Defense and Space

The AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters were inducted during a formal ceremony at Náměšt nad Oslavou, the Czech Air Force’s main helicopter operating base, on Aug. 17.

The Black Hawk is part of an order for six of the type placed by Portugal a year ago to boost the country's aerial firefighting capabilities.

The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) on Aug. 17 released a request for information.

True Anomaly says it is aiming to produce one example of its Jackal space domain awareness satellites every five days.

The aircraft in yellow and green primer paint was shown crossing a street dividing Boeing’s factory from the airport.

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft is undergoing final assembly and testing at Lockheed Martin facilities in Littleton, Colorado.

Germany’s Rheinmetall is to supply Ukraine with its LUNA Next Generation (NG) tactical uncrewed aircraft system.

The U.S. government has approved a potential sale of the U.S./Israel-developed Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system to Germany.

The UK Royal Air Force has temporarily halted flying operations with its Hawk jet trainers after a technical issue was discovered.

BAE will buy U.S. defense and aerospace electronics supplier Ball Aerospace for $5.55 billion through a stock purchase agreement, the two companies announced.

New research shows evidence of Russia's indigenous manufacture of Iran’s Shahed one-way attack uncrewed air systems.

United Launch Alliance remains on target for the first flight of its new Vulcan Centaur rocket before year’s end, CEO Tory Bruno told Aerospace DAILY.

Russia’s Luna-25 lander has reached lunar orbit, Russia’s Roscosmos State Corp. reported Aug 16.

The U.S. military’s nuclear command is undergoing a review of its warhead stockpile needs.

The award completes a yearlong selection process managed by the Defense Innovation Unit.

Aerospace Corp.’s experimental DiskSat satellite is headed to a critical design review this week, as the program remains on track for a 2024 launch.

vNASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan is building up to a critical design review (CDR) in the early fall and a planned launch in June 2027.

The Pentagon office awarded a $77 million contract on Aug. 4 to Advanced Technology International, Inc., a manufacturing prime to Sierra Technical Services.

The Airbus A340 was unable to retract its flaps, forcing it to dump fuel and return German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her delegation to Abu Dhabi.

The Taiwan Space Agency's Star Chasing Project aims to develop two or three 3U cubesats in its initial feasibility study.

Germany's blitzkrieg through France in June 1940 left the UK all alone against Adolf Hitler's Luftwaffe. It was also a wake up call for the U.S.- still on the sidelines of World War II - that its air defenses were woefully inadequate.

Defense electronics specialist Mercury Systems' earnings fell significantly short of estimates.

An aircraft carrier accident report concludes that the UK’s first F-35 squadron was not ready for its 2021 Indo-Pacific deployment.

The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) within the Commerce Department is set to implement a three-phase plan to assume control of space situational awareness.

Russia’s Krylo-SV reusable space launch vehicle will conduct its first drop tests in September.