Defense & Aerospace

Kyiv is wrapping up tests on the Neptune, a modified version of a Soviet-era weapon that could be used to help protect the Ukrainian coast.

The move comes after the Iran-backed group launched a series of missiles and drones at the Persian Gulf nation.

Vladimir Putin has largely transformed the country’s forces left depleted and demoralized after the breakup of the U.S.S.R. as part of his goal to reassert Russia on the world stage.

The launch marks Pyongyang’s seventh weapons launch this month—more than it had conducted in all of last year.

Antitrust regulators’ attempts to stop Lockheed Martin’s acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne spells the end of the defense merger party.

In the past, missile tests have won Pyongyang diplomatic attention. This time might be different.

The Kim Jong Un regime has never started a calendar year with so many missile launches.

Such launches aren’t covered by U.N. resolutions that govern Pyongyang’s weapons activity. The Kim Jong Un regime previously conducted four ballistic-missile tests this month.

Boeing is investing a further $450 million in Wisk, its joint venture with Google co-founder Larry Page to develop small, pilotless aircraft for short passenger hops in and around cities.

A new generation of microsatellites is allowing some unlikely players to follow Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos into the space business, but opponents worry about the ecological toll.

Longstanding disagreements between federal agencies over potential risks to aircraft remained unresolved in the days leading to the 5G debut.

North Korea sees its nuclear program as essential to regime survival, deterring a U.S.-led invasion—and decades of talking and imposing sanctions have done little to slow its nuclear advance.

The attack showed how Iran’s allies in Yemen have become emboldened in striking Middle East rivals after emerging stronger from years of civil war.

The scrutiny on Icon Aircraft comes as Washington and Beijing vie to control technologies seen as critical for future competitiveness.

The weapons test represents Pyongyang’s fourth launch of the month. United Nations Security Council resolutions prohibit such ballistic-missile tests from North Korea.

Google, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft increasingly dominate the internet’s critical fiber-optic infrastructure

North Korea conducted its third weapons test of the year shortly after Pyongyang issued a blistering response over new American sanctions on the Kim regime.

North Korean state media described Tuesday’s test as the final test of a new hypersonic missile that can do corkscrews and glide jumps.

Airbus has outpaced Boeing in deliveries for three straight years, as Boeing continues to deal with production issues.

The weapons test off the country’s east coast is Pyongyang’s second of this year, following a ballistic missile launch last week.