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The U.S. Space Force expects to launch the next Space Development Agency (SDA) mission on Oct. 14 from Vandenberg SFB, California, with six backup windows available, Space Launch Delta (SLD) 30 said Oct. 8.

The defense prime sees new business opportunities for NASA’s deep-space capsule.

Lockheed Martin is exploring ways to bring autonomy into the cockpit of its venerable C-130 fleet to reduce pilot workload.

As flight testing progresses to larger sizes, Sikorsky has renamed its Rotor Blown Wing family of vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft the Nomad.

The U.S. Army recently completed initial operational test and evaluation of its Lockheed Martin-made Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 1.

The past fiscal year was one for the ages in terms of interest in U.S. missiles abroad.

Lockheed Martin is developing business plans and strategies to offer commercial flight services of the Orion deep-space capsule.

Lockheed Martin and Spark Capital-backed Inversion reaffirmed its plan for a first flight of its Arc space-based, on-demand cargo delivery vehicle next year.

The Australian Defense Force is set to double its Lockheed Martin M142 Himars fleet after Washington approved the sale of 48 additional launchers.

New analysis focuses on the cost of developing clean-sheet, low-signature refuelers.

There are two leading approaches to staying on the Moon and powering through the frigid lunar night: nuclear fission reactors and regenerative fuel cells.

Vectis takes lessons from sixth-generation fighter and classified uncrewed aircraft systems work.

Skunk Works is taking work it did to compete for the USAF's sixth-gen fighter and applying it to a new stealthy, survivable Collaborative Combat Aircraft design.

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.

U.S.-India relations have taken a turn for the worse, raising questions about the endurance of defense cooperation between Washington and New Delhi.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Space Development Agency’s inaugural batch of tactical data communications satellites Sept. 10.

Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems are developing a family of autonomous collaborative platforms initially focused on delivering electronic warfare effects.

A project established by Sikorsky and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) could lead to an autonomous helicopter.

Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control received its biggest contract in the segment’s history, a $9.8 billion award from the U.S. Army.

Defense companies are bracing for risk as the Pentagon signals it may require self-funded prototypes for space-based interceptors.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) wants to rush a new interceptor through development.

DARPA confirmed plans on Aug. 26 to launch development of a High-Mach Gas Turbine (HMGT) engine.

Lockheed Martin passed the first hurdle in a competition to supply a long-range missile for U.S. Army infantry units, the company said on Aug. 26.

Ukraine is set to start receiving the first long-range, air-launched cruise missiles from the United States by the beginning of next month.

Lockheed Martin says it has successfully tested an inverse synthetic aperture radar automatically detecting and tracking maritime targets.