The Pentagon announces $350 million for quantum computing, including DARPA's QBI and a $150 million conditional loan to PsiQuantum for a Milpitas, California, hub.
The Pentagon backfills $200 million for the Bell MV-75 tiltrotor program as Textron spends internal funds to keep U.S. Army development and testing on schedule.
Korea Aerospace Industries partners with Moroccan MRO providers to propose FA-50/T-50 advanced jet trainers and light combat aircraft to the Royal Moroccan Air Force.
Leonardo plans crewed-uncrewed teaming trials pairing a Eurofighter with Baykar’s Kizilelma uncrewed combat aircraft to expand European CCA capabilities.
A U.S. company has ordered a $20 million counter-drone system to protect its Middle East oil and gas facility, a Powerus executive told Aviation Week Oct. 12.
The U.S. Western Range supports the test of an unarmed ICBM reentry vehicle and launches the fourth batch of SDA data relay satellites from Vandenberg SFB.
Airbus completes the first flight of a Kratos Valkyrie CCA demonstrator in Sweden, targeting a 2028 weapons release test for Germany’s emerging CCA requirement.
An Australian-developed long-endurance uncrewed aircraft flew for almost 2 hr., powered by energy-dense lithium-sulfur batteries and ultra-lightweight perovskite solar arrays.
Sikorsky on Oct. 12 unveiled a containerized version of its Nomad 100 vertical takeoff and landing rotor-blown-wing uncrewed aircraft system designed to rapidly deploy the aircraft.
German private equity investor Aurelius has completed the acquisition of MRO provider Marshall Aerospace, which specializes in maintaining the Lockheed C-130J Hercules.
Japan’s Defense Ministry has signed an acquisition contract with Ukrainian company Skyfall for interceptor drones as Tokyo expands counter-UAS capabilities.
Saudi Arabia's aviation regulator has extended the closure of Riyadh airport after it was hit again by fatal Houthi strikes while Damman airport was also struck.
NASA has outlined an ambitious scope of work for commercial entities interested in developing, building and flying a new station in low Earth orbit post-ISS.
European munitions maker MBDA has agreed to sell counter-drone systems made by Washington-based Fortem Technologies and jointly offer a new interceptor.
A relocatable, radar-carrying aerostat that can track moving objects up to 150 km. away will be unveiled at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting next week.
Houthi missile strikes killed three at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, disrupting flights and prompting some foreign airlines to suspend services.
Edgewing, the JV leading the development of the combat aircraft at the heart of GCAP, will be able to accommodate more industrial partners without undue delays to the project, CEO Marco Zoff has insisted.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL resupply mission capsule is set to execute a safe, destructive reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean Oct. 12.
