WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force said on Friday it awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Elon Musk’s SpaceX $653 million in combined military launch contracts under the Pentagon’s next-generation, multibillion-dollar launch capability program.

The contracts are for launch service orders begin…

EDWARDS AFB, California — The Air Force took another step towards fielding a hypersonic weapon following its final captive-carry test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon under a wing of a B-52 Stratofortress off the Southern California coast, Aug 8.

The flight resulted in the suc…

CAIRO — Russia Today quoted military sources July 27 as saying that the Egyptian army will acquire the Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet, a first for Egypt, after photos emerged of five of them heading to Egypt. Neither the Russian nor the Egyptian side has so far made any official comments on the …

A Request for Proposal to improve aviation support for Australia’s new Special Forces helicopters are now open to Australian defence industry.

Industry options will be explored by Defence for an agile upgrade pathway for the new fleet of light helicopters sought under LAND2097 Phase 4.

Ministe…