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By Robert Wall
Western militaries have watched with a sense of amazement the uncrewed aircraft systems developments on the Ukrainian battlefield.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Gilmour Space says it is targeting a launch for the first-ever Australian-made orbital rocket no earlier than May 15.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
Italy and Spain are testing the limits of what qualifies as military expenditure in their efforts to meet NATO’s 2% of GDP defense spending target.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup ZT1 Technology has entered the electric propulsion market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German electric air taxi developer Lilium's battery supplier CustomCells has filed for insolvency.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Inflight connectivity provider Gogo and mission system integrator MAG Aerospace have confirmed the performance of an electronically steered antenna.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup LIFT Aircraft's single-seat Hexa multicopter lost an electric motor during a public demonstration flight at the Osaka World Expo in April.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force will review proposals for new air-to-air missiles that are low cost, technically mature and ready to enter production.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
President Donald Trump wants to breach the $1 trillion threshold for Pentagon spending for the first time.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Swissto12 sees an old-school, broadcast-only application for geostationary (GEO) communications satellites returning.
Satellites

By Michael Bruno
RTX and the former cyber and intelligence business it spun out last year have agreed to pay the U.S. government $8.4 million to resolve Justice Department allegations.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. and Ukraine signed a much-anticipated deal on April 30 that could provide Washington with a significant new source of critical minerals.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Dzyne Technologies says it has delivered multiple Grasshopper autonomous air-launched expendable cargo gliders to the U.S. Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
An undisclosed hypersonic missile test on April 25 validated the launch mechanism for the U.S. Navy Conventional Prompt Strike weapon program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
The Trump administration proposes to cut NASA’s $24.8 billion annual budget to $18.8 billion and end several flagship programs.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky and firefighting technology startup Rain have demonstrated autonomous wildfire suppression using a UH-60 Black Hawk.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The two-crew, twin-engine WB-57F remains remarkably capable to this day despite its age. But nothing lasts forever.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Germany says it will expand its use of the Teledyne Flir Black Hornet 4 nano uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force has turned to Portuguese UAS company Tekever for its first operational fleet of autonomous collaborative platforms (ACP).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German industry is lobbying Brussels for more regulatory relief as part of a European Union push to boost the region’s defense industrial base.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
A U.S. satellite appears to have maneuvered near two Chinese spacecraft a few days ago, space situational awareness company Comspoc says.
Operations & Safety

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By Matthew Fulco
A letter Howmet Aerospace sent to customers in early April showed how seriously the metal component supplier took U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
President Donald Trump reportedly has tapped L3Harris to modify a 747-8 to augment the current VC-25A fleet.
Supply Chain