Defense

By Sean Broderick
Boeing is approaching a monthly production rate of 38 737s per month and remains on pace to reach the 50s in the second half of 2026, CEO Kelly Ortberg said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Bell kicked off a local campaign this week to sell the MV-75 tiltrotor to the Canadian military.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Bell MV-75 Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft is the U.S. Army’s first major acquisition system to use model-based systems engineering from the outset.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Editors share their impressions of an in-depth conversation with Kelly Ortberg after the Boeing CEO spoke exclusively with Aviation Week.
Check 6

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. military and intelligence communities are dividing up responsibilities for remote-sensing data acquisition.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
The CEO talks about his plans for a turnaround, Boeing’s future in space, when it might launch a new airliner and the huge F-47 fighter win.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Saab formally declared the GlobalEye aircraft a candidate for Canada’s requirement for an airborne early warning and control platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Germany has pledged an additional €5 billion ($5.65 billion) to aid Ukraine’s defenses and boost the country’s ability to strike at long-range against Russia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will develop a stealthy uncrewed aircraft system powered by a novel hybrid-electric propulsion system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Heico posted double-digit sales growth in the second quarter of fiscal 2025.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Czech airframer Aero Vodochody has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin for the development of a reconnaissance pod.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A $61 billion price tag for Canada to participate in the Golden Dome air and missile defense system came as a surprise to Canadian national security leaders.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Indonesia has declared it will acquire an additional batch of Dassault Rafales from France.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The Israel Defense Ministry says its military has engaged “scores of enemy threats” using a high-power laser.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Senior Pentagon leadership is taking an ax to the office charged with overseeing test and evaluation of its weapon systems.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman is pressing the U.S. Air Force to increase the pace of B-21 procurement and the overall buy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin has outlined a series of upgrades to the F-35 that could provide fifth-generation-plus capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Royal Canadian Air Force pilots recently started familiarization training on Lockheed Martin F-35As.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Turkey and Belgium are planning to join a multinational effort to provide drones to Ukraine, the Latvian government that leads the effort with the UK said.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Leonardo is starting to define program plans for a 20-satellite low-Earth-orbit constellation in one of the first big efforts for its new space division.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to sign an accord to join a European rearmament plan in a move to diversify its defense portfolio beyond the U.S.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Oscar Nkala
The US State Department has contracted helicopter manufacturer Bell Textron to supply an undisclosed number of Bell 412 enhanced performance exportable medium lift transport helicopters to the Zambian Air Force at an estimated cost of US$100 million.
Defense

By Robert Wall
Japanese launcher-maker Space One says it has secured a contract to launch a Japanese Defense Ministry Earth-observation satellite.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The German government indicates there may be hope to salvage two OHB-built synthetic aperture radars that never became operational due to technical problems.
Satellites

Aviation Week Network Staff
The cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s June 2, 1975, issue depicts the first prototype of the European multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) flying over its flight test base at Manching, Germany.
Defense