Defense and Space

BAE Systems and MBDA have been contracted to finalize te development and integration of the Meteor BVOS AAM and Spear 3 onto the JSF.

Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton said the two militaries are “significantly enhancing our force posture cooperation,” including with the Pentagon sending “all types of U.S. military aircraft to Australia” in rotational deployments.

HySpecIQ, the once and future satellite-powered hyperspectral analytics company, has received an endorsement and funding from defense technology

The two companies hinted that new rotary-wing designs could emerge from the partnership.

French government and industry reacted angrily to Australian decision to cancel sub deal, for nuclear sub pact with U.S./UK.

GA-ASI and UK Civil Aviation Authority released new details of first point-to-point UAS flight utilizing UK airways structure.

A Boeing 757-derived flying testbed being developed to support Tempest FCAS, will also be made available for other flight-tests.

Missile tests on the Korean Peninsula; MQ-25’s third customer; Vertex’s Raytheon training pickup; and Capella provides a SAR sampler.

In recent conflicts the US has been able to carry out air operations at will, wherever and whenever required. This is air dominance, and maintaining

A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched Inspiration4, the first all-civilian, non-government human spaceflight, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin its three-day mission in low Earth orbit.

The U.S. Space Force wants a nerve center to oversee space electromagnetic warfare by 2027.

Europe must strengthen its defense cooperation and be more willing to act on global crises, said EC President Ursula von der Leyen.

U.S. private equity firm AE Industrial Partners is rolling up UAV-related businesses under the UAV Factory brand.

Air Force expects to demonstrate amphibious takeoff-and-landing capability for MC-130J Commando II in less than 1.5 years.

Veteran NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei may set a new record of 353 days for the longest U.S. human spaceflight.

NASA has awarded five companies $146 million in contracts to develop and evaluate lunar Human Landing System concepts beyond the planned Artemis III landing.

Less than a week after firing its first locally developed cruise missile, North Korea has again fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea, while South Korea tested its new SLBM hours later.

The new satellites join a OneWeb constellation that now numbers 322 spacecraft in low Earth orbit, about half of its initial constellation.

BAE Systems has teamed up with UK uncrewed air system developer Malloy Aeronautics to develop a heavy lift multicopter for the littoral mission.

SkyGuardian’s UK firsts pave the way for the Royal Air Force Protector’s introduction in 2023.

The rapid expansion of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by air forces around the world is continuing apace.

Rolls-Royce is to provide the power and propulsion systems for the modular jet training aircraft being developed by UK start-up Aeralis.

For about five years, Capella’s products have been provided primarily to governments and large research institutions. Now the company is widening the access to a subset of its images.

Moog is latest to strike deal with the U.S. Air Force Agility Prime program to explore eVTOL technology.

China’s “strategic breakout" requires a different approach to deterrence, according to the head of U.S. Strategic Command.