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By Tony Osborne
The report was spearheaded by former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The head of the U.S. Air Force wants Congress to expand a newly approved authority to start acquisition programs ahead of authorization from lawmakers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kim Minseok
The first mission is planned as early as March 2025.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The six aircraft are part of a wider defense spending package worth €2.4 billion ($2.6 billion).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The 204-page assessment is titled, “NASA at a Crossroads: Maintaining Workforce, Infrastructure and Technology Preeminence in the Coming Decades.”
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Boeing plans to launch its Q4S satellite in 2026 to demonstrate quantum entanglement swapping.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo and WB aim to cooperate on autonomous air systems and loitering munitions equipped with artificial intelligence and swarm capabilities.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Piasecki Aircraft has conducted the first tethered hover flights of the Ares tilt-duct vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Dewar was most recently senior vice president and general manager of the Airbus A220 program.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin could assemble and maintain C-130Js at Tata Advanced Systems if the transport wins an Indian Air Force order for up to 80 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The CEO of SES Global says the satellite operator has secured a multi-year deal to provide NATO access to its medium Earth orbit satellite constellation.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
Newly-released documents reveal plans for a series of experimental flight tests to assess potential upgrades to the Northrop Grumman LGM-35 Sentinel ICBM.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. State Department has approved Singapore's acquisition of the RTX AIM-120C-8 Amraam under a $133 million Foreign Military Sales contract.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and three crewmates lifted off onboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on Sept. 10 for the five-day Polaris Dawn mission.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is targeted between Oct. 10-30 from Kennedy Space Center.
Operations & Safety

By Steve Trimble
The facilities will support testing of the Atlanta-based company’s Quarterhorse and Darkhorse series of high-speed testbeds.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A six-week turnaround for a UAS capability may become the new military standard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
After significant investments, notably in new fleets of Eurofighter Typhoons and Super Hornets, Kuwait's defense spending has slowed.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Mark Carreau
NASA and Boeing appear to remain committed to identifying and addressing the propulsion system issues and other concerns that arose following a June 5 launch.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
The UK plans to send a further 650 Thales Lightweight Multirole Missiles to Ukraine to bolster the country’s ability to battle Russian forces.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
The company has also detailed a three-step product strategy.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The governments have approved a 2.96 trillion won ($2.2 billion) project to regenerate the area around Gimpo.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Kim Minseok
Seoul is set to acquire WB Electronic's Warmate 1 to promptly bolster its loitering munitions capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The EU says it has received one bid from the SpaceRISE consortium—SAS, Eutelsat and Hispasat—to develop and deploy the sovereign satcom constellation IRIS2.
Satellites

By Sean Broderick
Boeing and the machinists union have reached a tentative, four-year agreement that would keep new commercial airplane production in the Pacific Northwest, provide significant pay and benefits boosts, and address gaps on other key issues that have plagued the company.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain