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DARPA has selected six of nine concepts studied under Phase 1A of the Ancillary program to proceed into the 10-month Phase 1B.

Northrop Grumman has signed an agreement with NVIDIA to use the company’s AI software to speed up development of the defense prime’s “most advanced systems.”

The U.S. Air Force will not repair and instead will divest one B-2 stealth bomber that was damaged in a ground accident, shrinking an already small fleet.

Collaborative Combat Aircraft and Survivable Airborne Operations Center selections favor private companies as major primes set sights on larger awards.

Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman remain on track to debut the new Antares 330 launch vehicle in 2025.

Lockheed’s road map to victory provides clues for the sixth-generation combat aircraft program.

The Netherlands and Poland look set to expand SEAD/DEAD capability of their combat aircraft with the procurement of anti-radiation missiles.

DARPA is likely to make a down select for a high-speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) prototype program within weeks.

The U.S. Navy is now in a “source selection environment” for its future F/A-XX fighter.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency seeks to field an “interim capability” against hypersonic glide vehicles by 2029 as the Glide Phase Interceptor slides to 2035.

Lockheed Martin will complete its design of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) $17 billion Next Generation Interceptor.

About three years before its first scheduled fielding, the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft fleet has a new group of F-16-based testbed aircraft.

It will result in a cost-plus incentive fee and cost-plus award fee contracts after a full and open competition, the announcement states.

Guy Norris talks with CEO Tom Vice about the spinoff-turned-prime’s growth plans as its space defense business surges and its spaceplane prepares for flight.

A new Royal Air Force strategy lays out plans for the introduction of larger systems after having developed small, swarming platforms.

Umbra Space is the latest commercial space company to show that bistatic coupling of two radar satellites could be used to implement moving target indication.

Northrop Grumman announced an agreement to apply EpiSci’s Tactical AI software in the architecture for “advanced autonomous solutions.”

Had these transactions happened, the industry today would be almost unrecognizable.

Demonstrator test program targets development of safety culture and expertise in advance of Boom’s Overture airliner effort.

Its plan differs from some prior programs, such as the venerable MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper.

The agency’s disruptive approach to space acquisition has produced many contracts in a tight timeline, though its biggest tests are yet to come.

The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded three contracts for development of low-cost space tugs and in-space refueling technologies.

Facing a reduction to its expected budget next year, the military cuts back on near-term aircraft procurement.

DARPA has selected Northrop Grumman to study a concept to develop a railroad on the Moon that could transport humans, supplies and other resources.

The U.S. Navy is pushing back much of its research and development spending for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter.