Norway on Nov. 18 accepted its first of five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, the first operator of the modern sub hunter in Scandinavia as Russia develops more silent and capable submarines.
Rolls-Royce claims it has broken the world speed record for an electric-powered aircraft—555.9 kph (345.4 mph)—with its £6 million ($8.1 million) Spirit of Innovation.
Boeing plans to slow production of militarized 737 aircraft to 12 per year from 18 beginning in April as demand for the P-8A Poseidon slows and other military versions have not been ordered.
The U.S. Air Force should rethink plans to retire the MQ-9 Reaper in 2030-35 and consider a plethora of new missions for the unmanned aerial system, an Air Force Association think tank contends.
SpaceX plans about a dozen flights of its super heavy-lift, reusable Starship launch system in 2022, beginning with an orbital flight test in January or February.
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket deployed a pair of Earth-observation satellites into orbit for BlackSky on Nov. 17, a mission that also tested helicopter operations for future midair booster recoveries.
NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Force has completed its first 24-hr.-long mission using an RQ-4D Phoenix derivative of the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk.
A Swiss parliamentary commission is to examine the decision to select the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as the country’s next-generation combat aircraft.
European airlift capability is a key focus in the latest round of projects to be undertaken through the European Union Permanent Structured Cooperation initiative.
Aerospace and defense supplier Arch Precision Components is continuing its roll up of manufacturing assets with the Nov. 17 announcement that it has acquired premier sheet metal fabricator Metalcraft Technologies.
The UAE says it plans to purchase South Korea’s Cheongung Block 2 surface-to-air missile in a deal that could be the country’s largest defense export, news reports say.
CPI Aerostructures, a Tier 1 supplier to defense aircraft OEMs and Tier 2 subcontractors, said Nov. 17 it will report $2.5 million more in net losses for 2019-20 after a long-running review of prior financial filings.
South African aerostructures manufacturer Aerosud aviation has signed a memorandum of understanding with UK startup Samad Aerospace for the development and manufacture of the Starling Cargo unmanned aircraft.
NASA has selected Intuitive Machines for the integration, delivery and operational oversight of four science payloads to the Moon’s Reiner Gamma in 2024 using the company’s Nova-C lander under a $77.5 million fixed-price contract.
After years of rumors, Airbus has confirmed the Indonesian Ministry of Defense has ordered two Airbus A400M transport aircraft and signed a letter of intent for four more. The contract, which includes a maintenance and training support package, takes effect in 2022.
Taiwan has commissioned the Lockheed Martin F-16AM/BM Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) into the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing. becoming the world’s first command to operate the F-16 in the “V” standard.
Lockheed Martin has completed final assembly of the X-59 Low Boom Supersonic Demonstrator and is preparing to ship the experimental aircraft to Fort Worth for structural testing.
U.S. Army soldiers controlled all phases of an MQ-1C’s flight using a laptop for the first time during the massive Project Convergence 21 experiment earlier this month, part of a special operations-led effort to reduce the logistics footprint needed for Gray Eagle operations.
During the first foreign demonstration of the new Russian Sukhoi LTS Checkmate fighter at the Dubai Airshow, a program official confirmed that the Light Tactical Aircraft presented is a nonflying demonstrator intended for on-ground synchronization of construction components and equipment.
China’s test of a fractional orbital bombardment system and a hypersonic glide vehicle over the summer should have created more of a sense of urgency within the Pentagon, but that has not happened, the No. 2 military officer says.
Russia’s Nov. 15 test of a direct ascent anti-satellite missile, which destroyed a satellite and created a new field of debris, shows the U.S. needs to change its approach to space situational awareness away from simply tracking what debris is already in orbit to actively looking for what might be trying to evade detection and new threats, top U.S. space officials said.
