The Pentagon has identified its first tech area—small UAS—for a new program to connect innovative defense tech startups with trusted sources of funding.
The DOD is continuing dialogue with Boeing on the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent competition although the company announced it would not bid on the effort.
India’s space agency is in talks with its Russian counterpart about collaboration on semi-cryogenic rocket engine technology for its first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan.
An imminent draft budget request from the Japanese Ministry of Defense will flag an intention to provide indeterminate funding for the proposed Future Fighter for the 2030s, the Yomiuri newspaper and Jiji news agency said.
Russia’s MS-13 Soyuz capsule was relocated from the ISS's Russian segment Zvezda service module to the Poisk module docking port to clear the way for a second attempt at docking the upgraded but unpiloted Soyuz MS-14 Soyuz crew capsule .
A photo of a scaled model of the Okhotnik (“Hunter”) UCAV reveals there remains interest in a potential future upgrade to develop a stealthier version of the S-70.
Media comments by Minister for Industry and Trade Denis Manturov PAK DA program appear to confirm previous Interfax reporting that Tupolev has frozen the design of the new stealth bomber.
European militaries are poised to welcome the delivery of 326 F-35 fighters in 2019-29 and are continuing to buy Saab Gripens, Dassault Rafales and Eurofighter Typhoons.
The linkup had been scheduled for 1:31 a.m., EST, and it was not clear why the capsule's Kurs automated docking system was unable to lock on to the station.
The Boeing KC-46A Pegasus transferred over 4,000 lb. of fuel to F-18 aircraft, transferred an additional 5,000 lb. to an F-18 and transferred over 5,000 lb. to a Lockheed Martin F-16.
British procurement officials have begun the search for an interim anti-ship missile to replace the Boeing Harpoon Block 1C on the Royal Navy’s surface ships.
Prague plans to purchase eight UH-1Ys and four AH-1Zs following the selection of the aircraft after a long-running competitive tender, defense officials announced on Aug. 22.
The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the second GPS III satellite, dubbed Magellan, from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on Aug. 22.
Arms export company Ukrspetseksport has established a joint venture with Baykar Makina to develop the 5.5 metric ton, twin-engine platform, details of which were first revealed by the company in 2018.
Based on the new Iridium Next constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites, which entered full operation earlier this year, Certus is a high-speed, L-band satcom service that can be received using small antennas and terminals.
Government officials signed off on the €827 million ($916 million) contract with the Brazilian manufacturer in Evora, Portugal, on Aug. 22, paving the way for first deliveries in 2023.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has canceled the Redesigned Kill Vehicle subsystem and will kick off a competition for a new, next-generation interceptor.
Russia’s Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft is expected to dock with the International Space Station Aug. 24, part of a test of the upgraded Soyuz 2.1a rocket’s ability to launch cosmonauts and astronauts to the ISS beginning in March 2020.
The Indonesian police force reportedly has signed a letter of intent for the purchase of 11 twin-engine, medium-size Leonardo helicopters—nine AW169s and two AW189s.
