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By Steve Trimble
The passive, long-range sensor is being added to the Brazilian Air Force inventory through the Gripen acquisition program.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has packed more capability into its BriteCloud expendable active decoy, giving it the ability to swap data from the aircraft’s self-protection suite.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Australia has committed to joining the development program for PrSM Increments 3 and 4, which will see the missile reach a range of around 1,000 km (620 mi.).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Kyiv is interested in taking on Australia's retired NH90s, but Canberra says the helicopters are not in flying condition and that disassembly has already begun.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Astrobotic is projecting its troubled Peregrine lunar lander will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean two days earlier than previous estimates.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The second acknowledged test of the B-21 came 68 days after the first flight from the public airport in Palmdale, California.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup Surf Air Mobility has signed on another African operator to its backlog of carriers awaiting electric conversions of their Cessna Caravan fleets.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Wing has introduced a larger delivery drone, sized to fulfill larger orders.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Astroscale U.S. has unveiled details of the concept of operations for its in-space refueler spacecraft being developed for the U.S. Space Force.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The latest delays in NASA’s Artemis lunar program signal deep-seated cost and technical issues as well as a lack of sufficient oversight that must be addressed.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Long-awaited strategies outlining how the Pentagon and the U.S. Space Force want to work with industry are finally set to be released.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon recently outlined a new focus on reducing the classification of space programs.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
FBO Atlantic Aviation has signed agreements with Archer and Joby Aviation to install electric aircraft charging sites at a handful of its airport terminals.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
France will provide additional Scalp air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron has declared.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Engineers from BAE Systems and Leonardo have installed the prototype Radar 2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar onto a Eurofighter Typhoon.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Emirati defense contractor Edge Group has secured agreements with Turkish UAS manufacturer Baykar to integrate Edge-developed munitions onto Baykar’s UAS.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
A 1.2 MW fuel cell has successfully powered electric motors as part of Airbus’ ZEROe hydrogen propulsion research and technology program.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
Space tech companies largely shrugged off 2023’s broad slowdown in VC investment given their strategic importance, according to the latest Seraphim Space Index.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has appointed Kurt “Spuds” Vogel to serve as the agency’s associate administrator in charge of the STMD, effective Jan. 16.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Development Agency has awarded three companies $2.5 billion worth of contracts to supply 54 Tranche 2 missile Tracking Layer satellites.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic is preparing to send its Peregrine lunar lander toward a destructive reentry into Earth’s atmosphere on Jan. 18.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The Swan Atlantic was the first in a monthlong string of Houthi attacks using a recently acquired arsenal of anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Houthi forces continue to launch ballistic missiles targeting commercial vessels in the Red Sea despite ongoing airstrikes by U.S. forces to degrade the Iranian-backed militia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The USAF and Northrop Grumman recently conducted a live, static-fire test of the second-stage SRM for the LGM-35A Sentinel ground-based strategic deterrent.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Lockheed Martin has revealed that production of Bulgaria’s new F-16 Block 70 aircraft is well underway.
Aircraft & Propulsion