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As the first U.S. hypersonic weapons enter service, defense officials are searching for new ideas for high-speed propulsion and to dramatically reduce prices.

The U.S. Space Force says its personnel track more than 6,500 potential missile events each month.

Aviation Week has assembled this guide to some of the most important contests that are unfolding between 2024 and 2033.

The F-35 Joint Program Office head says he still cannot predict when a software issue that has halted deliveries from Lockheed Martin will be corrected.

The Missile Defense Agency on Dec. 11 successfully tested an upgraded Ground-Based Interceptor.

A new book takes the wraps off the secret flight-test history of the facility in the Nevada Test and Training Range like no one ever has before. Listen in to hear from author Peter Merlin.

Ken Bedingfield, a former chief financial officer at Northrop Grumman, is taking the same position at L3Harris Technologies, the latter announced Dec. 4.

The UK Defense Ministry says Cawdor Barracks, formerly a U.K. Royal Air Force flight training base, has been named as the preferred DARC site.

Most fighter aircraft made in the U.S. are in line to get improved radar warning receivers and self-protection jammers.

Taiwan’s retirement of the F-5 leaves Thailand and South Korea as the remaining operators of the fighter in the Asia-Pacific region.

SSC has awarded Lockheed Martin a $5.2 million contract to prototype missile typing and characterizing algorithms for overhead persistent infrared satellites.

The timing and quality of the Raider’s second sortie may be at least as significant for the secretive U.S. Air Force program as the first, if not more.

The ramp up is taking place at Northrop’s Linthicum, Maryland, facility.

Germany’s Pegasus sigint system has passed a milestone critical design review ahead of installation and integration onto three Bombardier Global 6000 bizjets.

The bomber’s public first flight kicks off an intensive test campaign and more funding for Northrop Grumman.

Over 50 years, GPS has evolved and inspired the development of similar systems by other nations.

Aurora’s concept is a stealthy transport-style flying-wing design with moderate sweep and embedded engines powering four lift fans via mechanical drives.

Northrop Grumman says the Triton's flight evaluated the performance of the engine, flight controls, fuel system and basic aircraft handling.

Video confirms the flying-wing aircraft has a simple W-shape trailing edge and reveals an extremely clean design with an almost featureless underside.

Readers write about Bill Sweetman’s recent B-21 cover story, AAM market appeal, U.S. military drone swarm acquisition and supersonic transport challenges.

Aviation Week editors take a break from Day 2 of the A&D Programs conference to tease out the intractable issues facing the industrial base.

As E-2Cs retire, the service begins phased upgrades to the E-2D fleet, ending with the biggest modernization since it began fielding Advanced Hawkeyes in 2007.

DARPA plans to select designs from one or more of the companies to build a prototype to fly in 2027.

Northrop Grumman and York will build another 100 data transport satellites under new $1.3 billion contracts from the Space Development Agency.

Northrop Grumman beat Wall Street’s estimates of its revenue and earnings per share (EPS) in the third quarter.