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By Robert Wall
Space startup Loft Orbital is deepening links with AI specialist Helsing as part of an effort to deploy a new LEO satellite constellation starting in 2026.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. Space Force has for the first time deployed a payload on a Japanese satellite.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Nordic Air Defence (NAD) is developing the first in a family of modular interceptors that could engage rapidly proliferating small drone threats.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Airbus has secured the deal to provide the British military with an SAR system as part of the UK’s effort to build up indigenous Earth-observation capacity.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Delair’s DT46 long-range vertical-takeoff-and-landing drone has been equipped with a version of Ascendance’s Sterna hybrid-electric propulsion system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Vivienne Machi
As the service mulls what will come after the current Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation, it is planning a service life extension program.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
The authorization comes two weeks after President Donald Trump lifted a hold by the Biden administration on a batch of Mk 84 bombs to Israel.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The agreement closes an eight-year-old case brought by a former senior staff policy pricing analyst for Lockheed’s training and simulation business.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Released Feb. 6, NASA’s independent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) report identified risk, management and budget challenges.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
The company instead pivoted to use aluminum for its Haven-1 commercial space station, it said on Feb. 6.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
The Across America initiative is planned to begin at the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, in April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The metals are crucial inputs for a wide variety of defense systems, and the U.S. has limited domestic reserves and stockpiles.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The service will replace its existing fleet of 13 PC-7s with eight PC-7MKXs and four flight simulators.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Robert Wall
The alliance’s Allied Command Transformation has asked industry and academia for ideas to counter glide bombs as part of one of its innovation challenges.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The ministry says the Jan. 25 test validated the flight performance of the domestically produced standoff missile, which “performed as planned.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Saab is ramping up staffing on a Swedish military project to devise future combat aircraft capabilities and expects to fly several UAS in the coming years, CEO Micael Johansson says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia's first space launch in 2025 also marked the final mission of its Soyuz-2.1v light launcher, with the country effectively running out of its supply of motors for the rocket type.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Brandon Patrick
Baykar’s products have proven popular among African forces, with the workhorse TB2 expected to lead all other platforms in regional sales by 2035
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By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick
Air traffic is being reduced at DCA as two secondary runways are temporarily closed following the Jan. 29 mid-air collision just east of the airport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
Photographs of the wreckage circulating on social media show the aircraft was a Beechcraft King Air 300.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
The companies appear to be pitching the antenna for the U.S. Army’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System program.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The company plans to use its capital infusion to lengthen the time its Microballoons can stay aloft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The Feb. 5 request for information seeks capability statements from interested parties.
Commercial Space