Defense and Space

“Aether Spy will enable significant improvements in surveillance and battle management missions in the future battlespace,” AFRL technical advisor for sensor subsystems Thomas Dalrymple said.

GE’s Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE), which jointly funded by the Army, is not planned to transition into an aircraft, but component technologies could be inserted into the 7,500 shp-class T408 turboshaft engine.

The new speed level by coaxial-compound rotor with a pusher propeller was achieved at about two-thirds prop torque and engine power.

Both companies will serve as prime contractors for the definition phase of the European Large Logistics Lander, supporting NASA's Artemis human lunar missions.

UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah, signed a statement of intent on Oct. 14 to strengthen the bilateral defense relationship.

The first countries to sign bilateral Artemis Accords agreements with the U.S. are Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.

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Although the U.S. Marine Corps is retiring the AH-1W Super Cobra aircraft, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is contemplating what the aircraft’s post-operational life will look like.

Ask the Editors: The gentle encounter is to last less than 16 sec.—and potentially only 5 sec.

The new partnership combines Boeing's expertise in beam directing with General Atomics' distributed gain laser technology.

Two U.S. Army missile programs led by Lockheed Martin are set to enter another round of critical flight tests.

The Netherlands plans to accelerate the replacement of its C-130 Hercules airlifter fleet with a procurement program planned to deliver new aircraft from 2026.

The aircraft will be operated by the 15th Attack Squadron. The unit specializes in tactical air support, light attack, surveillance, air interception, counter-insurgency and advanced training.

Chinese engineers have designed and tested equipment for aerial recovery of space launcher main engines, which they regard as offering advantages over powered descent by fully reusable first stages.

Mixed congressional reaction on the Pentagon’s radical proposal to redesign the U.S. Navy for a future war with China.

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force has begun work on how to exploit its new RC-2 sigint aircraft, converted from an airlifter prototype.

Rotating crews of astronauts and cosmonauts have been living aboard the orbital outpost for 20 years. Here are some other numbers behind the milestone.

Fifteen-nation program marks 20 years of continuous human presence in low Earth orbit.

As the Association of the U.S. Army moves to its virtual meeting in Washington D.C., AUSA Now, there's no doubt that military and industry personnel

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The U.S. Army is taking the next year to craft a transformation strategy that builds off a modernization plan the service issued in 2016, according to

It was the seventh flight of the booster and capsule, and the program’s 13th launch since the first New Shepard system debuted in April 2015.

The U.S. Navy’s top officer is not convinced the sea service’s sixth-generation fighter needs to be a manned aircraft.

The live-fly demonstrations for the Three-Dimensional Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) keeps the program on track for a follow-on integration and production contract early next year.