Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Elbit Systems CEO Butzi Machlis says the company is seeing “huge interest” in its Iron Beam technology.

The Ascent joint venture of Babcock and Lockheed Martin secured a £300 million contract to train rear crew personnel for the UK Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.

ESA and the European Commission want to come to an agreement around what a future Earth-observation system should look like in advance of funding decisions.

Lockheed Martin says it has proposed to establish several in-country MRO capabilities in the Philippines to support the F-16 and C-130 fleets.

South Korea's KAI and DAPA say the first production model of the KF-21 has entered final assembly, a significant milestone for the domestically produced fighter.

The complexity of the security situation in the South China Sea and the de facto limited budget means that the Philippine Air Force's (PAF) modernization objectives face tough competition with other services.

The U.S. Space Force has received fielding approval for its new Counter Communications Systems Meadowlands jammer.

The second U.S. Air Force prototype of a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) has moved into the ground testing phase.

Australia has launched Mission Talon Strike, an Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator initiative aimed at domestically developing loitering munitions.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is honing in on collecting information related to foreign cartel organizations.

SpaceX has acquired “substantially all” of the assets of Akoustis Technologies.

A U.S. agency finished building the first B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb nearly a year early.

TransDigm said on May 19 that it would acquire highly engineered servo valves provider Servotronics for $110 million.

Boeing has resumed deliveries of the KC-46 tanker to the U.S. Air Force following an extended delay.

Europe is becoming a staging ground for dealmaking, driven by an anticipated wave of military spending.

The North Korean military has unveiled a new class of domestically developed air-to-air missile as well as a standoff weapon kit.

Elbit Systems will enhance the self-protection gear for Israeli Air Force Boeing Apache and Lockheed Martin Black Hawk helicopters.

The European Union and the UK have agreed on a new security and defense partnership.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has completed initial commissioning of its ultraviolet spectrograph.

Rolls-Royce says it has completed a milestone of 100 test events with its Orpheus engine.

U.S. startup Tiberius Aerospace has revealed its vision for a ramjet-powered artillery shell to extend munition range beyond that of conventional shells.

India failed in its May 18 attempt to launch a satellite when the third stage of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle malfunctioned.

XTI Aerospace has signed a memorandum of understanding with hybrid-electric powertrain developer VerdeGo.

Virgin Galactic said its manufacturing team and suppliers are adapting to “bumps in the road,” including delayed wing assembly.

RTX plans to produce the critical mineral gallium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with two local partners, the aerospace and defense giant said May 16.