Digital engineering helped Raytheon score the first U.S. flight test of an air-breathing hypersonic missile demonstrator since 2013.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The first of the 3,000shp.-class engines in the development program has completed more than 100 hr. of run time since an initial “light off” event on March 22, GE says. 

As part of Reaction Engines’ continuing push to develop its pre-cooler technology for high-Mach aircraft, missiles and space access vehicles, the company has revealed it is midway through a U.S. Air Force-supported test program aimed at dramatically expanding the system’s performance envelope.

Aviation Week editors talk with Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury about all things commercial and defense, but his focus is on sustainability.

Profumo’s tenure at Leonardo has helped turn the Italy-based conglomerate into a major player in defense electronics.

U.S. Air Force seeds new tanker competition; Aerojet’s new board; Europe seeks airlifter; and Northrop chooses Airbus satellite bus.

A first-generation uncrewed combat aircraft will be fielded by the USAF by the end of the decade under a revamped acquisition strategy.