Defense

Rolls-Royce is investing £300 million ($400 million) in its UK manufacturing and engineering facilities, primarily to expand civil aerospace operations.

Amprius Technologies has received a grant of up to $75 million from the Pentagon to set up domestic U.S. production of energy-dense battery cells for drones.

The Belgian Air Force is looking to procure four super-medium helicopters to provide emergency medical services and search-and-rescue capabilities.

Defense investors expect budget uncertainty at fiscal year-end, but this year's scope and duration are unprecedented, likely extending into 2027.

The EU is advancing collaborative industrial defense projects, with member states endorsing the first five under the European Defense Projects of Common Interest initiative.

UK Police have arrested several men and evacuated and cordoned off homes in a village near the U.S. Air Force bomber base of RAF Fairford, in a major security operation.

Vertical Aerospace, which just appointed former Airbus Commercial Aircraft CEO Fabrice Brégier as chair of its board, said it has initiated a review of strategic alternatives.

Sceye’s high-altitude platform station (HAPS) was part of a ground-based laser-ranging demonstration.

An air-launched version of the hypersonic Castelion Blackbeard strike missile has reached the stage of at least captive carry testing on the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet.

The Pentagon is projecting slight increases in its base budgets over the next five years following a spike in its request for fiscal 2027.

The Canadian government has signed a nonbinding term sheet with Saab in a new step toward buying the GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft.

The Ukrainian Army has combined heavy-lift drones with uncrewed ground vehicles to strike Russian positions in a new take on the airborne assault mission.

A special Lockheed SR-71A has gone missing after being displayed in front of a NASA facility for more than 26 years. Meanwhile, the NASA administrator is dropping hints that a new X-plane is in the works that happens to look a lot like a Blackbird. What's going on here?

U.S. startup Poseidon Aerospace plans to fly its Egret large uncrewed cargo aircraft by year’s end after closing a $60 million Series funding round.

The Dutch Defense Ministry will work with Australian laser developer Electro Optic Systems for the development of a high-energy laser.

Over recent weeks, key U.S. allies in East Asia have laid out defense spending plans for 2027.

Latvian uncrewed-systems maker Origin will trial its Blaze counter-drone interceptor using Anduril’s Lattice software under a partnership between the two companies.

Showing several nuclear-tipped weapons falling squarely on President Donald Trump’s adopted home state of Florida seemed like someone was sending a message.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

For the cover of its Oct. 15, 1956, issue, Aviation Week & Space Technology (then known simply as Aviation Week) featured Temco Aircraft Corp.'s prototype TT-1 trainer banking steeply near the company’s plant in Dallas, Texas.

NASA has quietly removed a Lockheed SR-71A from public display.

L3Harris Technologies has completed the PDR for 18 new satellites in development for the SDA's missile warning, tracking and defense-centric sat constellation.

Honeywell’s TPE331 turboprop appears to be emerging as the engine of choice for aircraft that could eventually replace the USAF’s GA-ASI MQ-9s.

The U.S. Air Force is looking for contractor-owned aircraft for its fighter pilots to fly to get the aircrews more hours.

The U.S. Navy’s new nuclear warhead and reentry body for its Trident II D5 Life Extension missile has passed into the engineering and manufacturing design (EMD) phase, the service announced Sept. 24.