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The Army plans to stage an operational demonstration of the technology in fiscal 2028.

Govini estimates that more than 20,000 individual parts used by the Pentagon are impacted by the export controls, affecting more than 1,000 weapons systems.

The aircraft achieved a 24-hr. flight from New Mexico’s Spaceport America in October.

Ursa Major in partnership with missile developer Raytheon has completed two flight tests of a newly developed long-range solid rocket motor.

The FBI has received more than 5,000 reported drone sightings over the past few weeks, with about 100 leads generated.

The U.S. Army and Navy have conducted a successful, end-to-end test of the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon as they look to field similar versions of the system.

Two ground-launched ballistic missiles have struck a simulated enemy target with the predicted trajectory.

The increasing number of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) being spotted near U.S. military installations rep[ortedly pose no threat.

The U.S. Marine Corps has selected Sikorsky to demonstrate its flight-autonomy system onboard an optionally piloted UH-60 Black Hawk.

The Davidson Window looms on the horizon as the U.S. seeks to deepen its stocks of weapons. Will that mean war between the U.S. and China?

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

President-elect Donald Trump’s push to select relative outsiders for top Pentagon positions continues with his selection of Daniel Driscoll to lead the Army as its top civilian.

Smaller and lighter radars are becoming upgrade options for the Army’s weight-sensitive rotorcraft.

The future high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance fleet’s first delivery and flight highlight progress made despite the stop-work order.

IFPC Inc. 2 is designed to protect fixed and semi-fixed sites from uncrewed aircraft systems, cruise missiles and rockets.

Bombardier Defense has delivered the first converted Global 6500 business jet, a prototype, to the U.S. Army in support of its HADES program.

Red Cat Holdings has won a contract to deliver thousands of small quadcopters for the U.S. Army’s Tranche 2 of the Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program.

The Space Development Agency (SDA) plans to issue requests for information (RFI) in January for its Tranche 3 satellites.

The Defense Department is going shopping in a bid to gain information on everything from loitering attack munitions to Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

The new systems under Replicator 1.2 will be delivered by August 2025.

Hegseth would succeed Lloyd Austin, a retired Army four-star general.

U.S. Air Force officials continue to voice concerns that the Army is not prioritizing protection of air bases.

The M-LRPSM launcher must be integrated on a vehicle used by an Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

The fuselage work will be conducted in-house at a facility located at Beech Field on Textron Aviation’s East Campus.

The head of the U.S. Air Force is raising the possibility of completely taking on the mission of air base protection from the Army.