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Missile Defense Agency prioritizing next-generation programs for Golden Dome, director says

By Aspen Pflughoeft August 14, 2026

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Amid the push for the Trump administration’s planned multilayered missile defense shield,...

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Pentagon’s counter-drone group to add defenses to 46 U.S. sites, director says

By Aspen Pflughoeft August 12, 2026

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — One year after its establishment, the Pentagon’s interagency team focused on improving...

Defense

Guetlein: Golden Dome has ‘first operational site’ and completed two tests

By Aspen Pflughoeft August 11, 2026

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Pentagon official overseeing the Trump administration’s planned multilayered missile defense shield...

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Farnborough International Airshow to spotlight defense, electric air taxis

By Charlotte Ryan July 17, 2026

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Senate Armed Services Committee moves to codify new defense innovation advisory board

By Aspen Pflughoeft July 16, 2026

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SDA to resume satellite launches this week after months-long pause, agency chief says

By Aspen Pflughoeft July 15, 2026

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Echodyne expands production of drone-detecting radars

By Keith Button July 7, 2026

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Space Force’s proposed budget increase would largely go to existing programs, official says

By Aspen Pflughoeft July 1, 2026

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The future of defense innovation

By Aspen Pflughoeft July 1, 2026

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U.S. Army expands advanced manufacturing of drone components at Pennsylvania depot

By Aspen Pflughoeft June 29, 2026

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Book excerpt: The ’no man’s land‘ of space

June 26, 2026

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Defense research facilities are ‘deteriorating,’ need funding reform, Pentagon report says

By Aspen Pflughoeft June 24, 2026

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Anduril readies to demonstrate CCA’s ‘manned-unmanned teaming’

By Marjorie Censer June 11, 2026

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Full C-17 fleet to use 3D-printed drag reduction fins within a year, U.S. Air Force official says

By Marjorie Censer June 10, 2026

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AFRL, newly reorganized, seeks to take more risk ‘smartly’ to speed development

By Marjorie Censer June 8, 2026

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U.S. Space Force to build new facility, move acquisition unit and expand officer training course in Colorado, lawmaker says

By Aspen Pflughoeft June 3, 2026

Defense

First Sentinel flight test expected in 2027, says Northrop Grumman

By Aspen Pflughoeft May 28, 2026

Defense

Very low-Earth orbit could help U.S. Space Force in a conflict scenario, official says

By Aspen Pflughoeft May 21, 2026

Defense

Acquisition reform ‘necessary’ but ‘not sufficient,’ U.S. Space Force official says

By Aspen Pflughoeft May 20, 2026

Defense

U.S. Space Force reorganizes, pauses commercial accelerator program

By Aspen Pflughoeft May 15, 2026

Defense

Guetlein dismisses CBO’s Golden Dome cost estimate

By Aspen Pflughoeft May 14, 2026

Defense

U.S. Air Force’s first chief modernization officer talks CCAs, mass production

By Aspen Pflughoeft May 13, 2026

Defense

U.S. Air Force, Space Force make ‘explicit shift’ in RDT&E funding, experts say

By Aspen Pflughoeft April 29, 2026

Defense

Pentagon fiscal ’27 budget aims to ‘operationalize’ Golden Dome

By Aspen Pflughoeft April 21, 2026

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Space Force looks to personnel growth to boost integrated testing approach

By Aspen Pflughoeft April 20, 2026

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Lawmakers seek more details, cost information from Golden Dome program manager

By Aspen Pflughoeft April 15, 2026

Defense

Space Force releases two documents focused on 2040 planning

By Marjorie Censer April 15, 2026

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U.S. Space Command advances work on maneuver warfare strategy

By Marjorie Censer April 14, 2026

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U.S. Space Force chief: Fiscal 2027 budget will reflect ‘aspirations’ for rapidly growing the service

By Aspen Pflughoeft April 1, 2026

Defense

SDA chief says agency is behind schedule on linking satellites into mesh network

By Aspen Pflughoeft March 24, 2026

Defense

‘We’re all focused on the Golden Dome’: Pentagon official looks to new technologies

By Aspen Pflughoeft March 18, 2026

Defense

Use of LUCAS drones in Iran puts focus on affordable, fast-moving acquisition

By Aspen Pflughoeft March 4, 2026

Defense

Debriefing CCAs post-flight is a ‘hard problem’ but a necessity, Air Force officials say

By Aspen Pflughoeft February 25, 2026

Defense

Combatant command leaders say they’re working closely with Golden Dome director

By Aspen Pflughoeft February 25, 2026

Defense

U.S. Air Force plans to expand use of portfolio acquisition executives over the next year

By Aspen Pflughoeft February 24, 2026

Defense

Space Force is moving to acquire by mission area, service official says

By Aspen Pflughoeft February 11, 2026

Defense

Space Force likely to double in personnel within a decade, vice chief says

By Hope Hodge Seck January 22, 2026

Defense

Pentagon announces ‘patent holiday’ to encourage productization

By Marjorie Censer January 22, 2026

Defense

Q&A: Lockheed Martin’s Hiza expects AI, quantum to play role on battlefield of the future

By Marjorie Censer January 21, 2026

Defense

2026 will test U.S. Air Force’s bet on drone wingmen

By Jen Kirby January 14, 2026

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Big impact on small drones

By Keith Button January 5, 2026

Defense

What we’re watching in 2026

By Aerospace America January 5, 2026

Defense

BETA gives details on planned hybrid-electric military plane

By Paul Brinkmann December 5, 2025

Defense

Space Force approach to launch could provide lessons for Pentagon acquisition reform, official says

By Paul Brinkmann December 2, 2025

Defense

The Ukraine war’s outsized influence on small drone development

By Keith Button November 24, 2025

Defense

Saltzman says U.S. Space Force will pursue ‘radical shift’ in acquisition, teases 2040 strategy

By Hope Hodge Seck November 20, 2025

Defense

Northrop Grumman seeks accelerated B-21 production rate

By Marjorie Censer October 21, 2025

Defense

Next-generation ‘doomsday planes’ move closer to reality

By Jen Kirby October 16, 2025

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Task force pushes for increased Pentagon focus on hypersonics

By Hope Hodge Seck October 10, 2025

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What to watch at DOD

By Marjorie Censer October 1, 2025

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Golden Dome Caucus running ‘behind schedule,’ chair says

By Hope Hodge Seck September 10, 2025

Defense

DARPA director elaborates on why ‘Liberty Lifter’ seaplane program was killed

By Hope Hodge Seck September 10, 2025

Defense

U.S. Space Force may call on sci-fi writers, futurists to define future operating environment

By Hope Hodge Seck August 27, 2025

Defense

AI tools can make Golden Dome more effective, Pentagon research chief says

By Hope Hodge Seck August 27, 2025

Defense

An uncertain future for Space Futures Command

By Jen Kirby August 25, 2025

Defense

U.S. Space Systems Command chief: First Vulcan national security launch is “weeks” away

By Cat Hofacker July 23, 2025

Defense

Former DoD official says government in ‘critical role’ to buy from commercial space firms

By Marjorie Censer July 22, 2025

Defense

ANALYSIS: Weighing the cost of the F-47

By Jen Kirby July 21, 2025

Defense

Golden Dome: Smart strategy or risky business?

By Jen Kirby April 2, 2025

Defense

Golden Dome Analysis: Why the plan could work

By Fred Kennedy April 2, 2025

Defense

For the Pentagon, widespread adoption of digital engineering remains in progress

By Jen Kirby January 31, 2025

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U.S. Air Force electrified aircraft program gets help from Congress on tech transition goal

By Paul Brinkmann January 9, 2025

Defense

Can Kwaj survive?

