Defense and Space

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

The Senate Appropriations Committee on July 27 approved its $831.8 million defense spending bill for 2024.

Axiom, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have all flown privately paying passengers into orbital and suborbital space from the U.S.

The pilot was able to eject before the crash on Oct. 19, 2022, and the F-35A was destroyed with an estimated loss of $166 million.

Northrop Grumman’s sales rose 9% year-on-year to $9.6 billion in the second quarter while earnings-per-share (EPS) fell to $5.34 from $6.06 a year ago.

The foursome has trained for a more than six-month mission with a science and technology agenda that includes nearly 160 projects.

L3Harris reported revenue of $4.69 billion in the second quarter, up 13.5% annually, while its earnings per share (EPS) of $2.97 beat analysts’ estimates.

North Korea has unveiled two “new” uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) at its Weaponry Exhibition-2023.

Kleos Space, a startup that sought to make and offer a satellite constellation for radio frequency monitoring, is filing for bankruptcy.

Northrop's move leaves Boeing and Lockheed Martin as the likely surviving bidders for the fighter at the heart of the Next Generation Air Dominance program.

Turkish Aerospace is to lead an upgrade program for Azerbaijan’s Sukhoi Su-25 “Frogfoot” ground-attack aircraft.

The Czech Air Force has received the first two of a planned 20 new Bell H-1-model helicopters as the air arm modernizes its fleet.

Editors discuss the meaning of exponential smallsat growth, new technologies for flying satellites in formation and U.S. national security space needs.

The Western Australia Police Force acquisition of the five-bladed Airbus H145 is part of a state-funded upgrade of its air wing.

The country is developing a three-pronged strategy to accelerate the development of hypersonic missiles.

The road to launch detoured back to the rocket factory for an upper-stage modification.

Boeing is generating cash and on the way to meeting key promises made to investors, top managers asserted July 26.

Turkey has launched the production phase of an upgrade program for the country’s long-serving F-16s.

Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting is President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the four-year-old command.

President Joe Biden has tapped Gen. David Allvin to become the next Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.

The contract award is targeted at tests of a nuclear thermal rocket engine vehicle in space by 2027.

Hungary has taken delivery of the first two of 16 Airbus Helicopters H225Ms on order.

Final trials before the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 launcher saw ESA engineers perform an extensive assessment with the combined test model.

Madrid has approved spending on a new fleet of Airbus-built UAS for the Spanish Army and Air Force.