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Mar 19, 2024
USAF plans to complete certification of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk on its newest tanker, in spite of the fleet having been retired from “official” service.
Mar 18, 2024
The U.S. Air Force is surveying industry for multiple categories of propulsion to power future tankers.

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Aircraft & Propulsion

Mar 28, 2024
The first Marine AH-1Z arrived has at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center in Texas to begin the first installations, which will increase onboard power generation.
Mar 28, 2024
The team of MAG Aerospace and L3Harris say their first prototype under a new U.S. Army effort for high-altitude ISR has taken its first flight.
Mar 28, 2024
The “successful” sortie of the first Tejas Mk1A, bearing company serial number LA-5033, lasted 18 min. and was flown by chief test pilot KK Venugpal.
Mar 27, 2024
The UK Royal Air Force is hoping to field an attritable autonomous collaborative platform to operate and provide mass to its combat aircraft fleets by 2030.
Mar 27, 2024
The $1.9 million Phase 1 contract under the Energy Web Aircraft program calls for Otto and Swift Engineering to build the uncrewed air vehicle.

Space

Mar 28, 2024
Japan’s Smart Lander For Investigating Moon spacecraft has survived a second lunar night.
Mar 28, 2024
The Space Force is starting market R&D of an acquisition strategy for a new constellation of protected communication satellites.
Mar 27, 2024
The U.S. Navy plans to soon issue a request for proposals for a shipboard antenna that can connect to up to 15 different satellite constellations at once.
Mar 27, 2024
NASA has selected the first three science instruments for deployment on the Moon’s south pole as part of Artemis III.
Mar 27, 2024
The Space Development Agency on March 26 released its final solicitation for the Tranche 2 Tracking Layer-Gamma constellation of secretive space vehicles.

Missile Defense & Weapons

Mar 27, 2024
The Russian Air Force’s use of glide bombs is adding to the country’s fires advantage against Ukraine.
Mar 26, 2024
A new U.S. Army effort is focused on its emerging role of deep sensing for long-range fires.
Mar 22, 2024
British intelligence officials are suggesting Moscow could be facing fleet availability issues.
Mar 22, 2024
Adm. John C. Aquilino, leader of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, warns of China’s rapid military buildup and its ability to strike beyond the first island chain.
Mar 20, 2024
Lawmakers in Germany have approved the purchase of four more Patriot ground-based air defense systems for the country.

Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Mar 26, 2024
A Turkish indigenous active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has taken to the air for the first time in an F-16, local defense officials announced.
Mar 26, 2024
Saab will supply its Arexis sensor suite to equip a fleet of German Air Force Eurofighters for the suppression and destruction of enemy air defense mission.
Mar 08, 2024
The announcements came during a visit by Defense Minister Bill Blair to CFB Trenton, the main operating base for the CE-145C Vigilance and a hub for CC-330s.
Mar 07, 2024
A new U.S. Army cross-functional team will be created to usher in a new stratospheric layer of aerial sensing platforms.
Mar 06, 2024
Palantir will build 10 prototypes of the U.S. Army’s Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) ground stations.

Supply chain

Mar 26, 2024
Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat final assembly facility will open in 2027 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Mar 25, 2024
Airbus Defense and Space announced March 25 that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Cologne-based cyber security outfit Infodas.
Mar 21, 2024
Aerospace Corporation is immediately relocating its headquarters from El Segundo, California, to Chantilly, Virginia.
Mar 20, 2024
The U.S. Navy and Boeing have resolved an impasse on intellectual property and data rights around the F/A-18 which will extend production for about two years.
Mar 13, 2024
A U.S. startup promising to drastically cut the time required for engineering design and analysis by providing cloud-based access to massive computing power.

Budget, Policy & Operations

Mar 28, 2024
Poland has submitted a letter of request to Washington for a midlife upgrade for the country’s Lockheed Martin F-16s.
Mar 28, 2024
The Space Force is starting market R&D of an acquisition strategy for a new constellation of protected communication satellites.
Mar 27, 2024
Combined spending on procurement and RDT&E will reach 36.6% of overall U.S. defense spending in fiscal 2027, a level not seen since the end of the Cold War.
Mar 27, 2024
After observing the battlefield effectiveness of UAS in Ukraine and Gaza, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry has shared plans to improve its uncrewed capabilities.
Mar 26, 2024
The Japanese cabinet has relaxed the country’s arms export restrictions.