Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Greece has become the latest European country to sign on to the Lockheed Martin F-35 program, agreeing to buy 20 of the stealth fighters.

With a presidential election coming and a tense political mood on Capitol Hill, some lawmakers worry the political reality will make it hard to avoid another continuing resolution and knock-on program delays.

Building a pilot cadre and ensuring its ability to conduct high-end air combat operations has become the top priority for the Philippine Air Force.

Boeing is pursuing several additional P-8 prospects in Europe, including an effort to convince France to buy the maritime patrol aircraft (MPA).

Dassault Aviation said it delivered six Rafale fighters to France in the first half of the year.

Management seems sanguine about the company’s ability to return to the black.

NASA’s presence at EAA AirVenture 2024 drew a multitude of attendees to view its exhibits.

The service in 2023 awarded contracts to SES Space & Defense.

Blue Origin says it has resolved a problem that impaired operation of one of three parachutes on the last flight of its New Shepard suborbital system.

The U.S. Space Force has added another mission to the ongoing National Security Space Launch Phase 2 program.

GE Aerospace has revealed it is working to develop a new rotary-wing turboshaft engine with Airbus Helicopters.

GE Aerospace’s F404 engine could be produced in Turkey to meet the needs of Turkish Aerospace’s Hurjet advanced jet trainer program.

Bell is expected to look elsewhere for aerostructures work on its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft for the U.S. Army.

Additive manufacturing is at the heart of the supersonic demonstrator that BAE Systems is building to support development of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter.

Ted Colbert, president of Boeing Defense & Space, says his company is still evolving its approach to the issue of data rights on its programs.

Raytheon hopes sustained, high demand for the AIM-120 Amraam both domestically and abroad will drive the U.S. government to reconsider a multiyear procurement.

Aerospace engineers 2Excel have begun adding lumps and bumps to a Boeing 757 that will help test the future GCAP fighter aircraft's potential sensor suite and mission systems.

Speaking at Farnborough Airshow, a Boeing executive still sees an opportunity to win Italy as a customer for its KC-46A, even after Rome pulled the plug on contract talks.

Lockheed Martin ended a seven-month delivery suspension after the F-35 Joint Program Office accepted F-35s with “truncated” capabilities.

Speaking at Farnborough Airshow, CEO Yoav Tourgeman says Rafael is committed to R&D funding despite needing to ramp up production as its backlog rises.

Many of the suppliers at the Farnborough Airshow worry they will be unable to meet ramp-up targets set by the likes of Airbus and Boeing, a new survey suggests.

Embraer says it has secured an order for six A-29 Super Tucanos from the Paraguayan Air Force, with deliveries set to commence next year.

Hanwha Aerospace says its ready to support the South Korean government when it decides how to pursue an indigenous engine program for the KF-21 fighter.

Airbus expects to deliver the first of its A330neo-based aerial refueling tankers before the end of the decade through the MRTT+ upgrade.

An Italian Air Force Eurofighter EFA 2000 Typhoon participating in Exercise Pitch Black crashed southwest of Darwin on July 24.