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Jan 22, 2025
The delivery was the 64th for the MC-130J fleet and the 134th total number of MC-130Js, AC-130Js and HC-130Js.
Jan 09, 2025
The first application is the Sky One, a modified Robinson R66 light helicopter.
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Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 26, 2025
Manufacturer Leonardo Helicopters is discussing with Portugal a potential midlife upgrade of the country's EH/AW101 search and rescue helicopters.
Mar 26, 2025
Sustainability and decarbonization were front and center at the two-day “Airbus Summit” held in Toulouse on March 24-25.
Mar 26, 2025
Pilatus says it has struck an agreement with Lockheed Martin to pursue an F-35-focused upgrade to the training system built around its PC-21.
Mar 26, 2025
Australia expects to use a series of demos with the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat CCA this year to define its investment plan for such a capability, an official says.
Mar 26, 2025
Anduril is trying to interest the Royal Australian Air Force in its Fury CCA and would consider local production, the company's president says.
Missile Defense & Weapons
Mar 25, 2025
Australian drone company Innovaero, which sports BAE Systems as a shareholder, has kicked off flight testing its OWL-X counter-uncrewed aircraft system.
Mar 25, 2025
Boeing plans to fire an air-to-air missile from its MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed combat aircraft demonstrator late this year or early next, a company official says.
Mar 24, 2025
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first two High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to Australian government.
Mar 24, 2025
Europe’s defense industry is getting ready for a surge in government spending that is driving companies to reset growth ambitions and strategies more broadly.
Mar 24, 2025
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace says a capital raise of around $2.5 billion will fund expansion abroad, such as in Europe where defense spending has increased.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare
Mar 21, 2025
Taiwan is in the process of gathering information to upgrade the avionics on its 20 Lockheed Martin C-130H military transport aircraft.
Mar 20, 2025
Saab is gearing up to install a new AI aid on its Gripen E combat aircraft that will assist pilots in beyond-visual-range air-to-air combat.
Mar 20, 2025
KAI has also officially named its artificial intelligence (AI) pilot “K-AILOT.”
Mar 20, 2025
OHB is seeing new opportunities in military space and expects sales to rise around 50% by 2027 from last year to hit around €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion).
Mar 19, 2025
Anduril Industries has secured the Republic of Singapore Air Force as its first international partner for the Lattice for Mission Autonomy software platform.
Supply chain
Mar 24, 2025
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace says a capital raise of around $2.5 billion will fund expansion abroad, such as in Europe where defense spending has increased.
Mar 24, 2025
Investment in new defense equipment has exploded in Europe, nearly trebling from $60 billion to $175 billion, and this may only be the start.
Mar 21, 2025
Flight autonomy software developer Shield AI closed a $240 million Series F-1 round in March that raised its valuation to $5.3 billion from $2.7 billion.
Mar 21, 2025
The U.S. is moving to reduce its mineral dependency on China as technology, trade and geopolitical frictions rise between the world’s two largest economies.
Mar 20, 2025
Edge Group’s new Powertech unit has secured a first engine order weeks after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) defense company set up the propulsion business.
Budget, Policy & Operations
Mar 26, 2025
Australia expects to use a series of demos with the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat CCA this year to define its investment plan for such a capability, an official says.
Mar 25, 2025
The next country to join NATO’s Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit could be Denmark.
Mar 25, 2025
Gen. Thomas Bussiere is expected to be nominated as the U.S. Air Force's No. 2, Aviation Week has learned.
Mar 25, 2025
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, its strike aircraft and support ships are conducting an exercise off the coast of North Carolina.
Mar 25, 2025
As KAI's production facilities are operating at full capacity to deliver South Korea's latest programs, the KT-1 basic trainer line could be offshored.