Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Landing gear specialist Héroux-Devtek of Quebec, Canada, has agreed to be acquired and taken private by a U.S. private equity firm for about $1.35 billion.

The tankers add to the four boom-equipped KC-135Rs that Metrea acquired from the Republic of Singapore Air Force in 2021.

The OK signals challenges for NASA to achieve ambitious goals .

AFSOC has been undertaking the plan, called the Adaptive Airborne Enterprise, to have one airman control multiple UAS.

New Zealand’s Dawn Aerospace has been certified to fly its Mk. 2 Aurora reusable suborbital spaceplane demonstrator at unlimited speed up to 80,000 ft.

The U.S. Air Force is targeting development of ERAM—a new class of air-launched precision munition for Ukraine.

Selected to meet the initial Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (iAFSC) requirement, the Boeing E-7 will replace NATO's aging E-3 Sentry fleet by 2035.

South Korea has contracted Hanwha Aerospace to mass produce a high-powered directed-energy weapon, which the country hopes to operationalize by year's end.

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Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Ottobrun near Munich, ERC Systems is seeking to launch services later this decade.

The milestone came technically a year late due to production problems.

The MOU, signed July 9, is a new milestone for the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space initiative.

Germany, Italy and the Netherlands are buying 940 Stinger Block 1 missiles from Raytheon.

The mission, designated Artemis IV, is to be the first aboard the more powerful SLS Block 1 rocket.

Starliner was launched June 5 on an anticipated nine-day flight test.

Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach added to the uncertainty facing the F-22 replacement, saying there are no plans to retire the fighter.

Swedish defense materiel agency FMV announced July 10 that it has signed a contract to buy 12 additional UH-60Ms.

The deployments will include “developmental hypersonic weapons.”

The Series B will bolster the Albuquerque, New Mexico, startup’s expansion plans for a new solid rocket motor factory in Luling, Texas.

France is closing in on an acquisition of Saab’s GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft, a media report says.

Ukrainian pilots will fly Lockheed Martin F-16s in the country’s skies this summer as the official handover is underway.

Saudi Arabia is set to become the largest operator of Airbus’ A330 MRTT outside Europe after Riyadh signed a top-up order.

Italian space logistics company D-Orbit has established a U.S.-based joint venture focused on satellite bus design, manufacturing and sales.

Austria is seeking a replacement for the Saab 105 jet trainer, with the Boeing-Saab T-7, Leonardo M-346FA and Aero Vodochody L-39N in the running.