Defense

Speaking at Farnborough Airshow, a Boeing executive still sees an opportunity to win Italy as a customer for its KC-46A, even after Rome pulled the plug on contract talks.

Lockheed Martin ended a seven-month delivery suspension after the F-35 Joint Program Office accepted F-35s with “truncated” capabilities.

Speaking at Farnborough Airshow, CEO Yoav Tourgeman says Rafael is committed to R&D funding despite needing to ramp up production as its backlog rises.

"For more than 50 years, Farnborough has been an exhibit of British equipment only. 1974 marks the first Farnborough International Show."

Embraer says it has secured an order for six A-29 Super Tucanos from the Paraguayan Air Force, with deliveries set to commence next year.

Hanwha Aerospace says its ready to support the South Korean government when it decides how to pursue an indigenous engine program for the KF-21 fighter.

Airbus expects to deliver the first of its A330neo-based aerial refueling tankers before the end of the decade through the MRTT+ upgrade.

An Italian Air Force Eurofighter EFA 2000 Typhoon participating in Exercise Pitch Black crashed southwest of Darwin on July 24.

Many “emerging” technologies were thought of and first tried long ago.

Seven years after a pivotal demonstration, the service takes a key step toward fielding autonomous resupply rotorcraft.

The Lafayette, Colorado-based company will also increase its UK-based workforce to 15 employees and open a new office in Oxfordshire.

The Racer—short for Rapid and Cost-Effective Rotorcraft—reached 227 kt. (407 km/hr.) in level flight on June 21.

The demonstration aims to show Astroscale’s servicer spacecraft removing a Eutelsat OneWeb satellite from orbit.

From July 2023 until the middle of this month, the Pentagon had refused delivery of the world’s most advanced combat aircraft.

AIRBUS has 10-year NATO contract to provide simulation and training package for multinational A330MRTT fleet.

The booster will be taken to the Vehicle Assembly Building for flight preparations for Artemis II.

Previously a British Army Air Corps officer and test pilot, Peake is a veteran of a Russian Soyuz-launched 186-day mission to the International Space Station.

This was the first time RAN fired the NSM since it acquired the missile in January 2023.

TAI has launched assembly of the next two Kaan combat aircraft prototypes but issues within the supply chain are pacing the indigenous program.

LOCKHEED MARTIN had $1.64b net income on $18.1b sales in 2Q24 vs $1.68b on $16.7b in 2Q23. It delivered 24 aircraft/rotorcraft (four F-16s/five C-130Js/15 helicopters) vs 60 (45 F-35s/four C-130Js/28 helicopters) in 2Q23.

Dror Bar to an Executive Vice President of Israel Aerospace Industies and Chief Executive of ELTA Systems, Israel.

PARAGUAYAN AIR FORCE ordered six A-29 Super Tucanos for delivery from 2025; EMBRAER has now sold >260.

Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition Bill LaPlante says the U.S. Air Force and Navy need to be sure they are buying the right thing before pulling the trigger.

NASA is proceeding with plans to set up a new global Lunar Exploration Ground Sites communications network to support upcoming Moon missions seeking to establish a sustained human presence there.

Leonardo is talking to Airbus and Thales about linking their satellite manufacturing businesses, officials say—which could help the companies to deal with slow demand.