Defense and Space

The new owners of MD Helicopters are envisioning raising production to 50 helicopters a year by 2025.

Although fighters and long-range missiles have topped Ukraine’s urgent cries for more weapons from the West, attack helicopters also are on the list.

China’s defense budget is set to increase by 7.1% for fiscal 2023, rising from CNY1,450.4 billion to CNY1,553.7 billion ($224.9 billion).

Wu Ximing, designer of the CAIC Z-10 attack helicopter, has commented on development of a new rotorcraft as China increases its defense budget.

Boeing has emerged as a surprise teammate in Airbus’ efforts to offer a military version of its H175 super-medium helicopter to the UK.

The newest players in the space industry have some familiar names.

Honda pursues SAF; Lithium-air battery; Fly-by-wire for GA; SAF from camelina.

The F-35 Joint Program Office has issued a directive recommending that all Pratt & Whitney F135 engines be retrofitted within 90 days.

South Korea’s DAPA has unveiled a new plan to develop a 15,000-lb.-thrust-class turbofan engine as a national research and development project.

An Australian company has revealed that it has been supplying a small logistics drone made out of cardboard to the Ukrainian military for several months.

CesiumAstro has won a contract from the Space Development Agency to further develop its multibeam, L-Band active electronically steerable array antenna.

A manufacturing issue in the Zefiro 40 second stage’s nozzle led to the failure of the first commercial mission for a Vega-C launcher.

Australia’s newly established DSC is looking for a non-kinetic capability aimed to “detect and deter” attempts to interfere with its use of the space domain.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Dragon spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station early March 3.

The latest set of Joint Strike Fighters is due to arrive during an important phase in the service’s modernization plans.

NATO has received information on Boeing’s E-7, Northrop Grumman’s E-2 Hawkeye and Saab’s GlobalEye as it considers an interim AEW platform.

The satellites are to be part of the U.S. Space Force’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has pushed back the planned demonstration of an amphibious MC-130J.

GA-ASI and Cobham Australia had previously teamed up to supply 12 armed MQ-9B SkyGuardian uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) to the Royal Australian Air Force.

Bosses at a Welsh startup whose satellite was lost in the failed Virgin Orbit launch from the UK have criticized the country’s approach to sat licensing.

Pilatus delivered 133 aircraft in 2022, according to the OEM’s annual report for 2022 published March 2.

L3Harris is converting the first two AirTractor AT-802s to the special operations OA-1K armed overwatch aircraft ahead of planned government verification tests.

Hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus expects to receive Pratt & Whitney’s F100-229 military turbofan for tests later this year.

Saudi Arabia and the UK have signed an agreement for closer collaboration concerning future combat aircraft.

At 12:47 a.m., the Dragon Endeavor capsule successfully separated from the Falcon 9 second stage, heading on its way to the ISS.