Science & Tech

B-21 takes flight, heads to Edwards AFB for more tests

Air Force “on track” for delivery of first operational Raider bombers in the mid-2020s, officials say.

Defense Systems

India plans to make armored vehicles with US help, officials say

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the deal during a bilateral meeting with State Secretary Antony Blinken and Indian ministers of defense and external affairs.

Ideas

Size isn’t everything: China’s new chip is less earthshaking than you may have heard

It’s one thing to make circuits smaller than the US will sell you; it’s another to do it at scale.

Science & Tech

Security remains a challenge as Pentagon broadens 5G plans

As DoD looks to put next-gen cell service to work against China, it will lean heavily on R&D by the US telecom industry.

Exclusive Business

Import records illuminate Ukraine’s desperate hunt for arms and ammo

Kyiv is paying exorbitant prices for Soviet-designed materiel, and has even managed to obtain Swiss ammo despite Geneva's ban.

Business

L3Harris points to suppliers for slowdown in rocket-motor production

CEO says he’s working to get the newly acquired Aerojet Rocketdyne back on track by next year.

Business

B-21 starts taxi tests; Northrop expects first flight by year’s end

A new rear-end picture circulating on social media purports to show the B-21’s taxi test.

Business

As demand for arms booms, lack of modernization stymies weapons production

Some small firms at the heart of the defense industry see little benefit to automation and digitization.

Business

Boeing reports another huge loss on Air Force One program

The company has eaten more than $2.4 billion in losses on the program, according to a spokesperson.

Business

How X-Bow plans to break the Northrop-Aerojet ‘duopoly’ on rocket motors

The New Mexico-based startup aims to have its first production line up and running in a few months.

Business

Lockheed bows out of Air Force tanker competition

Erstwhile partner Airbus said it would still bid against Boeing and its KC-46.

Defense Systems

Russian cruise missiles have US Air Force scouting for thousands of acres of land

Six over-the-horizon radar sites are envisioned in the United States and Canada, say officials with prospective bidder Raytheon.