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Jun 08, 2023
USAF and Boeing are seeing the costs increase for a needed boom redesign for the KC-46 tanker as well as delays for the new Remote Vision System.
May 22, 2023
The demonstration flight was intended to give Peruvian military officials a sense of the KC-390 and the capabilities of Brazil’s defense industry.
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Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 08, 2023
Production issues are causing a delay in deliveries of the first lot of Boeing F-15EX fighters to the USAF as negotiations continue for follow-on lots.
Jun 08, 2023
Norway advised to invest in an expanded ground-based air-defense capability, uncrewed air systems and long-range precision fires.
Jun 07, 2023
The FAA has published a long-awaited document outlining proposed pilot training and operating standards for eVTOL aircraft.
Jun 07, 2023
The 34 F-16s were included in a potential 40-aircraft sale announced by the Netherlands to contract air services provider Draken International in 2021.
Jun 07, 2023
Maj. Gen. Thierry Dupont, the commander of Belgium’s air force, signed the forward bulkhead of the aircraft registered as AY-01, the first of 34 Belgium F-35As.
Space
Jun 08, 2023
United Launch Alliance has completed a 6-sec. hot fire of the methane-burning BE-4 engines that power the first stage of its new Vulcan rocket.
Jun 08, 2023
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX will split the dozen launch contracts under the National Space Security Launch (NSS) Phase Two program.
Jun 07, 2023
The one-year design effort could, if successful, lead to a follow-on contract to build three sensors for the Space Systems Command's next tracking satelllites.
Jun 06, 2023
SpaceX’s 28th NASA-contracted Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the ISS docked autonomously to the orbital lab’s U.S. segment Harmony module early June 6.
Jun 05, 2023
NASA is progressing toward an October launch of Psyche, an approximately $1 billion science mission to orbit a metal-rich, main-belt asteroid.
Missile Defense & Weapons
Jun 08, 2023
Development of the USAF’s intercontinental ballistic missile is falling behind schedule due to issues including workforce and infrastructure challenges.
Jun 08, 2023
Norway advised to invest in an expanded ground-based air-defense capability, uncrewed air systems and long-range precision fires.
Jun 06, 2023
The two-stage Fattah ballistic missile is described as Iran’s first maneuvering ballistic missile with enough range to achieve a hypersonic speed.
Jun 05, 2023
Japan's Defense Ministry has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries a contract for design of its future ballistic missile defense destroyer.
Jun 01, 2023
The move creates a new hurdle to enforcement of the current treaty, as well as completing negotiations to extend the agreement beyond 2026.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare
Jun 08, 2023
The goal is to achieve size, weight and power savings for Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft and other existing Army rotorcraft, the RFI says.
Jun 08, 2023
Ascent Flight Training has secured a £125 million ($156 million) contract to train rear crew for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
Jun 07, 2023
The U.S. Space Force is working to sell a ground-based satellite communications jammer to multiple foreign nations.
Jun 06, 2023
Canada has released a solicitation for high-altitude UAS, but the Special Operations Command is disclosing few details.
Jun 01, 2023
The Organic Tactical Unmanned Systems (OTUS) program intends to “bring taskable autonomy squad-relevant UAVs,” SCCI said in a May 31 news release.
Supply chain
Jun 01, 2023
Boston-based Fortify specializes in 3D printers that use composite materials and high-temperature photopolymer resins to make a variety of parts.
May 19, 2023
Science Applications International has appointed Toni Townes-Whitley as its next CEO.
May 18, 2023
Aerospace and defense metals specialist IBC Advanced Alloys warned on May 18 that it faced a debt payment crunch.
May 09, 2023
CEO Bob Pragada said the corporate divorce will stand up two well-established publicly traded companies.
May 04, 2023
Apollo Global Management and Arconic announced May 4 that the private equity giant will take the aluminum sheet supplier private.
Budget, Policy & Operations
Jun 08, 2023
Norway advised to invest in an expanded ground-based air-defense capability, uncrewed air systems and long-range precision fires.
Jun 07, 2023
USAF: Ukraine has been able to effectively use donated air-defense systems in an agile way to deny Russian air superiority during Moscow’s invasion.
Jun 07, 2023
The U.S. Air Force should expand its new multiyear procurement authority for additional munitions, the service’s top officer says.
Jun 07, 2023
Poland’s first Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) FA-50 light attack aircraft has been formally rolled out ahead of first deliveries next month.
Jun 05, 2023
Denmark has joined the growing list of European nations expected to increase its defense spending in response to Russia’s invasion of parts of Ukraine.