Defense and Space

Former Boeing director and ex-Trump administration official Nikki Haley, who is running for U.S. president, has called for U.S. businesses to exit China.

KKR agreed to raise its overall bid to roughly $1.7 billion from $1.6 billion by boosting its per-share bid price by $2 apiece.

The demonstrator performed several maneuvers over the Atlantic Ocean after it was launched from the French Biscarosse missile range on June 26.

The U.S. Air Force is buying at least 140 of the F-15EX variants, most of which are planned to go to the Air National Guard.

Airbus is to lead a consortium of 33 companies to study the potential development of a future European airlifter to operate alongside the A400M.

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Raytheon’s lobbyist accused a Lockheed Martin executive of deception for publicly supporting a proposal to replace the F-35 engine.

Imagery published on social media has confirmed that a Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-22M airborne command post was among several military aircraft shot down.

Orbital space debris experts are looking into potential remediation options.

Amid a shortage of rocket motors for munitions, Anduril Industries has acquired Adranos, a manufacturer of solid rocket motors.

Chile has passed a milestone in its national space program with the launch of the nation’s fourth satellite, FASat-Delta.

Slovakia has begun seeking a ground-based air and missile defense capability to replace Soviet-era systems.

MBDA will be flight-testing a 400-kg, 4-m uncrewed air system as part of the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS) demonstrator.

German and U.S. Air National Guard-led Air Defender 2023 brought together about 200 aircraft for two weeks, practicing destruction of surface-to-air missiles.

Korean Air Aerospace Division has handed the first AH-6 fuselage to Boeing, corresponding with the eight AH-6i helicopters ordered by the Royal Thai Army.

The Spanish government has approved funding to purchase a new fleet of Airbus C295W-based maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft.

Rival European missile manufacturers are in a race to conceptualize a European hypersonic defense interceptor.

A Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-22M airborne command post was among several military aircraft shot down June 24.

United Launch Alliance plans to modify the Centaur V upper stage of its new Vulcan rocket, likely delaying the booster’s debut flight to late this year.

The leadership changes follow the defense electronics specialist undertaking a strategic review in January.

The Senate Armed Services Committee has passed its version of the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill.

The mission, which is intended to deliver two European government communications satellites into orbit, had been targeted to launch on June 16.

The announcement, made in a U.S. regulatory filing late June 22, spurred a 19% selloff of Virgin’s share price by midday regular trading on June 23.

The U.S. and its G7 allies could use sanctions to hobble China’s foreign-part-dependent aerospace sector in a Taiwan Strait conflict, a new report says.

The crewed Hello-1X could be ready to fly next year to validate technologies for reusable orbital and lunar delivery vehicles.