. 19, 2001, issue featured an artist’s concept of Northrop Grumman's Pegasus X-47A unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) flying over the U.S. Navy's test facility at China Lake, California.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A recent series of ground tests validated a rotation detonation ramjet linked to a supersonic inlet for the first time.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
The Department of Defense will invest $150 million to produce gallium in Louisiana.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
The Defense Department has unveiled a new strategy meant to hasten the adoption of new artificial intelligence technologies.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Luminary Cloud, a U.S. startup applying artificial intelligence to physics-based engineering simulation, has expanded its range of design models.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare