The U.S. Air Force is laying the foundation for a 10-year mega contract with Raytheon Missile Systems for continued development of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile through fiscal 2032.
Safran this week inaugurated a ground testbed for a full-scale counter-rotating open-rotor engine in Istres in southeast France, marking key progress in the EU-funded demonstration program.
Aurora is a specialist in unmanned aircraft and autonomous systems, but also a supplier of composite aerostructures to Bell Helicopters, Sikorsky, Northrop Grumman and others.
Newly established Chinese commercial space launch company Expace is using outside suppliers for much of the fabrication of its solid-propellant rockets.
Brussels has rejected a French offer for a closer defense partnership based on Belgium selecting the Dassault Rafale as its future fighter to replace the F-16.
The U.S. Navy has identified and is working to fix one contributor to the problem of hypoxia-like cockpit events that have left pilots across the fleet disoriented and short of breath: a faulty valve.
Raytheon is pursuing several opportunities with the U.S. Army to demonstrate its growing suite of laser and microwave energy weapons on helicopter gunships and ground combat vehicles.
