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Aug 29, 2022
A Cold War-level Dutch defense increase, prompted by Ukraine crisis, will pay for additional aircraft.
Aug 25, 2022
Fifty years after Apollo, NASA is preparing for a permanent presence around the Moon.
Aug 25, 2022
Collins’ reconnaissance pod takes flight; UH-60V poised for production; UK P-8’s first SAR mission; and U.S. Army to expand counter-UAS.
Aug 24, 2022
The last person to walk on the Moon reflects on the geopolitical importance of a new era of human spaceflight.
Aug 24, 2022
Shoebox-size spacecraft will test new technologies for space science and exploration.

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Nov 21, 2023
The Pentagon plans by year's end to select which uncrewed autonomous systems will see accelerated development and bulk purchases.
Nov 21, 2023
A new research paper from George Mason University suggests fears and assumptions of a shrinking and overly concentrated defense industrial base are overblown.
Nov 20, 2023
The U.S. aid amounts to Ukraine have dwindled in comparison to earlier batches as the Defense Department awaits a supplemental funding package from Congress.
Nov 17, 2023
The Indonesian Air Force says four people died when two of its Embraer A-29 Super Tucano counterinsurgency aircraft crashed into a mountainside.
Nov 16, 2023
The resumption of military-to-military talks between the U.S. and China will start with theater commanders.
Nov 16, 2023
Catherine Koerner will succeed Jim Free as associate administrator of the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, it has been announced.
Nov 16, 2023
The Raytheon SM-6s will be fitted onto the new South Korean Navy KDX Batch II destroyers, the first of which—christened Jeongjo the Great—has begun sea trials.
Nov 15, 2023
A White House official says U.S. space regulations—developed decades ago—were crafted when commercial space capabilities were limited.