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By Chen Chuanren
The Tomahawk acquisition comes under Australia’s trilateral AUKUS pact with the U.S. and UK.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Rafael said it is in discussions with Japan to supply Stunner interceptor missiles for the country’s Patriot air defense batteries.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Expectations remain high that L3Harris Technologies will buy Aerojet Rocketdyne, despite a prolonged antitrust review.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Former top Boeing lobbyist Tim Keating has been named head of a new Sierra Space business unit.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The contract is focused on metal tooling for fast-cure, out-of-autoclave composites processing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The company conducted a charge-discharge cycle test of the battery pack in the stratosphere Jan. 30-Feb. 2 with subsidiary HAPSMobile.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force is planning to buy 10 Wedgetails over the next five years to recapitalize its air-moving target indicator mission.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and Navy are using new congressional authorities to buy Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
This year’s AsterX—a name evocative of both space and a popular cartoon character—was part of a joint exercise inspired by the war in Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Austria's Schiebel is eying an anti-submarine warfare role for the S-300, its up-scaled S-100 Camcopter uncrewed air system (UAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
For now simply known by its project name “New SSM,” the cruise missile was shown publicly for the first time at the DSEI Japan exhibition.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Elbit Systems and IAI both have significant presences at the DSEI Japan exhibition as they work to position themselves to meet Japan’s ambitions.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
Japan’s hypersonic missile program has managed to attain “net-positive thrust” for its scramjet engine, which will power its future hypersonic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Commerce Dept. has finished a pilot program to demonstrate the ability of the U.S. to track objects in GEO using commercial data and analytic services.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
SWISSto12 has opened a U.S. subsidiary, St12 RF Solutions, to sell 3D printed radio frequency components to U.S. defense and commercial aerospace manufacturers.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
OneWeb intends to look beyond OneWeb Satellites, which it jointly owns with Airbus, for a manufacturing partner for its next-generation constellation.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Fleet management and air transport startup EVFLY has signed an accord with AutoFlight to buy 205 Prosperity I and Prosperity Cargo eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

NASA and Axiom Space on March 15 unveiled a new dark-colored astronaut spacesuit.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Space Force plans to set up an organized reserve of commercial space capabilities to augment military satellites when needed.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Rep. Rob Wittman, (R-Va.), says he wants to ensure that lawmakers understand the advantages of the engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
A U.S. Space Command official says kinetic methods remain on the table in a wartime scenario.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Leonardo has responded to a request for information from the Japanese ministry of defense about a replacement for its Kawasaki T-4 trainers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected Houston-based Axiom Space to conduct a third four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The CEO of European missile manufacturer MBDA says the company’s ramp-up in production of weapons has been hindered by supply chain issues.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Delivery of the first GE Aerospace T901 engines to Bell and Sikorsky for integration into their FARA prototypes has been delayed until early 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion