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Sep 20, 2023
Austria has become the latest European nation to adopt Embraer’s C-390, choosing the airlifter over Lockheed Martin’s C-130J.
Sep 08, 2023
The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation unit plans to sign a memorandum of understanding in October with the FAA to gather flight-testing data for the regulator.
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Aircraft & Propulsion
Sep 21, 2023
H55 has secured almost $50 million from investors including RTX Ventures for infrastructure at plants in Switzerland and Montreal and a subsidiary in Toulouse.
Sep 21, 2023
Poland has halted arms shipments to Ukraine over an apparent diplomatic spat about grain exports.
Sep 21, 2023
The Singapore Armed Forces is working with swarm UAS and AI-driven command-and-control systems as well as flying its upgraded F-16C/D Block 52 jets in Idaho.
Sep 20, 2023
Sweden is planning to accelerate the acquisition of new tactical transport aircraft to replace the country’s aging Lockheed C-130 Hercules fleet.
Sep 20, 2023
Austria has become the latest European nation to adopt Embraer’s C-390, choosing the airlifter over Lockheed Martin’s C-130J.
Space
Sep 21, 2023
The Spaceflight Framework Agreement was signed by Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign affairs and trade minister, and Mike Suffredini, Axiom Space’s CEO.
Sep 20, 2023
NASA’s $1.2 billion Psyche mission is being prepared for launch to explore a metal-rich, main belt asteroid.
Sep 20, 2023
Space Systems Command has awarded Astroscale U.S. a $25.5 million contract to deliver by 2026 a prototype spacecraft that can refuel other satellites in space.
Sep 20, 2023
For burst testing, a scaled LIFE inflatable habitat was filled with air until it ruptured as Sierra works to deploy a full-scale version to low Earth Orbit.
Sep 19, 2023
Terran Orbital surprised investors Sept. 19 with the announcement of a new sale of company stock and warrants.
Missile Defense & Weapons
Sep 21, 2023
A sources sought notice published on Sept. 19 calls for responses for a Long Range Attack Munition that can be purchased in fiscal 2025 and fielded in 2027.
Sep 21, 2023
The Singapore Armed Forces is working with swarm UAS and AI-driven command-and-control systems as well as flying its upgraded F-16C/D Block 52 jets in Idaho.
Sep 20, 2023
The series of tests by the 40th Flight Test Squadron is being used to inform how the U.S. Air Force tests and applies the synthetic decision-making technology.
Sep 19, 2023
The U.S. Army now hopes to field its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) at the end of the calendar year.
Sep 15, 2023
BAE Systems and platform integrator MSI Defense Solutions are pitching a palletized guided rocket system.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare
Sep 19, 2023
This month IronNet announced it had furloughed “almost all” its employees and “substantially curtailed” business operations.
Sep 19, 2023
The commitment to buy the fourth aircraft stops short of Australia’s original plan to buy seven MQ-4Cs, with a goal of operating two simultaneous patrols.
Sep 18, 2023
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall tells Aerospace DAILY that he has expanded the service’s effort to improve its electronic warfare capabilities.
Sep 15, 2023
The 2023 National Defense Report released Sept. 12 laid out the new acquisition plans as part of an effort to bolster Taiwan’s asymmetric capabilities.
Sep 15, 2023
Ansett Airlines, the owner of the Apex Flight Academy, has been developing the renamed Goshawk special mission aircraft since 2021.
Supply chain
Sep 18, 2023
The University of Texas at Dallas will lead a consortium of universities, national laboratories and energy storage companies.
Sep 06, 2023
Lockheed has further delayed delivery of the first F-35 upgraded with new avionics, to the second quarter of 2024, adding to a backlog of deferred shipments.
Aug 31, 2023
Demonstration and operational testing of the microreactor was targeted to begin in 2027.
Aug 31, 2023
Aerospace and electronics company HEICO Corporation had a strong fiscal third quarter.
Aug 31, 2023
Polish company PZL Mielec is producing around 50% of the Lockheed Martin F-16 rear fuselage section, with plans to expand this to 70-80% by the end of 2024.
Budget, Policy & Operations
Sep 21, 2023
The Singapore Armed Forces is working with swarm UAS and AI-driven command-and-control systems as well as flying its upgraded F-16C/D Block 52 jets in Idaho.
Sep 21, 2023
The Senate on Sept. 20 confirmed U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Sep 20, 2023
Sweden is planning to accelerate the acquisition of new tactical transport aircraft to replace the country’s aging Lockheed C-130 Hercules fleet.
Sep 20, 2023
Austria has become the latest European nation to adopt Embraer’s C-390, choosing the airlifter over Lockheed Martin’s C-130J.
Sep 19, 2023
The latest U.S. sanctions block direct transactions with individuals and entities based in Iran, China, Russia and Turkey.