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October 13, 2023

US Army considering aerostat overhaul as focus turns to Russia, China

C4isrnet The U.S. Army is examining how it can reinvigorate its aging fleet of blimp-like aircraft known as aerostats that

October 10, 2023

Lift off: Use of high-altitude platforms gain traction in US Army

Defense News The U.S. Army has for years experimented with high-altitude balloons and long-endurance, fixed-wing, solar-powered platforms capable of operating in the stratosphere. Now

September 18, 2023

Airship, UAV Developers Link Up With BAE’s FalconWorks

Aviation Week Network The developer of the Airlander hybrid airship and a manufacturer of nano-uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) are the

May 12, 2023

Congressional concern re-emerges on fate of MDA’s hypersonic missile tracking sensors

Breaking Defense A years-long tug-of-war over a key missile defense tracking program has taken another turn, as the Space Development Agency (SDA) is

February 17, 2023

Japan aborts launch of flagship rocket carrying experimental defence sensor

Glasgow Times: The countdown had started, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) livestream and TV footage showed white smoke

April 8, 2019

Lockheed and Israeli company team up for US Army missile defense radar ‘sense-off’

Defense News: WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin and Israeli radar company Elta Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, are teaming

January 17, 2019

Space-based interceptors and drones with lasers: the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Review wish-list revealed

Defense News: WASHINGTON — The long-delayed Missile Defense Review, which will be formally introduced by President Donald Trump at the