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Defense companies are bracing for risk as the Pentagon signals it may require self-funded prototypes for space-based interceptors.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) wants to rush a new interceptor through development.

DARPA confirmed plans on Aug. 26 to launch development of a High-Mach Gas Turbine (HMGT) engine.

Lockheed Martin passed the first hurdle in a competition to supply a long-range missile for U.S. Army infantry units, the company said on Aug. 26.

Ukraine is set to start receiving the first long-range, air-launched cruise missiles from the United States by the beginning of next month.

Lockheed Martin says it has successfully tested an inverse synthetic aperture radar automatically detecting and tracking maritime targets.

NASA also floated the idea that the nuclear reactor might be contracted as an “end-to-end service” from development, launch, landing to operations on the Moon.

NASA is altering plans to issue contracts for the development of commercial low-Earth-orbit successors to the International Space Station.

The country placed the foreign military sales order for 12 aircraft in 2022.

Global Technical Systems unveiled the unnamed missile in an Aug. 7 post on LinkedIn.

Rheinmetall is in talks with Boeing and Lockheed Martin about potential collaboration on cooperative combat aircraft.

After losing NGAD to Boeing, Lockheed plans to develop the F-35 to fill the gap.

The company is expecting the requirement to go above the current 650 annual rate, having been asked to evaluate numbers as high as 2,000 per year.

Lockheed Martin has completed environmental testing for the first of two new missile warning satellites built for the U.S. Space Force, a company official said Aug. 5.

Joby-L3Harris hybrid eVTOL; low-boom X-59 taxis; Skydweller three-day flight; collaborative autonomy framework.

The Royal Thai Air Force has deployed two Saab JAS 39C/D Gripens alongside a pair of Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs to conduct precision air strikes against Cambodian military targets, as armed clashes along the border enter a third day.

The Australian Defense Force on July 25 fired its first Lockheed Martin PrSM missile, as it continues the induction of its new Himars capability.

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

L3Harris is “at an inflection point” following a strong second quarter and the release of the fiscal 2026 budget request, CEO Chris Kubasik said.

After attending to needs for ammunition and air defense, Europe seeks to plug its long-range strike gaps.

The defense giant took charges on aeronautics and helicopter programs in its second-quarter earnings report, with the culprits including some repeat offenders.

As Pratt & Whitney marks its 100th anniversary, Aviation Week takes a look back through its archives at some of the engine-maker’s key milestones.

The service seeks to fortify the GPS architecture against such threats as jamming, spoofing and other adversarial actions.

Australia has kicked off a competition for a narrowband satellite communications system as part of a wider reset of its plans.

NASA and Lockheed Martin have begun initial taxi tests of the X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft.