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Nov 22, 2023
Airbus has taken a further step toward the development of autonomous refueling of aircraft by flying a formation of adapted target drones close to a tanker
Nov 21, 2023
The Boeing MQ-25 will not enter production until after development testing can begin on the first production-representative aircraft.

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Aircraft & Propulsion

Mar 26, 2024
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen signed a letter of intent to finalize the deal later this year in Denmark.
Mar 26, 2024
A Turkish indigenous active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has taken to the air for the first time in an F-16, local defense officials announced.
Mar 26, 2024
Saab will supply its Arexis sensor suite to equip a fleet of German Air Force Eurofighters for the suppression and destruction of enemy air defense mission.
Mar 26, 2024
Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat final assembly facility will open in 2027 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Mar 26, 2024
Blended wing body developer JetZero has received an FAA airworthiness certificate for its 12.5% scaled demo, clearing the uncrewed twin-engine aircraft.

Space

Mar 25, 2024
ILC Dover is being sold again, this time to the global industrial-machinery company Ingersoll Rand.
Mar 25, 2024
Planet Labs has expanded its partnership with satellite image analytics firm SynMax to sell AI-powered vessel monitoring and classification software.
Mar 25, 2024
Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 crew transport successfully docked with the International Space Station on March 25.
Mar 23, 2024
Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 is carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight tourist Marina Vasilevskaya.
Mar 23, 2024
The Cargo Dragon freighter is to remain docked for about five weeks before departing for a return to Earth with time-sensitive research.

Missile Defense & Weapons

Mar 15, 2024
A company-led test at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah in September demonstrated the armed, propeller-driven Altius-700M striking a tracked armored vehicle.
Mar 14, 2024
Denmark is to acquire new ground-based air defense systems and create an anti-submarine warfare capability as part of a buildup of the country’s armed forces.
Mar 14, 2024
The U.S. has approved Poland’s purchase of more than 800 air-launched cruise missiles as part of a buildup of the country’s weapons stocks.
Mar 13, 2024
Seventy percent of European missile manufacturer MBDA’s exports in 2023 were for ground-based air defenses, the company’s CEO has revealed.
Mar 12, 2024
The integration will allow the Navy to experiment with autonomous capabilities as it continues developing concepts for crewed-uncrewed teaming capabilities.

Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Feb 13, 2024
The downselect will reduce the five bidders for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft to two or three, depending on funding.
Feb 07, 2024
The potential export comes less than a year after Poland acquired two Saab 340 airborne early warning and control aircraft from Sweden.
Feb 06, 2024
Palantir Technologies recorded 20% annual sales growth in the fourth quarter that beat Wall Street’s expectations.
Feb 01, 2024
Raytheon has been awarded a $20 million contract to develop an advanced multi-chip package for use in airborne, maritime and ground sensors.
Jan 31, 2024
France is to study Saab’s GlobalEye airborne early warning (AEW) platform as a potential replacement for its Boeing E-3 Sentry.

Supply chain

Mar 04, 2024
A Boeing acquisition of all or part of Spirit AeroSystems could be, if consummated, a surprise coup for the former’s defense business.
Mar 02, 2024
The move would secure Lockheed’s new-space supplier while putting an end to a dramatic couple of years for the space upstart.
Mar 01, 2024
The public-private fellowship partnership placed officers, enlisted personnel and DOD civilians into startups, accelerators and venture capital firms.
Feb 23, 2024
Current ATI President Kimberly Fields will also assume the role of CEO beginning July 1, the aerospace and defense supplier said on Feb. 23.
Feb 22, 2024
Lockheed Martin plans to select local partners in India this summer to support sales for the C-130J, including the selection of a final assembly provider.

Budget, Policy & Operations

Mar 22, 2024
Development of a new Chinese heavy attack helicopter in the 10-ton class appears to be well underway, as evidenced by photographs that have surfaced online.
Mar 21, 2024
Recent and deepening cooperation between Russia and China in the Arctic has underscored Canada’s sense of urgency in building out its ISR and maritime ISR capabilities.
Mar 21, 2024
House and Senate appropriators seek to add dozens of aircraft to the Pentagon’s budget in a last-minute plan that needs to pass ahead of the March 22 deadline.
Mar 20, 2024
The U.S. Navy and Boeing have resolved an impasse on intellectual property and data rights around the F/A-18 which will extend production for about two years.
Mar 20, 2024
Indian Air Force investigators are probing the March 12 crash of a Tejas light combat aircraft—the first such accident since the type’s initial test flight.