Defense

By Kim Minseok
South Korea's Hyundai Rotem is expanding beyond ground weapons into the aerospace and missile market, signaling a new focus on rocket and ramjet engine work.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army and Bell are pushing to speed up fielding of the MV-75 tiltrotor by shifting acquisition dates, moving up funding and designing initial aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Bell has confirmed new discussions with Ukrainian government agencies over a potential Foreign Military Sale of AH-1Z and UH-1Y attack and utility helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The next step for the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat is a flying demonstration next year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
KAI’s concept rebrands Collaborative Combat Aircraft as Adaptable Aerial Platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
Hanwha Aerospace has unveiled the design of the first member in a family of future turbofan engines at ADEX 2025 that are sized between 5,500-17,000-lb. thrust.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. and Australia agreed to invest $3 billion together in critical minerals projects over the next six months.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin has received a $233 million contract to deliver infrared search and track sensors to the U.S. Navy.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The Swedish Air Force has taken delivery of its first Gripen E combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Switzerland says it plans to buy Leonardo Tactical Multi-Mission Radar systems to plug an air surveillance gap in its network.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
The U.S. government shutdown may not have kicked off until the end of Q3, but its effects will be a common thread in upcoming defense earnings discussions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin’s long tech collaboration with KAI could see development of a military variant of the high-speed X2 rotorcraft platform, a Lockheed exec says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
South Korea awarded L3Harris a contract to deliver the new Phoenix airborne early warning and control aircraft based on a Bombardier bizjet and an IAI radar.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A product 30 years in the making passed a real-world evaluation with flying colors and now is set to enter Israel’s air and missile defense architecture.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has confirmed it has been selected to develop a conceptual design of Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the U.S. Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan will spend NT$44.2 billion ($1.4 billion) to scale up manufacturing of uncrewed aircraft systems and become an Asia-Pacific drone production hub by 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
South Korea has come under concerted pressure from Trump to increase defense spending and to raise contributions toward the U.S. military footprint there.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Robert Wall
India says it has inaugurated a third production line for the Tejas Mk. 1-A and is also scaling up its production of Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40s.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force, faced with ongoing readiness issues across much of its fleet, has issued a call to aircraft owners who are near bases to help out.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The European Union has given the go-ahead to the €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) European Defense Industry Program aimed at supporting local industry and Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Earth-observation company Planet is projecting 20% sales growth in the medium term as governments bolster access to imagery and related data from space.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded Planet a $12.8 million contract to provide AI-enabled maritime domain capabilities.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
The industrial partners working on the Eurodrone uncrewed aircraft system have completed its critical design review.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Turkish government has finally confirmed it will soon take delivery of surplus Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules from the UK, after a long process.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has joined the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.
Aircraft & Propulsion