Sweden hopes to keep part of its C/D-model Saab Gripen fighter fleet in service beyond 2030 as it looks to strengthen the country’s defense capabilities against what it sees as a growing regional threat from Russia.
Fourteen U.S. companies are to receive an estimated $370 million in NASA “Tipping Point” agreements intended to advance technologies needed to achieve a sustained human presence on the Moon during the 2020s and support the human exploration of Mars thereafter.
Industry partners involved in the development of the UK’s Tempest Future Combat Air System claim the initiative will pump £25 billion ($32 billion) into the UK economy over its first 30 years and secure 20,000 jobs between 2026 and 2050.
Having incubated Embraer’s involvement in the nascent urban air mobility (UAM) market since 2017, the Brazilian manufacturer’s EmbraerX innovation unit has spun off Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions as an independent company.
Perseverance is an essential quality for anyone trying to bring a new aircraft configuration to aviation. After 30 years of trying, VOX Aircraft co-founder Brian Morgan believes that goal may at last be within sight.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) hopes to begin developing an upgrade for the H3 medium space launcher in 2022, only a year after the first flight, with the aim of driving payload up and unit costs down.
The U.S. Navy is stepping up plans to integrate into Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), which is the Defense Department’s concept to connect sensors from all the military services into a single network.
“Aether Spy will enable significant improvements in surveillance and battle management missions in the future battlespace,” AFRL technical advisor for sensor subsystems Thomas Dalrymple said.
GE’s Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE), which jointly funded by the Army, is not planned to transition into an aircraft, but component technologies could be inserted into the 7,500 shp-class T408 turboshaft engine.
Both companies will serve as prime contractors for the definition phase of the European Large Logistics Lander, supporting NASA's Artemis human lunar missions.
UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah, signed a statement of intent on Oct. 14 to strengthen the bilateral defense relationship.
The first countries to sign bilateral Artemis Accords agreements with the U.S. are Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
Stockholm is planning to make investments in the planned launch site, near Kiruna in the north of the country, that would enable smallsat launch as early as 2022.
Electric-powered multi-copters could supplement traditional helicopters in the emergency medical service role, a study by Germany’s ADAC motoring association has detailed.
Although the U.S. Marine Corps is retiring the AH-1W Super Cobra aircraft, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is contemplating what the aircraft’s post-operational life will look like.
The Netherlands plans to accelerate the replacement of its C-130 Hercules airlifter fleet with a procurement program planned to deliver new aircraft from 2026.
The aircraft will be operated by the 15th Attack Squadron. The unit specializes in tactical air support, light attack, surveillance, air interception, counter-insurgency and advanced training.
Chinese engineers have designed and tested equipment for aerial recovery of space launcher main engines, which they regard as offering advantages over powered descent by fully reusable first stages.
