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Apr 11, 2024
About three years before its first scheduled fielding, the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft fleet has a new group of F-16-based testbed aircraft.
Apr 04, 2024
The U.S. Navy in March received the first of 22 former Swiss Air Force Northrop F-5s that will be converted to adversary aircraft for Navy and Marines training.
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Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 17, 2024
As the U.S. Air Force continues the planned retirement of its A-10 attack jet fleet, the service secretary says one country has reached out with some interest to obtain the aircraft.
Apr 17, 2024
French defense contractor Turgis Gaillard has begun initial ground tests of its Aarok medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft system.
Apr 16, 2024
The F-35 Joint Program Office is now targeting acceptance of a long-awaited avionics upgrade for July.
Apr 16, 2024
The U.S. Navy is now in a “source selection environment” for its future F/A-XX fighter.
Apr 16, 2024
Continued delays and cost increases to the U.S. Air Force’s planned procurement of the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail are raising eyebrows on Capitol Hill.
Space
Apr 17, 2024
Startup Inversion plans to launch Ray, its reentry capsule technology demonstrator, on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-12 rideshare mission.
Apr 16, 2024
Dark, a developer of a space junk interceptor rocket, has raised a $6 million seed round extension.
Apr 16, 2024
Boeing’s first crewed CST-100 Starliner capsule was rolled out to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral SFS on April 16.
Apr 15, 2024
The plan is part of a 51-page MSR Independent Response Team (MIRT) report released by NASA on April 15.
Apr 12, 2024
The U.S. will contribute the launch service, aerobraking engines and radioisotope heater units.
Missile Defense & Weapons
Apr 17, 2024
Taiwan has conducted the first live firing of the ground-launched variant of the Tien Chien II (TC-2) missile.
Apr 16, 2024
The U.S. Navy is approaching a total of $1 billion in munitions expended in the Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean.
Apr 16, 2024
The American military engages targets first with the longest-range interceptor available—the most effective, but also the most costly, a Pentagon official says.
Apr 15, 2024
Lockheed Martin will complete its design of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) $17 billion Next Generation Interceptor.
Apr 15, 2024
The U.S. Army has deployed its new ground-launched cruise missile capability for the first time, setting up the mid-range capability (MRC) in the Philippines for an exercise.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare
Apr 16, 2024
The Air Force will receive a classified directed energy system last among the three armed services participating in the High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative.
Apr 15, 2024
Boeing has been awarded a $139.5 million contract to enhance the Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon with the Increment 3 Blk. 2 upgrade.
Apr 11, 2024
A series of DARPA programs since 2016 have demonstrated the reliability of the “formal methods” coding approach on quadcopters and other UAS.
Apr 03, 2024
Northrop Grumman announced an agreement to apply EpiSci’s Tactical AI software in the architecture for “advanced autonomous solutions.”
Apr 02, 2024
The U.S. Air Force recently completed initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) of a major new electronic warfare suite for the F-15E and F-15EX.
Supply chain
Apr 15, 2024
French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu says France could take over production facilities, if needed.
Apr 08, 2024
The award represents a breakthrough into solid rocket propulsion for Ursa Major, and comes as the Pentagon faces a major shortfall in SRM production capacity.
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations
Apr 17, 2024
The U.S. Marine Corps is again adjusting its F-35 force structure.
Apr 17, 2024
Naval Air Systems Command announced March 8 that it had issued a flight clearance for the fleet after all operators grounded their V-22s following a November 2023 crash.
Apr 16, 2024
Argentina’s government has signed an agreement to purchase 24 F-16 fighters from Denmark in a major step to recapitalize the Latin American country’s air force.
Apr 16, 2024
The American military engages targets first with the longest-range interceptor available—the most effective, but also the most costly, a Pentagon official says.
Apr 16, 2024
When the Air Force rolled out its 2025 budget request, Secretary Kendall warned due to spending constraints, the service is not moving as quickly as needed.