Defense

Conditions appear highly supportive of a mini defense boom in the Gulf, with budget revisions expected through the course of 2026.

Saab is introducing an upgraded version of its Bolide air defense interceptor, with a larger warhead, enhanced terminal performance and upgrade opportunities.

Aviation Week's May 1986 cover featured a 3D CFD model of a European fighter (later the Eurofighter Typhoon), simulated on a Cray X-MP supercomputer.

The defense industry may be tempted to run out the clock on President Donald Trump’s executive orders. That could be a grave mistake.

Turkey has joined the small club of countries that have demonstrated autonomous collaborative platform operations between crewed and uncrewed aircraft.

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Turkish Aerospace Industries is working with domestic industry to adapt the new Gokbey twin-engine utility helicopter into an anti-submarine warfare platform.

Anduril plans to conduct three company-funded tests of a hypersonic vehicle launched by a Rocket Lab rocket, the launch company said May 7.

DARPA wants the ability to autonomously store, launch and recover swarms of Group 1 through 3 drones.

The Norway government has restricted the export of Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) technology to Malaysia.

Rheinmetall would plan to build Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bats collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) at its facility that is also building Lockheed Martin F-35 parts if it can convince the German government to buy the drone.

The UK Defense Ministry is getting close to picking a tactical UAS under the so-called Corvus program and replacing the Thales Watchkeeper system.

Indonesia could become the first international customer for Baykar’s Kizilelma autonomous combat aircraft.

HawkEye 360 is looking to raise around $416 million in its initial public offering (IPO), the company said hours before its first day of trading.

The U.S. Marine Corps plans to reshape its aviation branch with the arrival of autonomous collaborative combat aircraft by 2030.

The most consequential of all anticipated aerospace and defense IPOs is that of SpaceX, which will undoubtedly elevate the prospects of other aerospace IPOs.

Turkey has unveiled plans to develop long-range conventionally-armed ballistic missiles as a deterrent against adversaries.

New Zealand’s Syos Aerospace Prepares Wider Drones Tests In Ukraine

The U.S. Air Force released plans to fast-track the development of a new weapons pylon for the Boeing B-52 bomber that can carry weapons loads up 20,000 lb.

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Northrop Grumman has flown an experimental hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft designed under a DARPA X-Prime project.

The U.S. Marine Corps plans to buy 10 UC-12W support aircraft in fiscal 2027, almost doubling the service’s fleet in one year, with another seven to follow in 2028.

The U.S. Air Force has revived a retired Rockwell B-1B Lancer as it reversed its long-term plan for the swept wing bomber fleet.

The U.S. Air Force plans to launch an analysis of alternatives study next year for a New Heavy Bomber aircraft.