L3Harris Technologies

By Steve Trimble
L3Harris plans to double production next year of Kratos-designed Zeus solid rocket motors for hypersonic vehicles, the company said on Dec. 23.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The delivery of the first MC-55 Peregrine multi-intelligence platform to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is imminent.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Rocket Lab is making its missile defense development debut as the SDA awarded the company one of four contracts for the next phase of its Tracking Layer
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force recently took delivery of the first production unit for the Meadowlands Counter Communications System.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force’s first self-described space control platform has been approved for potential export to select allies and partners.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
L3Harris says it is receiving increasing international interest in a business-jet-based airborne early warning and control aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
An armed version of a Bombardier Global 6500 business jet designed for maritime patrol missions remains in demand in the Gulf region, according to an executive from the Canadian airframer.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation plans to bring hybrid-electric propulsion to its commercial air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation appears to have powered up the uncrewed hybrid-electric version of its S4 vertical takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
Avio, a space propulsion specialist, will build a solid rocket motor factory in the United States that will supply both RTX’s Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has powered on the first aircraft for use in its Type Inspection Authorization flight test campaign.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
L3Harris is looking for some quick DOD program decisions once the shutdown ends, with CEO Christopher Kubasik projecting an end to the situation in November.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
L3Harris plans to start testing a podded version of the ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield EW system for retrofits on fielded Lockheed Martin F-16 Blk. 70/72s.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
South Korea awarded L3Harris a contract to deliver the new Phoenix airborne early warning and control aircraft based on a Bombardier bizjet and an IAI radar.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
L3Harris says the company will try to sell the OA-1K Sky Warden to the Israeli Air Force.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
A new, open-architecture air defense system has been evaluated by the U.S. military, and producer SNC is targeting the U.S. Air Force for adoption.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
L3Harris will offer airborne and electronic warfare variants of the ground-based Vampire counter-UAS now fielded in Ukraine, company executives say.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has accepted the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) for operational use.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Kim Minseok
South Korea has selected L3Harris to supply additional airborne early warning aircraft under its E-X Phase II program running through 2032.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force expects to soon receive the first Counter Communications System Meadowlands electronic warfare jamming production unit.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Vivienne Machi
With its first Tranche 1 launch complete, the Space Development Agency has begun deploying a regional mesh network to enhance data relay from low Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
DARPA is looking ahead to systems that can bring extremely accurate but fragile quantum sensing to the harsh environments onboard military platforms.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Matthew Fulco
The $28.4 billion that defense technology startups raised from venture capital through June puts the sector on track for one of its best years ever.
Marketplace

By Brian Everstine
Airbus Defense and Shield AI recently conducted the first flight of an H145 helicopter powered by Hivemind artificial intelligence.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The Vulcan rocket's national security space launch debut orbited the U.S. military's first on-orbit experiment for position, navigation and timing in nearly five decades.
Satellites