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The White House appears set to allow American military contractors to travel and work in Ukraine to keep U.S.-provided weapons in operation.

The U.S. Air Force has relieved the leader of the LGM-35A Sentinel Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program.

Next-Generation Air Dominance is in question as top service officials say the 2026 budget will include hard decisions.

A large, hybrid-electric-powered flying wing aircraft designed by Northrop Grumman now boasts a military designation number.

The Next-Gen OPIR program includes two satellites for use in geostationary orbit.

U.S. Air Force officials warn that resource constraints and shifting requirements put the Next Generation Air Dominance program’s existence at risk.

U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is in the market for a long-endurance reconnaissance drone that can land on water and discreetly wait for recovery.

The agency needs more than the Defense Department’s space collision avoidance services to keep its satellites out of harm’s way.

Public spotlight again focuses on the Ospreys as tiltrotors will not return to full operations for a year.

The service is exploring the future of narrowband satellite communications as its legacy Mobile User Objective System approaches the end of its life span.

Intensifying budget pressures are forcing USAF to “take another look” at spending plans for its prized Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, says Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.

The Taiwan Air Force plans to upgrade the avionics on its Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules aircraft.

“What we really need to focus on right now with the [Space Development Agency] is that [missile]-tracking layer,” a senior Space Force official says.

Taiwan’s new minister of defense says he plans to create a technology development division similar to the U.S, Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit.

DIU is interested in partnerships with companies building radiation-tolerant and radiation-hardened microelectronics.

In a new report, Crunchbase says that defense startups raised just $228 million through mid-May, a 62% decline.

The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) has confirmed that the Lockheed Martin F-35B that crashed in New Mexico on May 28 was a development test aircraft.

An ongoing study is focusing on reviving the military variant of the former Short Brothers Sherpa utility aircraft for the defense and firefighting markets.

The rapid growth of the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based rocket developer comes as the Defense Department faces a major shortfall in SRM production capacity.

Family members of the five Marines who died in an MV-22 crash filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bell Textron, Boeing and Rolls-Royce.

It marks the latest effort by Joby to expand into the Middle East, having previously announced plans to operate its S4 air taxis in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

The U.S. Air Force needs to prioritize Ukrainian pilots over those from other nations for F-16 training, lawmakers argue.

Russia has launched an anti-satellite weapon to low Earth orbit near a U.S. government satellite.

The prototypes will seek new devices for Inertial sensing and magnetic sensing, plus advances in photonic systems and laser components used by quantum devices.

Eric Fanning, head of the Aerospace Industries Association, laid out a list of new legislative priorities.