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Jun 29, 2022
The RAF’s Rapid Capabilities Office has been developed to learn and move innovative capability enhancements forward speedily.
Jun 28, 2022
NGAD development may be risky and costly, but if the F-111 is any guide, it will be a successful enhancement to the U.S. arsenal.
Jun 27, 2022
Europe’s Eurofighter fleet grows; Will the Pentagon’s budget jump $37 billion? Aurora’s Army contract; and a new space acquisition chief.
Jun 27, 2022
Virgin Orbit looks set to be the pathfinder for the UK’s satellite launch ambitions when it lifts off from Cornwall this summer.
Jun 24, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
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Mar 16, 2023
This year’s AsterX—a name evocative of both space and a popular cartoon character—was part of a joint exercise inspired by the war in Ukraine.
Mar 16, 2023
EUCOM released the video from the MQ-9A’s belly-mounted MTS-B sensor on March 16 after Russia denied that the intercept by two Su-27s led to a collision.
Mar 15, 2023
The U.S. is not yet sure if a pair of Russian fighters intended to down an MQ-9 Reaper UAV over the Black Sea on March 14.
Mar 14, 2023
The U.S. Air Force will see its spending increase dramatically in nuclear modernization over the next five years.
Mar 14, 2023
The U.S. Army wants $1.5 billion for its Future Vertical Lift programs.
Mar 14, 2023
The U.S. Navy wants to end the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton buy at 22, far short of the program of record as it looks to procure other uncrewed systems.
Mar 13, 2023
Australia will buy three U.S. Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack subs before embarking on a trilateral submarine development under the AUKUS defense pact.
Mar 13, 2023
The UK is further adapting its security and defense apparatus to deal with what ministers see as an “epoch-defining challenge” from China.