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Dec 14, 2022
Airbus is finalizing the configuration of a maritime patrol variant of its C295 turboprop airlifter for Spain.
Dec 14, 2022
Flight testing in the Auto’Mate project will see a DT-25 target drone flying in close formation with Airbus’ A310 MRTT demonstrator next year.
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Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 28, 2023
Airbus believes the technology will pave the way for refueling of the UAS and collaborative combat aircraft being developed for FCAS.
Mar 27, 2023
The purchase aligns with efforts to strengthen the Nigerian Armed Forces to help tackle the threats posed by Islamic insurgents.
Mar 27, 2023
Nearly four-fifths of overall funding for Next Generation Air Dominance is projected to be spent over the next five years.
Mar 27, 2023
The MMU was originally formed to create a fleet of pooled and shared tankers to boost the number of tanker aircraft available to European air forces.
Mar 27, 2023
China's WS-10 and WS-15 turbofan engines are now in serial production following the finalization of material verifications.
Space
Mar 28, 2023
Russia’s disabled Soyuz MS-22 crew transport departed the ISS early March 28 for an uncrewed, parachute-assisted descent to Earth in Kazakhstan.
Mar 28, 2023
Thales Alenia Space has won contracts to supply synthetic aperture radar and optical satellites for IRIDE, the hybrid Italian Earth observation constellation.
Mar 24, 2023
A Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital booster failed during an uncrewed Sept. 12 launch due to structural fatigue on the engine nozzle.
Mar 24, 2023
Russia plans to launch its first civil radar observation satellite–Kondor-FKA–on May 27.
Mar 24, 2023
Dawn Aerospace’s Mk-II Aurora spaceplane has received an aircraft certification from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.
Missile Defense & Weapons
Mar 23, 2023
It is time to build a space-based missile defense layer.
Mar 20, 2023
The Pentagon’s newest batch of aid for Ukraine includes additional missiles for Ukrainian aircraft to target Russian surface-to-air missile systems.
Mar 17, 2023
Japan is fitting the SPY-7 Aegis Ashore radar on to two destroyers after public concerns of SM-3 missile boosters falling over populated areas.
Mar 17, 2023
The Tomahawk acquisition comes under Australia’s trilateral AUKUS pact with the U.S. and UK.
Mar 16, 2023
Rafael said it is in discussions with Japan to supply Stunner interceptor missiles for the country’s Patriot air defense batteries.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare
Mar 17, 2023
Japan is fitting the SPY-7 Aegis Ashore radar on to two destroyers after public concerns of SM-3 missile boosters falling over populated areas.
Mar 16, 2023
Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric, Leonardo UK and both Leonardo and Elettronica from Italy are collaborating on the Global Combat Air Program’s (GCAP) electronics.
Mar 16, 2023
Austria's Schiebel is eying an anti-submarine warfare role for the S-300, its up-scaled S-100 Camcopter uncrewed air system (UAS).
Mar 16, 2023
Elbit Systems and IAI both have significant presences at the DSEI Japan exhibition as they work to position themselves to meet Japan’s ambitions.
Mar 16, 2023
SWISSto12 has opened a U.S. subsidiary, St12 RF Solutions, to sell 3D printed radio frequency components to U.S. defense and commercial aerospace manufacturers.
Supply chain
Feb 27, 2023
The largest aerospace worker union in North America said Feb. 25 it reached a tentative agreement with Lockheed Martin covering some 4,000 staff.
Feb 03, 2023
Japan has passed a bill enabling the government to take over certain production lines should a private supplier decide to withdraw from a military program.
Feb 01, 2023
The investment will support maintenance of the General Electric F414 engines that equip Sweden’s new Gripen E fighters and older F404 engines on its Gripen C/D.
Jan 27, 2023
Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested an undisclosed amount in Machina Labs, a robotic sheet metal forming startup.
Jan 24, 2023
Raytheon Technologies will merge its two defense divisions under the Raytheon brand.
Budget, Policy & Operations
Mar 23, 2023
Finland has begun allowing allies to conduct surveillance flights along the country’s 1,300-km border with Russia.
Mar 23, 2023
NATO’s multinational aerial refueling unit is to receive a 10th aircraft, partner nations have agreed.
Mar 21, 2023
North Macedonia has confirmed it has joined Poland and Slovakia in supplying Soviet-era combat aircraft to Ukraine.
Mar 20, 2023
The reported freeze in Pentagon funding to 2022 appropriated levels was reported in January.
Mar 17, 2023
The U.S. Air Force plans to increase spending on its future Survivable Airborne Operations Center to replace the aging E-4B Nightwatch.