Despite budget crunch, the U.S. is eyeing a redesigned kill vehicle and Pacific radar for homeland missile defense.

The procurement strategy for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s new Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle likely will be released with the fiscal 2016 budget plan.

See the final selection of entries from our annual Photo Contest.

2014 was a year in which world peace broke out as long as your standard for conflict was declared and open war between nation-states. The actual picture was very different, with two major wars in the Middle East and a European state facing the real threat of being dismantled.

A certain sameness is evident in unmanned combat aircraft flown or planned in the U.S. and Europe—and even China and Russia—a result of an emphasis on stealth with long range and endurance.

From the rollout of Sikorsky’s high-speed S-97 Raider to the first flight of Bell’s light Model 505 and the SYHe SH09 from a Swiss newcomer, here are some of the rotorcraft-industry highlights of 2014.

Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Aerospace & Defense 2015 issue presents delivery forecasts for a range of industry sectors, from combat and unmanned aircraft to commercial and military transports. Those charts are presented here.

From the combat debut of the F-22 and a congressional block on retiring the A-10 to milestones and setbacks for the F-35 program, here are some of the key military-aircraft events in 2014.