Ukrainian aircraft maker Antonov deferred comment after multiple officials and news outlets reported that the An-225 Mriya heavy airlifter was destroyed during fighting at an airport near Kyiv.
Germany is pledging to create a €100 billion ($112.7 billion) fund for defense investment this year and is promising a dramatic uptick in annual defense spending in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Roscosmos will suspend launches of Soyuz rockets from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana in response to European Union sanctions on Russia, the CEO of the Russian space corporation Dmitry Rogozin said Feb. 26.
Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov said on Feb. 25 that the current status of the An-225 Mriya is unknown after more than 30 hr. of fighting at its home airport.
Stratolaunch’s Roc retracted and extended its landing gear for the first time on the 385-ft.-wingspan carrier aircraft’s fourth test flight from Mojave, California, on Feb. 24.
The signing of the global contract for the four-nation Eurodrone program on Feb. 24 brings to an end nearly a decade of lobbying by industry for governments to fund a European MALE UAS program.
The U.S. Air Force has retired the first of 16 Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (J-Stars) surveillance aircraft, the service announced on Feb. 22.
The surprise decision follows the appearance of the jet trainer at last year’s Dubai Airshow, and would make the UAE the first Middle Eastern customer for the platform.
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has wrapped up two months of low-temperature tests of the Light Armed Helicopter (LAH), ticking off another item as it aims to complete evaluation tests by June this year.
BAE Systems has been awarded a A$1.5 billion ($1 billion) contract by Canberra to upgrade and lengthen the service life of the Royal Australia Air Force (RAAF) Hawk 127 lead-in fighter trainer through 2031.
Indonesian airframer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) plans to improve its aircraft assembly capabilities and is in “constant discussion” with Airbus on building C295 turboprops for export from Indonesia.
Thailand’s light attack helicopter program has seen some progress after the U.S. Army awarded Boeing a contract to build AH-6i helicopters for the Southeast Asian nation.
Airbus is confident that it will finally secure FAA certification of its H160 twin-engine medium rotorcraft later this year, more than two years after European approval was granted for the aircraft.
As the U.S. Army heads toward selecting a winner of its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition by mid-2022, the Sikorsky/Boeing team is continuing to flesh out the capabilities of its offering with new flight-test milestones for the SB-1 Defiant demonstrator.
