A 15-year campaign by Swedish fighter manufacturer Saab to score a sale in Colombia finally paid off, paving the way for potential new sales for the Gripen E/F.
To accelerate the production of inertial reference systems and make them more compact, Thales is relying on micro electro-mechanical systems accelerometers.
Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian aerospace has had no access to Western equipment. Replacing it will continue to hamper manufacturers and airlines for years.
Rolls-Royce aims by mid-year to freeze the design of a smaller UltraFan geared turbofan demonstrator, signaling its intent to target the single-aisle market.
Beijing has retaliated with new controls on critical mineral exports, targeting the American defense-industrial base as well as matching levies on U.S. imports.
IATA's SAF Registry has gone live under new management and will accelerate net zero transition by helping build a global SAF market, the organization said.
The aerospace industry is responding to President Trump’s tariffs; not immediately clear are the cumulative effects on cross-border aerospace and defense supply
Robust on-orbit sensing and characterization systems are critical to deterring hostile actions and maintaining freedom of access to space as a global common.
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY, UK was selected to lead 23 partners in 13 countries to design multiple scaled blended wing body (BWB) flying testbeds (to test new concepts/technologies) under €16m Exaelia project led by NLR, focusing on three main areas: tube-and-wing aircraft with high aspect ratio wings; BWBs; advanced propulsion, including hydrogen.
NASA completed two icing test campaigns on a section of a transonic truss-braced wing (TTBW; used for Boeing's X-66 flight demonstrator aircraft) that found large sections of the leading edge will require an extensive ice protection system.
TURKISH AEROSPACE signed MOU with Embraer to explore E2 production opportunities, including manufacturing metallic and composite structures, final assembly fuselages, component supply, test and production flights and painting.