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By Thierry Dubois
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband constellation is seen as a major driver in that growth.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Estonia and Latvia are to jointly purchase the Diehl IRIS-T SLM medium-range, ground-based air defense system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
Satellite constellation projects are materializing, creating a need for launches, especially to low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
The creation of the independent council follows last year’s announcement of a strategic partnership with Northrop Grumman.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
An image released by the Israeli Air Force shows only the midbody section of the new Spark UAV where a high-wing attaches to the fuselage
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Rapid Experimental Missonized Autonomy (REMA) program, worth a total of $25 million spread across multiple anticipated awards, kicked off on Sept. 11.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Sept. 11 used what is typically his largest stage.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
“The Air and Space Forces must change, or we’ll fail to prevent, or lose, a war,” U.S. Air Force SecretaryKendall says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
The company is demonstrating the platform at its Littleton, Colorado, campus.
Space

By Garrett Reim
GEOST says its Starlite protective system will be integrated into the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tracking Layer Tranche 1 satellites.
Space

To get there, AMC boss Gen. Mike Minihan says he is in the short term looking at year’s-end funding changes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The program, known as Silent Barker, consists of at least two launches, each with multiple payloads.
Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX says it has completed 57 corrective actions required by the FAA prior to a second flight test of the Starship Super Heavy launch system.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has declared the Mars Oxygen-Generating Experiment (MOXIE) launched aboard the Mars Perseverance rover mission a success.
Space

By Steve Trimble
DARPA awarded the LongShot program to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) in February 2021 after a competitive selection process.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Czech Republic has claimed that acquiring and operating Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be cheaper than operating Saab’s Gripen E.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Satellite Launch and Recovery Package will enable U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) to have a smaller logistics and personnel footprint for MQ-9 operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail buy is described as “extremely poor value for money,” with the UK paying £1.89 billion for three, rather than £2.15 billion for five.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Heart Aerospace's ES-30 electric regional aircraft is the first Part 25 transport-category application for Honeywell’s paperback-sized flight control computer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation unit plans to sign a memorandum of understanding in October with the FAA to gather flight-testing data for the regulator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Jump Aero has unveiled the aircraft concept and initial business model for its JA1 Pulse first-response aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Coast Guard has flown a missionized HC-27J prototype aircraft for the first time.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceship conducted a third commercial mission on Sept. 8, but did not livestream or release the passengers' names before takeoff.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
A fixed-wing uncrewed air system has completed the first landings and takeoffs from the UK’s Prince of Wales aircraft carriers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Chachaty
Authors of a new study see increasingly autonomous UAS as helping China limit the number of casualties it might face in a conflict and boost its industrial base.
Aircraft & Propulsion