Defense

LEONARDO has £165m contract extension to continue maintaining the Royal Navy's fleet of 54 Merlin helicopters.

PANAMA selected Embraer's Super Tucano as new surveillance and protection platform for its National Air and Naval Service (SENAN); seven other Latin American countries have chosen aircraft as their main surveillance aircraft.

AEROVIRONMENT received shareholder approval to acquire BLUEHALO, VA (space technologies/cUAS/EW/AI) in all-stock deal valued at $4.1b to accelerate its transformation into a leading next-generation defense technology company.

The first test of the L3Harris platform-agnostic mobile counter-drone system will be conducted later this year.

Boeing has been awarded an $18.2 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to mature autonomous refueling.

Trump touched on the automotive industry repeatedly in his White House speech, but he did not identify aerospace and defense, nor detail how tariffs would work.

The first Block 70 model F-16 has landed in Bulgaria, the country’s defense ministry has announced.

A new cockpit layout planned for the upgraded Block 20 version of the M-346 advanced jet trainer has been unveiled by Leonardo.

The new layout allows the military to use the airspace in a leaner way, to the benefit of civil traffic.

Embraer and the Brazilian air force have moved into advanced negotiations on a Mid-Life Update program for the A-29 Super Tucano.

Four Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced training aircraft have been ordered by Panama.

Hanwha Aerospace will invest KRW750 billion into development and production facilities for GA-ASI MQ-1 Gray Eagle uncrewed system and engines.

Brazilian energetics supplier Mac Jee has displayed for the first time a mock-up of a hypersonic, solid-fuel rocket now in development.

Aviation Week & Space Technology’s March 29, 1965, issue features Atlantic Research Corp.'s 50-ft.-long, four-stage Athena booster held horizontally on a 10-ton rail launcher inside a movable, temperature-controlled environmental enclosure until 45 min. before launch from Green River, Utah.

The U.S. State Department has expanded its Lockheed Martin F-16 C/D Blk. 70/72 package to the Philippines, as it hopes to secure a deal in Southeast Asia.

Long-standing personnel and parts shortages are sidelining aircraft as service leaders call for more funding.

Embraer is hoping other customers can emulate the KC-390’s smooth entry into service with the Portuguese Air Force.

Long Wall, formerly known as ABL Space Systems, has changed its name and mission focus.

EMBRAER confirmed Portuguese Air Force plans to collaborate in studies to identify potential adaptations to the current KC-390 Millennium multi-mission tactical airlift to perform ISR missions; Brazilian Air Force is participating in study.

SWEDEN finalized order for four C-390 multi-mission aircraft (SPNWS; Nov 15), securing necessary production slots (TBA); announcement follows recent deal stipulating that Sweden joins the Netherlands and Austria in C-390 program.

Embraer says Portugal has joined an ongoing study by the Brazilian Air Force to adapt the C-390 for surveillance missions.

Drone manufacturer Red Cat Holdings reported just $4.9 million in revenue for the eight months ended Dec. 31, 2024.

USAF Lt. Gen. (ret.) Dan Caine, nominated as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wants the DOD to increase its work with nontraditional firms.

Tokyo has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries a JPY32.3 billion ($215.7 million) contract to develop a new ground-based anti-surface missile.

Europeans have developed a wariness of relying on U.S. space tech, but the U.S. is light years ahead of its Old World cousins in the emerging space sector.