By Mike Gruss January 1, 2025

Defense

The West’s boogeyman

By Mike Gruss November 1, 2024

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Making a new motor for hypersonics

By Keith Button October 1, 2024

Defense

Interest grows in hybrid-electric flight

By Paul Brinkmann October 1, 2024

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U.S. Air Force researchers see hybrid-electric flight as most promising

By Paul Brinkmann September 12, 2024

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One very bad day

By Mike Gruss July 1, 2024

Defense

Meet Liberty Lifter

By Paul Marks June 1, 2024

Defense

AI in the cockpit

By Cat Hofacker May 1, 2024

Defense

Grenade-launched drones

By Keith Button May 1, 2024

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The new drone war

By Keith Button April 1, 2024

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Innovation machine

By Cat Hofacker March 1, 2024

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Keeping watch in cislunar space

By Hope Hodge Seck January 1, 2024

Defense

U.S. military begins testing of an electric air taxi at Edwards Air Force Base for the first time, a Joby S4 tiltrotor

By Paul Brinkmann September 26, 2023

Defense

Advanced air mobility prompts new level of U.S. military, civilian coordination

By Paul Brinkmann September 26, 2023

Defense

Military contracts for AAM startups provide early cash, expertise and credibility

By Paul Brinkmann August 17, 2023

Defense

U.S. Space Command’s role in missile defense looks poised to grow

By Ben Iannotta April 18, 2023

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Constellation architect

By Debra Werner April 1, 2023

Defense

A ‘chief skunk’ looks back

By Jonathan Coopersmith March 1, 2023

Defense

Analysis: B-21 unveiling

January 3, 2023

Defense

U.S. Army’s selection of V-280 Valor, a tiltrotor, could be a benefit to those pitching civilian electric tiltrotors

By Paul Brinkmann December 15, 2022

Defense

Catching a “Gremlin”

By Keith Button April 1, 2022

Defense

Creating alternatives to rare earth alloys

By Keith Button March 1, 2022

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After one Gremlin drone recovery, DARPA plans for more

By Cat Hofacker November 9, 2021

Defense

Hiding behind classification

By Moriba Jah November 1, 2021

Defense

Simulating threats

June 1, 2021

Defense

Demanding more of Space Force

June 1, 2021

Defense

Missile gap

By Keith Button June 1, 2020

Defense

Meet the U.S. Air Force technology that’s empowering its teleworkers

By Stephen Losey April 16, 2020

Defense

Protecting the off-planet economy

By Debra Werner April 1, 2020

Defense

Pentagon issues long wish list to industry, including technologies for stratospheric, hypersonic flight

By Ben Iannotta March 31, 2020

Defense

Meet the U.S. Army’s new parachute

By Christine Fisher March 1, 2020

Defense

Reactions to “Mystery sightings”

November 26, 2019

Defense

Don’t say “UFO”

By Ben Iannotta November 1, 2019

Defense

Mystery of the “damn things”

By Jan Tegler October 31, 2019

Defense

Confirmation issues could linger into tenure of new U.S. Air Force secretary

By Cat Hofacker October 17, 2019

Defense

Generational conflict

By Jan Tegler September 2, 2019

Defense

Hyten: Space Force should not be separate branch

By Cat Hofacker July 30, 2019

Defense

For advocates of this tiltrotor, a picture is worth 1,000 words

By Keith Button May 1, 2019

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Accelerating innovation

By Cat Hofacker May 1, 2019

Defense

Top U.S. officials have differing views on future of space defense

By Cat Hofacker April 10, 2019

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U.S. aims to deter space warfare by preparing for it

By Ben Iannotta April 10, 2019

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This commander’s next role could be boon to U.S. military space backers

