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By Brian Everstine
USAF may need to look at moving more quickly to develop a new airlifter based on the heavy use the Boeing C-17 has seen, the service’s top planner says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Transcelestial is branching out with its space-based laser links to provide intra-satellite connectivity
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
Boeing Australia expects to have the operational version of its MQ-28 Ghost Bat flying for that nation’s air force by 2028 as it uses momentum there to garner international interest for a later block of the collaborative combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
SpaceX has shared plans to deploy a vast network of data center satellites in the most ambitious bid yet to shift computer processing capability to space.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Singapore has announced it will establish a national space agency to help underpin its ambitions in the space economy.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
ST Engineering has unveiled the EagleStrike loitering munition at the Singapore Airshow.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
ST Engineering is gearing up to begin testing its AirFish wing-in-ground technology vehicle with the goal of starting service before yearend.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
Countdown clocks at NASA's Kennedy Space Center began ticking down toward a simulated launch of the Artemis II Moon mission.
Operations & Safety

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force’s newly acquired Elbit Systems Hermes 900 uncrewed aerial system is making its public debut at this year's Singapore Airshow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The U.S. government has approved the potential foreign military sale of Lockheed Martin Patriot PAC-3 missile interceptors to Riyadh.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Axiom Space has been selected by NASA for a fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the company announced Jan. 30.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin said it will stop flying its New Shepard suborbital vehicles for at least two years so it can focus company resources on supporting Moon exploration initiatives, including NASA’s Artemis program.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
L3Harris will deliver low-cost cruise missiles to the U.S. Marine Corps by the end of the next year under a newly awarded contract worth $86.2 million.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
NASA is flexing plans to restore the International Space Station (ISS) to its usual seven crewmembers.
Space Exploration

By Tony Osborne
A global team of researchers has demonstrated that active twisting of helicopter main rotor blades could help reduce noise and vibration levels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin, Christine Boynton
Trump threatened, in a social media post, to decertify Canadian aircraft over Gulfstream certification delays, sparking industry concerns.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
ArianeGroup is accelerating the production of strap-on boosters to ramp up the launch cadence of the two-booster Ariane 62 and four-booster Ariane 64 versions.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Warsaw is acquiring 18 batteries of the San counter-drone system, developed by a consortium that includes Polish Armaments Group (PGZ).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
NASA said it is standing down from a planned Jan. 31 wet dress rehearsal of its second Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
Space Exploration

By Tony Osborne
Drones were used by Ukraine to strike more than 800,000 Russian targets in 2025, defense officials have revealed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
SpaceX says it has developed a space situational awareness system it will make available to others to mitigate the risk of collisions.
Operations & Safety

By Tony Osborne
With the Airbus H160M set to embark on French navy warships in the 2030s, work has begun to prove the rotorcraft’s compatibility with operations at sea.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey
For Japan, 2026 marks the penultimate year of its five-year Defense Buildup Plan, initiated in 2022 in response to a perceived deterioration in the regional security environment.
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Aviation Week Staff
Russia plans the inaugural launch of the Soyuz-5 medium-lift vehicle at the end of March, the deputy head of Roscosmos state corporation Dmitry Baranov says.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
German chancellor Friedrich Merz says Berlin and Paris will make a decision in a few weeks on whether to jointly pursue a future combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion