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Boeing beats out competitors to build hypersonic space plane
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected Boeing to design its Experimental Spaceplane, or XS-1, a new class of hypersonic aircraft that can launch to low Earth orbit in days, rather than months or years, the agency announced.
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![Reluctant allies and what that means for the future of NATO [Editorial]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/635846622547941819-gettyimages-499406918jpg.jpg?w=300)
Reluctant allies and what that means for the future of NATO [Editorial]
Tensions between Turkey and the U.S. individually, NATO collectively, reflect the challenges that come with reluctant allies. They also reflect the reality that an alliance among democracies predominantly in the western world is growing increasingly difficult to support for nations that border conflict zones.
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From the sponsor: The progress and challenges in RPA pilot training
The need for training pilots on unmanned platforms is on a clear upswing, right along with the number of missions that demand support from remotely piloted aircraft. Robert Kiebler, director of international business development at CAE, has witnessed the incredible uptick.
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![Friend or foe? Dissecting Trump’s relationship with the defense industry [Commentary]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/trump-boeing.jpg.jpg?w=300)
Friend or foe? Dissecting Trump’s relationship with the defense industry [Commentary]
At the very least you might call the relationship complicated.
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Interview: Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson’s review on Donald Trump
To outsiders, the relationship between President Donald Trump and the defense industry got off to a rather rocky start. Tweets about programs costs led many to question how he might play particularly with two of the biggest U.S. defense companies, Lockheed Martin and Boeing. But if you ask Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson, it was all…
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Electric drones? Aurora team behind VTOL X-Plane focuses on hybrid propulsion
A 20 percent subscale vehicle demonstrator of the XV-24A LightningStrike Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) X-Plane completed its planned flight test program in early March at Webster Outlying Field in Southern Maryland. Next up is testing the electric distributed propulsion system for the full-scale aircraft.
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The latest drone pilot challenge: Training with manned aircraft for combat missions
RPA pilots go straight from training into combat missions, often with limited live flying experience with manned platforms.
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Interview: Peter Scaruppe, director of acquisition for NATO’s IT shop, on a big SATCOM play
The point agency for buying software and technological capabilities for NATO plans to divvy out about $3.2 billion in contracts during the next two to three years, half of which will funnel to satellite communications. Much is yet to be determined from that project, but Peter Scaruppe, director of acquisition for the NATO Communications and…
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Interview: DARPA’s Scott Littlefield shares the latest on drones at sea
For the Navy, the potential of unmanned vehicles is recognized, but yet to be fully realized. Scott Littlefield, program manager for the ACTUV program at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, spoke to Defense News Executive Editor Jill Aitoro about one vessel designed to complete missions at sea without ever having a human on board.
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Trump critique of F-35 costs ‘fair,’ says Lockheed CEO Hewson
Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson, in an interview with Defense News on Tuesday, credited Trump for his astute understanding of volume and the need to drive down costs of the F-35. though she stopped short of confirming whether his demands for cost cuts actually influenced reductions.
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Boeing beats out competitors to build hypersonic space plane
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected Boeing to design its Experimental Spaceplane, or XS-1, a new class of hypersonic aircraft that can launch to low Earth orbit in days, rather than months or years, the agency announced.
-
Reluctant allies and what that means for the future of NATO [Editorial]
Tensions between Turkey and the U.S. individually, NATO collectively, reflect the challenges that come with reluctant allies. They also reflect the reality that an alliance among democracies predominantly in the western world is growing increasingly difficult to support for nations that border conflict zones.
-
From the sponsor: The progress and challenges in RPA pilot training
The need for training pilots on unmanned platforms is on a clear upswing, right along with the number of missions that demand support from remotely piloted aircraft. Robert Kiebler, director of international business development at CAE, has witnessed the incredible uptick.
-
Friend or foe? Dissecting Trump’s relationship with the defense industry [Commentary]
At the very least you might call the relationship complicated.
-
Interview: Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson’s review on Donald Trump
To outsiders, the relationship between President Donald Trump and the defense industry got off to a rather rocky start. Tweets about programs costs led many to question how he might play particularly with two of the biggest U.S. defense companies, Lockheed Martin and Boeing. But if you ask Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson, it was all…
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Electric drones? Aurora team behind VTOL X-Plane focuses on hybrid propulsion
A 20 percent subscale vehicle demonstrator of the XV-24A LightningStrike Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) X-Plane completed its planned flight test program in early March at Webster Outlying Field in Southern Maryland. Next up is testing the electric distributed propulsion system for the full-scale aircraft.
