U.S. Army

By Steve Trimble
Acquisition and budget documents point to the quiet emergence of a third capability: signals intelligence.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The deployments will include “developmental hypersonic weapons.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A cannon-fired, off-board-guided, hypervelocity projectile could become a new, low-cost layer of the U.S. Army’s defenses against air and missile threats.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Frank Kendall has spent his time as secretary working to reshape the Air Force—but will his work outlast him?
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The next U.S. Army multiyear contract for Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks is expected to include up to 255 helicopters over five years starting in 2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Corps’ notorious Force Design 2030 plan, first released in 2021, reshaped the service through major steps such as a famous decision to get rid of tanks.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Boeing on June 28 delivered the first CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopter to the U.S. Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Arlington, Virginia-based defense technology named itself as one of two finalists for the Army’s Next Generation C-UAS Missile (NGCM) program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
The region is going shopping to address defense shortfalls, with counter-UAS on most countries’ lists.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The UAS—a Navmar Applied Sciences Corp. Teros—and payload system completed a five-day Joint Capability Technology Demonstration.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The agency proposes a major revamp of the U.S. Army’s most advanced theater-level interceptor 16 years after the first battery was activated.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Romania has started building a new runway at its Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, as part of an expansion to make it one of the largest NATO facilities in Europe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The White House has outlined concerns about the House of Representatives’ version of the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill but stopped short of veto threats.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The service plans to fly a fleet of 14 medium-large commercial jets carrying multi-intelligence payloads for its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Amid a bleak month for Ukrainian air defenders, a video from a U.S. Army symposium reveals the truth behind one of Kyiv’s most important aerial victories.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is evaluating the use of high-altitude balloons for electromagnetic spectrum sensors and radio networking for maritime awareness.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is hunting for a new large, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft system.
Defense and Space

By Brian Everstine
The Missile Defense Agency will soon deliver new radars to Guam ahead of planned large-scale tests of its new ballistic missile defense architecture.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
House appropriators want to cut the administration’s planned military procurement and operations spending, to allow for more R&D and personnel spending.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
The 4,000-lb.-thrust Draper has now amassed more than 50 hot fire tests.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
An ongoing study is focusing on reviving the military variant of the former Short Brothers Sherpa utility aircraft for the defense and firefighting markets.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
A presolicitation notice on May 23 by the Army’s contracting agency calls for industry to submit ideas for a 1-ton-capable, cargo uncrewed aircraft system.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Guy Norris
The rapid growth of the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based rocket developer comes as the Defense Department faces a major shortfall in SRM production capacity.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed into law a bipartisan transportation bill.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is eyeing increased production of the Hellfire and Joint Air-to-Ground Missile, with a solicitation targeting a new manufacturing site for the missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons