Defense and Space

The test countered the threat of salvo attacks by a growing Chinese arsenal that includes anti-ship DF-21 ballistic missiles and subsonic YJ-83 cruise missiles.

Two cosmonauts spent the early portion of their spacewalk outside the ISS Oct. 25 dealing with the latest in a series of Russian segment external coolant leaks.

The Royal Australian Air Force has deployed one of its Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW aircraft to Europe as part of its military assistance to Ukraine.

South Korea is pursuing a new supersonic turbofan engine to power a fifth-generation fighter for the 2030s.

The service’s broader commercial space strategy remains under consideration within the Pentagon.

The ambitious mission to explore seven asteroids is targeted to launch in March 2028.

Tyvak International, a subsidiary of Terran Orbital, has won a $4.7 million contract from the ESA to develop a nanosatellite that will deploy from Space Rider.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is targeting Dec. 24 for the first launch of its Vulcan-Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral SFS.

Boeing’s dual challenges—commercial aircraft supply, and defense and space program execution—continued to haunt the company in the third quarter.

The start of moving ground tests for the Northrop Grumman B-21 provides another milestone on the path to a scheduled first flight by the end of this year.

Teledyne Technologies posted a profit of $196.8 million in the third quarter, up 11.4% over $178.3 million during the same period a year earlier.

IAI is maintaining commitments to its international customers of Israeli weapon systems despite prioritizing Israeli military needs.

A small number of Ukrainian pilots have begun a tailored training program to learn how to fly the F-16 at a U.S. Air Force base in Arizona.

The global approach to MRO of the F-35 needs to be a model for other weapons as the Pentagon looks to co-develop and co-produce critical systems, the DOD says.

After focusing exclusively on eVTOL aircraft, the U.S. Air Force's Agility Prime program is expanding to fixed-wing types with the planned lease of a Pipistrel electric sport aircraft.

The U.S. has given Ukraine seven industrial-size 3D printers and related technical data packages so the nation’s military can print replacement parts.

The Pentagon’s first-ever defense industrial base policy will outline Defense Department efforts to bolster a stretched workforce and supply chain.

South Korea’s 4.5-generation fighter program is looking for external support after keeping the KF-21 flight test on track.

Scientists suspect a metal asteroid the mission will explore may be the remnant of early planet.

A transmission upgrade underway for the KUH-1 Surion may help pave the way to a high-speed helicopter in the 2030s.

A year and a half after private equity investors bought it, uAvionix has in turn bought Iris Automation, a provider of optical detect and avoid technology.

Europe’s space workforce grew by 8.2% in 2022 over the prior year, the Space Foundation says in a quarterly report on the state of the space industry.

BOMBARDIER DEFENSE delivered the seventh Global 6000 for USAF Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) program; aircraft is designated the E-11A. USAF has option to purchase an additional aircraft per year through 2026.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has dropped out of USAF's KC-135 replacement program, but its partner, AIRBUS, says it plans to pursue the contract with its A330MRTT. With Lockheed Martin out, Boeing’s KC-46 remains the favorite for the program.

Lockheed Martin has awarded Terran Orbital a contract to build 36 sat buses for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta constellation