Defense

By Graham Warwick
New Zealand’s Dawn Aerospace has been certified to fly its Mk. 2 Aurora reusable suborbital spaceplane demonstrator at unlimited speed up to 80,000 ft.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is targeting development of ERAM—a new class of air-launched precision munition for Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Selected to meet the initial Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (iAFSC) requirement, the Boeing E-7 will replace NATO's aging E-3 Sentry fleet by 2035.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea has contracted Hanwha Aerospace to mass produce a high-powered directed-energy weapon, which the country hopes to operationalize by year's end.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
Mounting losses have prompted greater caution among some defense companies as Pentagon officials stand by fixed-price acquisition strategies.
Farnborough Airshow

By Jens Flottau, Robert Wall
Guillaume Faury is looking to bring more work in-house in order to deal with supplier issues.
Farnborough Airshow

By Irene Klotz
Matching NASA’s needs with the ideal contracting mechanism is a challenge.
Space

By Brian Everstine
A Pentagon review finds an 81% cost increase, although officials determine the program must continue after being restructured.
Farnborough Airshow

By Thierry Dubois
Launch service provider Arianespace’s order backlog totals 29 missions, with the next being planned for December.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The milestone came technically a year late due to production problems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The MOU, signed July 9, is a new milestone for the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space initiative.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

SAUDI ARABIA ordered four more A330MRTTs for entry into service from 2027.

Defense

By Tony Osborne
Germany, Italy and the Netherlands are buying 940 Stinger Block 1 missiles from Raytheon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
The mission, designated Artemis IV, is to be the first aboard the more powerful SLS Block 1 rocket.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
Starliner was launched June 5 on an anticipated nine-day flight test.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach added to the uncertainty facing the F-22 replacement, saying there are no plans to retire the fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Swedish defense materiel agency FMV announced July 10 that it has signed a contract to buy 12 additional UH-60Ms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The deployments will include “developmental hypersonic weapons.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
The Series B will bolster the Albuquerque, New Mexico, startup’s expansion plans for a new solid rocket motor factory in Luling, Texas.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
France is closing in on an acquisition of Saab’s GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft, a media report says.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
Ukrainian pilots will fly Lockheed Martin F-16s in the country’s skies this summer as the official handover is underway.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Saudi Arabia is set to become the largest operator of Airbus’ A330 MRTT outside Europe after Riyadh signed a top-up order.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Vivienne Machi
Italian space logistics company D-Orbit has established a U.S.-based joint venture focused on satellite bus design, manufacturing and sales.
Space

Saudi Arabia has ordered four additional Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft for the Royal Saudi Arabia Air Force (RSAF).
Defense

By Kurt Hofmann
Austria is seeking a replacement for the Saab 105 jet trainer, with the Boeing-Saab T-7, Leonardo M-346FA and Aero Vodochody L-39N in the running.
Light Attack and Advanced Training