Defense

HENSOLDT announced first flight of PEGASUS airborne surveillance aircraft (Global 6000), the first of three for Germany; following flight tests by BOMBARDIER, LUFTHANSA TECHNIK was install Kalætron Integral SIGINT system in Hamburg.

The two companies will develop advanced technologies together and work to accelerate L3Harris’s “digital transformation,” L3Harris said on Oct. 23.

The interceptor needs to be an autonomous aircraft launched from an air vehicle with a “hard kill system” effective against the small drones.

Air Force officials have not linked the NGAD review to a larger force structure study that affects the B-21, changes could arise from a host of pending reviews.

Finland is preparing for the SEAD/DEAD mission by acquiring Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile–Extended Range (AARGM-ER).

Turkish industry is investing in the development of self-protection systems destined for use on the country’s growing fleet of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS).

JISS is calling for Japan's Defense Ministry and the Japan Self-Defense Forces to develop its own tactical surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking satellites.

U.S. refusal to sell the F-35 to Taiwan, and the subsequent failure of the country’s indigenous Advanced Defense Fighter, has reshaped Taipei’s thinking in the face of continued Chinese encroachment.

Boeing employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) voted down the latest contract offer.

As a technicality threatens to disrupt the program, Army officials laid out long-term plans for fielding and upgrading the future HADES fleet.

To cut mishaps by half, the service is focusing on ground-handling incidents that damage aircraft.

BRANFORD CASTLE has acquired HOFFMAN ENGINEERING, CT (night vision systems) from Trident Maritime Systems.

In mid-October, the S500 BAT clocked its highest operating altitude yet, rising to 500 m (1,640 ft.) above ground.

The feasibility review for the Light Transport Aircraft Project follows the completion of a survey sent out to the aviation market.

A UAE Armed Forces-owned TB2 released Edge’s Desert Sting in a test earlier this year.

The Space Force in 2021 selected Millennium and Raytheon, an RTX company, for the Epoch 1 program.

The demonstration is intended to show that commercial satellites can connect via laser communications to the PWSA.

The full upgrade package, worth up to $7.3 billion, would raise Poland’s F-16C/Ds to the Block 70 standard, also known as the Viper configuration.

SNC bested a team of L3Harris, Leidos and MAG Aerospace for the award.

The first of the three modified Bombardier G6000 aircraft flew in September.

Gunfire and explosions were heard at the company site west of Ankara.

UAE Defense company Calidus Aerospace has signed a heads of terms agreement with Havelsan for the sale of Ground Based Training System (GBTS) for Calidus aerial platforms.

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) today suffered a ‘terrorist attack’ killing at least four people and injuring nine.

The Trinity House Agreement, signed by UK Defense Secretary John Healey and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius, is being hailed as a “fundamental shift."

A new defense market reality is emerging in the country as Tokyo seeks to increase its exports.