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The Space Force requested $29.6 billion in fiscal 2025, representing about 3.5% of the overall Defense Department budget request.

The SDA is fielding a vast network of proliferated satellites in low Earth orbit.

China’s Ministry of Commerce announced in mid-August that it would implement curbs on the export of antimony.

The new agreement extends deliveries through at least the end of the year, and comes six weeks after the Joint Program Office accepted an initial version.

The Kent, Washington-based space company is developing a reusable two-stage launch vehicle called Nova.

Among the new tech propelled forward by an intense military rivalry with China, one of the latest may come as a surprise: the humble powered paraglider.

The goals of the U.S. National Defense Industrial Strategy need to be truly implemented to open the market to companies outside the traditional competitors.

SpaceX leans on fellow operators of the company’s 3D printers in a pinch.

The first U.S. military payload to be hosted aboard an international partner’s spacecraft is now in orbit.

A notification sent to Congress estimates the total cost of the proposed export package at $5 billion.

The deal includes 50 new F-15IA aircraft and 25 Mid-Life Update modification kits for 25 of the country’s existing F-15Is.

With total revenue of $97 million, up 17% year-on-year, Loar beat a consensus estimate of $90.1 million.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Aug. 11 ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to accelerate its deployment to the region.

The startup also announced a new $175 million equity raise.

AUKUS defense pact partners have been testing the integration of autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) on uncrewed air systems (UAS).

Experts from the U.S. and Australia have performed tests on the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) in an anechoic chamber to mimic contested and limited GPS conditions.

The value of FMS export contracts signed this year already set a new annual record at more than $80 billion.

Founded in 2020, Denver-based H3X closed the oversubscribed Series A round on Aug. 6.

Australia and the U.S. have pledged to enhance cooperation on air and missile defense and gave details on initiatives around the Lockheed Martin GMLRS and PrSM.

That aerospace and defense (A&D) component manufacturer TransDigm did well in the June quarter is no surprise.

Military and defense industry officials want to solve both problems.

Japan and the U.S. are exploring co-production opportunities to address production capacity shortfalls on some key munitions.

Industry is expecting the U.S. Navy to select its Next Generation Fighter next year despite ongoing budget uncertainty, a competitor says.

Ted Colbert, president of Boeing Defense & Space, says his company is still evolving its approach to the issue of data rights on its programs.

From July 2023 until the middle of this month, the Pentagon had refused delivery of the world’s most advanced combat aircraft.