Defense and Space

Leidos has received a $48 million contract to start training the U.S. Army's future high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pilots.

A factory to be built in Weeze in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia state will produce at least 400 of the center-fuselage sections.

DARPA picks nine for Ancillary; China’s drive/fly eVTOL; Alef’s flying car; and hydrogen future for training aircraft.

Airbus will coordinate 33 companies including airframers, engine producers and defense electronics specialists on studies for a new European airlifter.

Officials hope investments such as Radar 2 may encourage Eurofighter Typhoon export customers such as Saudi Arabia to sign on the dotted line for more fighters.

Operations at Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport were interrupted for about 3 hr. in the early morning of July 4 after an attack by uncrewed aircraft.

Global defense demand remains robust with $252 billion worth of allied contract awards expected over the next 24 months, according to investment bank Jefferies.

The final Ariane 5 rocket was rolled out to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) launch site in French Guiana on July 3.

Aerostructures and parts provider GKN Aerospace plans to close its manufacturing facility in the St. Louis area by the end of 2024.

China’s aerospace and defense industry noticeably still struggles to match or even approach U.S. and European mass production of fighter aircraft engines.

NASA reports it has resumed communication with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter after a 63-day interruption due interference from the hilly terrain.

Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even speaks to Aerospace DAILY about France’s key helicopter defense acquisitions.

Future versions of France’s Dassault Rafale might operate alongside an uncrewed combat aerial vehicle derived from Dassault Aviation's nEUROn demonstrator.

Israel has decided to purchase a third batch of 25 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, building the Middle Eastern country’s fleet to 75 aircraft.

The probe will conduct a six-year survey to answer questions about dark matter, dark energy and what the universe is made of.

The Pentagon is in the middle of reviewing its assumptions of how many munitions it would need in a war and how industry can meet its requirements.

That is far above the $49 and $51 that were both agreed to until third-parties bidders forced further plus-ups.

The splashdown occurred as planned at 10:30 a.m. EDT off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida.

Imagery circulating on Chinese social media appears to show the Chengdu J-20 equipped with WS-15 engines in flight.

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

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $5.62 billion deal for the Czech Republic to buy 24 F-35As.

House appropriators are not impressed with how major Pentagon hypersonic programs have performed in recent tests.

The Navy announced in February that it was negotiating a sole-source contract with Bell-Boeing to shut down V-22 production.

The orbit of 40 satellites simultaneously set a record for Russia, the company said.

Two U.S. senators are pushing for the transfer of two U.S. Iron Dome defense system batteries to Ukraine.