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By Mark Carreau
The demonstration’s multiple objectives include creating and validating new technologies for improving communications between quantum computers.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
IFPC Inc. 2 is designed to protect fixed and semi-fixed sites from uncrewed aircraft systems, cruise missiles and rockets.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Aircraft that had been earmarked for upgrade to the F-16V standard will now be upgraded by Turkish Aerospace Industries.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
ENAC’s reshaping plan, aimed at integrating environmental and societal priorities, is well underway.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
Negotiations just wrapped up on the Vega E.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The extra time is being used to conduct additional checks.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Safran is gearing up to begin a six-month test campaign with the low-pressure compressor of the CFM RISE engine demonstrator in the first quarter of 2025.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
A lawsuit from Raytheon seeks to overturn a decision by the MDA to select Northrop Grumman as the sole bidder for the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The British government is exploring how to use space communication links to provide broadband-like connectivity in remote and rural locations.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
In partnership with T-Mobile, SpaceX has said it aims to launch texting services via its Starlink low-Earth-orbit constellation by year’s end.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The deployment plan overhauls how personnel prepare to deploy, creating four six-month stages.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Small UAS have been spotted in the vicinity of and over RAF Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Feltwell and Fairford since Nov. 20.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The hybrid-electric, STOL aircraft demonstrated its lower acoustic signature and potential transport uses in distributed military operations during an event.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The car-sized Dragonfly rotorcraft will fly over Titan’s surface and periodically land.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Launched Oct. 14 atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, the $5.2 billion mission will perform a series of 49 flybys of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa beginning in 2031.
Space Exploration

By Sean Broderick
The SPEEA Wichita Engineering Unit voted to accept a four-year contract offer from Spirit AeroSystems.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The chief of the UK Royal Air Force wants to replace its Hawk T2 advanced jet trainers as soon as possible after a series of technical problems with the type.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Robert Wall
Airbus says it is due to start delivering a new military satellite communications (milsatcom) modem to the UK for entry into service in 2026.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
JAXA's Epsilon S program continues to face issues after a fire broke out during a ground test of the rocket's second-stage engine at Tanegashima Space Center.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier Defense has delivered the first converted Global 6500 business jet, a prototype, to the U.S. Army in support of its HADES program.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Air Force pilot’s overcontrol during landing caused the crash of a Bell UH-1N helicopter during a training mission on Aug. 30, 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Founder and former CEO Stephen Fitzpatrick, who fought to retain control of the company, will stay on as a board member.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The Santa Clara, California-based company makes interferometric fiber optic gyroscopes for inertial navigation in GPS-denied areas.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Vivienne Machi
The launch is dubbed Blue Ghost Mission 1, or “Ghost Riders in the Sky.”
Space Exploration