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The agency’s disruptive approach to space acquisition has produced many contracts in a tight timeline, though its biggest tests are yet to come.

Lockheed Martin Ventures led a group of 14 investors that raised a $12.5 million seed round investment in Firestorm Labs.

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Facing a reduction to its expected budget next year, the military cuts back on near-term aircraft procurement.

Astra Space and Terran Orbital are the latest public space startups to bow out.

The U.S. Navy appears set to begin buying replacements for its aging T-45 Goshawk training aircraft, with budget documents showing procurement to begin in 2026 after a contract has been awarded.

The U.S. Navy is pushing back much of its research and development spending for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter.

The U.S. Air Force wants to spend $2.81 billion for development of its Next Generation Air Dominance manned aircraft.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Saudi Arabia and India will test the new appeal of the Embraer tanker-transport in a tactical airlift market long monopolized by Lockheed Martin.

On the 60th anniversary of an LBJ press conference, Aviation Week editors revisit the moment Lockheed’s YF-12 was revealed for the very first time.

A forthcoming launch will test Lockheed Martin Space’s concept for advancing internet-like communications in orbit for military users.

The move would secure Lockheed’s new-space supplier while putting an end to a dramatic couple of years for the space upstart.

With pandemic delays, production halts and divestitures over, the Schweizer 300C/CBi will “start growing.”

Lockheed Martin Ventures participated in a $15 million Series A funding round for Elve Inc., a startup developing millimeter wave amplifiers.

Every dollar of aircraft production underpins at least another dollar of supplier activity in all tiers.

Lockheed Martin’s team has passed another milestone in a competitive design process with Northrop Grumman for the MDA's Next Generation Interceptor program.

The UK defense ministry has opened negotiations to find a new fleet of medium helicopters for the country’s armed services.

Boeing was the top revenue generator among the major aerospace companies in 2023 but was also the only Top 10 company to report a net loss.

The tenure of Frank Calvelli as the Department of the U.S. Air Force’s space acquisition boss has been defined by a few key tenets.

Collaboration defines the operational role of a new class of autonomous combat systems as well a new model for foreign industry partners.

GlobalFoundries (GF) has been awarded $1.5 billion through the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act that will be used to manufacture secure chips.

After speed, autonomy and intelligence, Sikorsky Innovations shifts its focus to new technology challenges.

The service will select two companies to begin building CCAs, though with a cost-sharing agreement to bring along a third.

Politics, historical context and the workings of the U.S. defense industrial complex are among the reasons.