U.S. Army

By Brian Everstine
The $14.4 million contract is for the first tranche of the Company-Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System Directed Requirement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A request for information (RFI) calls for demonstrating a prototype of the eXtended Range Counter-sUAS (XRC) missile within five years of a contract award .
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Air Force and Army support finally takes Piasecki’s Ares into the air.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The head of the U.S. Air Force wants Congress to expand a newly approved authority to start acquisition programs ahead of authorization from lawmakers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Piasecki Aircraft has conducted the first tethered hover flights of the Ares tilt-duct vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A six-week turnaround for a UAS capability may become the new military standard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Army pilots scored an alarmingly high 2.01 flight mishap rate per 100,000 flight hours through the first 10 months of fiscal 2024.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
To help the FLRAA and its occupants survive, the Army plans an array of passive and active countermeasures.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Army and Air Force leaders are discussing options for protecting dispersed bases from air and missile attacks.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
SNC won a U.S. Army award for ISR aircraft as it is breaking ground on a major site for the USAF “doomsday plane” program.
Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
U.S. Space Command's Gen. Stephen Whiting supports plans by the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command to increase its space personnel and space control.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
New interceptors, radars, and command and control are on the near-term agenda.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
For the past two years, one of the U.S. Air Force’s top priorities has been “resilient basing."
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The service is contemplating nonkinetic space fires and new roles for its soldiers in a changing era of space-based warfare.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The RCCTO and the U.S. Army’s Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center have been developing autonomous ground systems.
SMD Symposium

By Brian Everstine
The Army has four planned increments for the long-range missile, looking for an ultimate range of more than 1,000 km (621 mi.).
SMD Symposium

By Vivienne Machi
The command is transitioning to the Mavan Smart System.
SMD Symposium

By Brian Everstine
The company has received four letters of request for price and availability for IBCS from undisclosed countries.
SMD Symposium

By Brian Everstine
IFPC currently fires the AIM-9X Sidewinder missile for ground-launched air defense.
SMD Symposium

By Brian Everstine
The Army has been progressing on LRPM with a series of tests using the Rafael-built Spike Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) missile.
SMD Symposium

By Brian Everstine
Brig. Gen. Frank Lozano, the program executive officer for Missiles and Space, laid out four planned competitions for next year.
SMD Symposium

By Vivienne Machi
The concept of missile defeat involves two elements, according to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
SMD Symposium