Defense

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force has deployed its Airbus H120 light helicopters in a special operations role.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
French President Emmanuel Macron says his government has approved Ukraine to produce Aster 30 air defense missiles under license, as well as AASM standoff munitions and Scalp cruise missiles.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
South Korea’s plans to upgrade its Boeing F-15Es with the BAE Systems ALQ-250 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) are advancing under a contract for delivery of the system.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
The UK is putting low-level funding into low-cost interceptors from Frankenberg Technologies, Greenjets and Cambridge Aerospace.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
TransDigm Group announced July 13 it will not acquire Stellant Systems from its private equity owners, marking a rare, failed takeover attempt due to U.S. regulatory resistance.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
National Reconnaissance Office Director Christopher Scolese retired July 10 after leading the intelligence agency since 2019, an agency announcement says.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
A new Air Force Research Laboratory request for information seeks to lay the groundwork for rocket-based combined cycle propulsion system featuring a rotating detonation rocket engine core.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing has spent about $200 million in the past two years to raise its own capacity of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 production.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
France completes Rafale laser-guided rocket trials to expand counter-drone capabilities and expects operational readiness for the system this month.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Dassault says it has demonstrated the use of its Rafale fighter in cooperation with an uncrewed air vehicle in a mock attack on an adversary’s air defenses.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Kongsberg is setting expansion plans for its newly acquired U.S. business Zone 5, looking for European partners to set up production capacity.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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Defense

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force will go ahead with keeping a two-pilot crew for its new B-21 bomber, despite a push from the prior leader of Air Force Global Strike Command.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has kicked off a competition to build an interceptor with a goal of testing within the next several months and possibly fielding it within a year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Marine Corps on June 30 successfully test-fired its new mobile medium-range air defense system in an exercise at the service’s newest base.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Turkey has begun talks with Russia to enable it to sell on the controversial S-400 air defense system, the purchase of which got it banished from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Ukraine will try to develop a missile defense system with performance similar to the U.S. Patriot but with an eye on easier interceptor production.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Australia and the U.S. have conducted the first live-fire test of a new medium-range surface-to-air missile system based on the RTX Standard Missile-2.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. military’s key intelligence partners will soon be able to use the U.S. Space Force’s new domain awareness platform ATLAS thanks to forthcoming upgrades.
Operations & Safety

Aviation Week Staff
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works unveiled its 90-ft.-wingspan Polecat uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) demonstrator at the 2006 Farnborough air show.
Defense

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
In a sign of the times, NATO gets its new flagship aircraft not from the U.S. but from a Swedish system based on a Canadian platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Rachel Hutchison, Craig Caffrey
Aviation Week Defense Market Analyzer data shows that spending by militaries around the world is set to spike in 2027.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
“It’s a different Boeing showing up,” said Steve Parker, Boeing Defense, Space and Security CEO, ahead of major fighter decision.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
After demonstrating recent battlefield successes, Kyiv is making a big push to market its military technology expertise to the world.
Aircraft & Propulsion