Defense and Space

The U.S. has announced it will commit thousands of unguided air-to-ground rockets to Ukraine.

The Air Force’s future ground-moving target indication capability from space will be a scaled-up version of an existing NRO-designed constellation.

Mercury Systems had a respectable fiscal 3Q, but overshadowing the performance was significant pressure on margins tied to slow-moving development programs.

Turkish Aerospace currently plans to deliver the first three helicopters to Turkey’s military police, the Jandarma, this year.

ST Engineering says the Veloce 60 (V60) vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) drone is in its final stage of development and nearing production.

Turkey has named a former air force F-16 pilot as its first astronaut.

Taiwanese uncrewed aircraft systems company Thunder Tiger Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. firm Imsar to develop drones.

Under the AFWerx contract, Pittsburgh-based Near Earth will develop an architecture that enables autonomous aircraft to operate safely and efficiently.

The Kremlin statement is the first report of a strike attempt that reached the center of the Russian capital.

Digital engineering had promised to deliver the trainer within six years of contract award, but problems have conspired to stretch Boeing’s schedule to 8 years.

Strategy of denial also focuses on cyber, space and anti-access, aerial-denial weaponry.

GE Aerospace has launched a third series of monthslong ground tests on the XA100 adaptive turbofan engine.

The XA102 is the designation for GE’s proposed propulsion system for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation, crewed fighter aircraft.

The Airbus Perlan 2 stratospheric glider is en route to South America.

Lulav Space’s engineers gained experience with lunar guidance, navigation and control via prior work on the Beresheet 1 lunar lander mission in 2019.

The U.S. Air Force has pressed to accelerate its E-7A Wedgetail program to replace the aging E-3 AWACS and has received increased funding to do so.

The U.S. Air Force expects to move its next-generation air-to-air missile into production next year.

The multiyear MSR mission is being jointly led by NASA and the European Space Agency.

Woodward’s sales rose 22% annually to $718 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2023, driven by robust demand in the aerospace and industrial markets.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet has “recently” tracked balloons across the Pacific and can down them if required, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Samuel Paparo says.

Dual-use aircraft could serve as a military tanker while ushering Northrop Grumman into the airliner business.

British Army Apache attack helicopters look set to add the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) guided-rocket system.

Tools created to save ailing suppliers, such as a dedicated investment fund, are becoming permanent.

Competition from lower-tier suppliers and other countries is picking up.

The first visit in four years by U.S. defense contractors to the island democracy will focus on joint production of drones and ammunition.