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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 Irene Klotz
Nearly nine months after the Trump administration released its fiscal 2026 budget proposal to slash NASA funding by 24%, Congress is poised to reject the cuts.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Matthew Fulco
SkyFi, a space startup that specializes in satellite imagery and analytics, raised $12.7 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Boeing and startup Salient Motion plan to attempt to certify modular actuators for commercial airliners.
Emerging Technologies

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 Thierry Dubois
CNES is transforming the Guiana Space Center (known as CSG, under its French acronym) into a hub where multiple operators offer launch services.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

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
Airbus plans to test a software-defined satellite to underpin efforts to develop non-terrestrial 5G connectivity infrastructure.
Satellites

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 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

By Michael Bruno
President Donald Trump’s new attack on defense industry shareholder awards and executive pay will be problematic for the entire sector.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Blended wing body (BWB) startup JetZero says development of its full-size demo will accelerate following a successful Series B financing round.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Startup Array Labs is attempting to develop formation-flying radar satellites to study the feasibility of conducting “persistent, wide-area” airborne moving target indication missions from space.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
Firefly Aerospace plans to introduce upgrades to its Alpha rocket after the company suffered several mishaps with the launcher.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada Company has used its own funding to buy another Bombardier Global 6500 for the U.S. Army’s future ME-11B surveillance aircraft fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Axiom Space has revealed new details of its space station assembly plan.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
NASA plans to seek ideas to help advance concepts around bringing crewmembers to Mars and providing a power grid for missions to the planet or the Moon.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Israel’s Defense Ministry says it signed $6.91 billion in orders for U.S. equipment in 2025.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Low-cost launch startup Stoke Space is testing flight-capable Zenith engines in the buildup to the first orbital test flight of its Nova rocket.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion