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By Steve Trimble
The announcement means Lockheed Martin or Northrop Grumman will be selected two years early for the next intercontinental ballistic missile-class interceptor.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
European industry could fly a rotorcraft technology demonstrator for a future military helicopter in the next phase of a European Union (EU)-funded research activity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Charging for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxis could increase electrical demand at vertiport sites by six-seven times.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Varied AAM Noise and Geographic Area Response Difference (Vangard) test will use NASA’s recently developed Remote Psychoacoustic Test Platform.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
To explore consumer willingness to participate in AAM by flying on eVTOL aircraft, an online survey of 975 individuals in the U.S. was conducted.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Craig Caffrey
The Pentagon appears to have reached peak spending and will have to determine how to meet its strategic objectives through redistribution and reprioritization
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
While the U.S. remains the world’s paramount military power, its defense industrial base has significant shortcomings compared to China’s.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Spirit AeroSystems will build and test a large, experimental wing to support high-speed aircraft applications under a new DARPA program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA must establish a more integrated, top-down management approach to its supercomputing assets, an agency IG report says.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A company-led test at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah in September demonstrated the armed, propeller-driven Altius-700M striking a tracked armored vehicle.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
China’s usually reliable Long March fleet suffered a launch hiccup when a Long March 2C failed to put two lunar navigation test satellites into orbit.
Space

By Tony Osborne
France has become the world’s second-largest arms exporter after sales by Russia plummeted in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bill Carey
The filing with the ITU, a U.N. agency that manages global use of radio-frequency spectrum and sat orbits, is a prerequisite to building the constellation.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Swiss commanders have outlined plans to retire the Northrop F-5 Tiger combat aircraft in 2027, bringing to an end its famous international aerobatic team, the Patrouille Suisse.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japanese lawmakers will revise the country’s arms export restrictions, a key step to enable the export of the trilateral GCAP.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani says he foresees “big opportunities” in the company’s renewed relationship with U.S. manufacturer Bell over tiltrotor technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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By Brandon Patrick
The venerable C-130’s cargo capacity, lower speed threshold and commonality across the region make it ideal for relief operations over the Gaza Strip.
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By Ben Goldstein
Lilium has announced a partnership with leading FBO chain Atlantic Aviation to build out infrastructure to accommodate its eVTOL vehicle across the U.S.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane has been inducted into the NASA Armstrong In-Space Propulsion facility in Ohio in readiness for thermal vacuum testing.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Terran Orbital has unveiled a new small geosynchronous orbit communications satellite product.
Commercial Space

By Ben Goldstein
UK startup Vertical Aerospace said it expects its second full-scale VX4 eVTOL vehicle prototype to be completed in “the coming weeks.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry has finalized a deal with Boeing to buy 14 MH-47G Chinook helicopters after having deferred the purchase for three years.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space has unveiled a series of advanced autonomous, satellite and reentry products developed by Axelerator, its newly launched innovations incubator arm.
Space