Defense

Saudi Arabia’s SAMI (Saudi Arabia Military Industries), a Saudi Public Investment, created in January 2018 is expanding at quite a ferocious pace. That’s been a priority for CEO Walid Abukhaled, who has worked hard to ensure SAMI meets the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030, with the need to localise 50 per cent of Saudi’s defence spending a top priority. Alan Warnes investigates.

Beta Technologies says it has completed two more evaluation deployments for the U.S. Air Force with its prototype Alia electric aircraft.

After months of preparation, Ukraine is about to receive its first batch of F-16s to help it battle Russia.

The newly expanded consortium will also explore opportunities for the Dream Chaser in Japan and across the Asian continent.

The U.S. Marine Corps has chosen Leonardo’s AW139 medium helicopter to demonstrate autonomous logistics resupply.

The NTSB is leading the investigation of the crash of an amphibious air tanker that killed a veteran agricultural aviation pilot and native of Brazil.

UK Royal Air Force Air Marshal Paul Godfrey most recently served as the first commander of UK Space Command.

Tehran’s proxies from the north and south launched 200 or so projectiles.

Tokyo says construction of the destroyer-sized ASEV has been expedited to begin in fiscal 2024.

Maj. Robert Jeł died when the aircraft failed to pull out of an aerobatic maneuver during a rehearsal ahead of the planned Naval Aviation Day on July 13.

Russia plans to cancel the development of its future nuclear-powered Zevs (Zeus) space tug due to financial hurdles and a lack of suitable missions.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket broke apart in the final stage of flight, leaving some Starlink satellites in lower-than-intended orbits and sidelining the vehicle.

Northrop Grumman’s 20th Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS departed with more than 7,300 lb. of trash for a destructive reentry into the atmosphere.

Aerospace and defense company Nammo plans to boost rocket-motor production capacity under a deal with the Norwegian government.

Will engine-makers be enticed to try to meet requirements for the two new notional civil and military aircraft that need an engine that does not yet exist?

Two new spaceports in Scotland are preparing to service rockets heading to LEO and polar orbit, positioning the UK as a new player in the small launch market.

While aerospace and defense companies have lately enjoyed an embarrassment of riches in demand, that has exposed severe weaknesses in their ability to execute.

The two-decade experiment known as Spirit AeroSystems is set for a dramatic and rocky close.

As fixed-price deals signed years ago continue to burden balance sheets, Boeing Defense and Space is focusing on smart growth opportunities.

Lt. Gen. Michael Schmidt, the F-35 program executive officer, on July 11 approved the so-called “truncation plan.”

METREA, DC completed acquisition of 14 KC-135 tankers from French Air and Space Forces; first 11 delivered.

France, Germany, Italy and Poland signed a memorandum of understanding at the NATO Summit to partner on the European Long Range Strike Approach (ELSA).

Landing gear specialist Héroux-Devtek of Quebec, Canada, has agreed to be acquired and taken private by a U.S. private equity firm for about $1.35 billion.

The tankers add to the four boom-equipped KC-135Rs that Metrea acquired from the Republic of Singapore Air Force in 2021.

The OK signals challenges for NASA to achieve ambitious goals .