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The latest drone pilot challenge: Training with manned aircraft for combat missions
RPA pilots go straight from training into combat missions, often with limited live flying experience with manned platforms.
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Interview: Peter Scaruppe, director of acquisition for NATO’s IT shop, on a big SATCOM play
The point agency for buying software and technological capabilities for NATO plans to divvy out about $3.2 billion in contracts during the next two to three years, half of which will funnel to satellite communications. Much is yet to be determined from that project, but Peter Scaruppe, director of acquisition for the NATO Communications and…
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Interview: DARPA’s Scott Littlefield shares the latest on drones at sea
For the Navy, the potential of unmanned vehicles is recognized, but yet to be fully realized. Scott Littlefield, program manager for the ACTUV program at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, spoke to Defense News Executive Editor Jill Aitoro about one vessel designed to complete missions at sea without ever having a human on board.
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Trump critique of F-35 costs ‘fair,’ says Lockheed CEO Hewson
Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson, in an interview with Defense News on Tuesday, credited Trump for his astute understanding of volume and the need to drive down costs of the F-35. though she stopped short of confirming whether his demands for cost cuts actually influenced reductions.
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Boeing beats out competitors to build hypersonic space plane
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected Boeing to design its Experimental Spaceplane, or XS-1, a new class of hypersonic aircraft that can launch to low Earth orbit in days, rather than months or years, the agency announced.
-
![Reluctant allies and what that means for the future of NATO [Editorial]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/635846622547941819-gettyimages-499406918jpg.jpg?w=1024)
Reluctant allies and what that means for the future of NATO [Editorial]
Tensions between Turkey and the U.S. individually, NATO collectively, reflect the challenges that come with reluctant allies. They also reflect the reality that an alliance among democracies predominantly in the western world is growing increasingly difficult to support for nations that border conflict zones.
-
From the sponsor: The progress and challenges in RPA pilot training
The need for training pilots on unmanned platforms is on a clear upswing, right along with the number of missions that demand support from remotely piloted aircraft. Robert Kiebler, director of international business development at CAE, has witnessed the incredible uptick.
-
![Friend or foe? Dissecting Trump’s relationship with the defense industry [Commentary]](https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/trump-boeing.jpg.jpg?w=1024)
Friend or foe? Dissecting Trump’s relationship with the defense industry [Commentary]
At the very least you might call the relationship complicated.
-
Interview: Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson’s review on Donald Trump
To outsiders, the relationship between President Donald Trump and the defense industry got off to a rather rocky start. Tweets about programs costs led many to question how he might play particularly with two of the biggest U.S. defense companies, Lockheed Martin and Boeing. But if you ask Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson, it was all…
-
Electric drones? Aurora team behind VTOL X-Plane focuses on hybrid propulsion
A 20 percent subscale vehicle demonstrator of the XV-24A LightningStrike Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) X-Plane completed its planned flight test program in early March at Webster Outlying Field in Southern Maryland. Next up is testing the electric distributed propulsion system for the full-scale aircraft.
-
The latest drone pilot challenge: Training with manned aircraft for combat missions
RPA pilots go straight from training into combat missions, often with limited live flying experience with manned platforms.
-
Interview: Peter Scaruppe, director of acquisition for NATO’s IT shop, on a big SATCOM play
The point agency for buying software and technological capabilities for NATO plans to divvy out about $3.2 billion in contracts during the next two to three years, half of which will funnel to satellite communications. Much is yet to be determined from that project, but Peter Scaruppe, director of acquisition for the NATO Communications and…
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Interview: DARPA’s Scott Littlefield shares the latest on drones at sea
For the Navy, the potential of unmanned vehicles is recognized, but yet to be fully realized. Scott Littlefield, program manager for the ACTUV program at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, spoke to Defense News Executive Editor Jill Aitoro about one vessel designed to complete missions at sea without ever having a human on board.
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Trump critique of F-35 costs ‘fair,’ says Lockheed CEO Hewson
Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson, in an interview with Defense News on Tuesday, credited Trump for his astute understanding of volume and the need to drive down costs of the F-35. though she stopped short of confirming whether his demands for cost cuts actually influenced reductions.