By Cat Hofacker April 9, 2019

Defense

Kennedy: New space agency is an opportunity, not a threat

By Cat Hofacker April 8, 2019

Defense

Controlling space

By Debra Werner April 1, 2019

Defense

U.S. Air Force seeks laser, microwave weapons for aircraft

By Tom Risen November 1, 2018

Defense

Pence aims for Space Force authorization after midterm elections

By Tom Risen October 23, 2018

Defense

Former chief of U.S. Space Command applauds restoring it, with some caveats

By Tom Risen September 25, 2018

Defense

Out of the fish bowl

By Ben Iannotta August 31, 2018

Defense

UK fighter concept emphasizes stealth, next generation sensors

By Tom Risen August 14, 2018

Defense

U.S. Air Force to expand Space Flag satellite war game

By Tom Risen July 3, 2018

Defense

Fast action on vertical lift


By Ben Iannotta July 1, 2018

Defense

Mission-critical forecasting

By Debra Werner July 1, 2018

Defense

Fighting for “Future Vertical Lift”

By Jan Tegler July 1, 2018

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Hypersonic weapons race

By Keith Button May 31, 2018

Defense

MQ-25’s most fundamental requirement

By Amanda Miller April 30, 2018

Defense

Rotorcraft modernizer

By Keith Button April 30, 2018

Defense

Grading the MQ-25

By Jan Tegler April 30, 2018

Defense

U.S. military space reorganization aims to wring efficiency from same staffing

By Tom Risen April 20, 2018

Defense

The Gremlins are coming in 2019

By Keith Button April 19, 2018

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U.S. spy satellite agency to seek “tiny rockets” for small sats

By Tom Risen April 18, 2018

Defense

U.S. wants faster delivery of missile warning satellites

By Tom Risen April 18, 2018

Defense

White House takes on space traffic

By Amanda Miller April 16, 2018

Defense

U.S. Navy determined to get sense-and-avoid onto Tritons

By Tom Risen April 12, 2018

Defense

How the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 drone program was born

By Aerospace America April 6, 2018

Defense

Rare World War II planes found

By Tom Risen March 30, 2018

Defense

A boost for military spaceplanes

March 30, 2018

Defense

Nuclear nonsolution

March 30, 2018

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Space Corps or Force? Pentagon will take a look

By Tom Risen March 26, 2018

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Atypical path to career as mechanical engineer

By Debra Werner February 28, 2018

Defense

Research reboot

By Aerospace America February 28, 2018

Defense

U.S. General Takes Issue with Reports of Pending Shift in Nuclear Posture

By Tom Risen February 1, 2018

Defense

Aggressor aircraft attributes

By Aerospace America February 1, 2018

Defense

Red Air reset

By Jan Tegler February 1, 2018

Defense

Earth’s best defense

February 1, 2018

Defense

Pentagon prepares for worst-case North Korea scenario

By Tom Risen January 31, 2018

Defense

China plays catch-up to U.S. drones

By Tom Risen September 28, 2017

Defense

Flying into a hurricane is relatively safe — for the pros

By Joe Stumpe September 13, 2017

Defense

Deterring North Korea with Laser Drones

By Tom Risen August 23, 2017

Defense

B-21 Bomber Faces Anti-stealth Tech

By Tom Risen August 4, 2017

Defense

F-35A Flights Target Cost Curve

By Tom Risen June 23, 2017

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Smarter Collision avoidance

By Keith Button May 31, 2017

Defense

Game changer

By Aerospace America May 31, 2017

Defense

U.S. Air Force shares details of Minuteman 3 replacement plan

By Tom Risen May 25, 2017

Defense

Decision time for Trump

May 17, 2017

Defense

Toward “a beautiful web of airplanes”

By Aerospace America May 2, 2017

Defense

NASA’s role in
 “Defending Earth”

April 17, 2017

Defense

Disaggregation

By Aerospace America April 17, 2017

Defense

Reprieve

By Aerospace America April 17, 2017

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New blueprint, old dream

By Debra Werner March 6, 2017

Defense

Tracking dangerous NEOs

By Tom Jones March 6, 2017

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Defending Earth

By Aerospace America February 9, 2017

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Tiny drones, big questions

By Keith Button February 7, 2017

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Deterring North Korea

By Aerospace America January 27, 2017

Defense

Carrier Drone Debate

By Aerospace America August 31, 2016