Defense

The new contract will replace the current Typhoon Total Availability eNterprise (TyTAN) arrangement in 2026.

Hensoldt, with partners Lufthansa Technik and Bombardier, recently celebrated the first flight of the heavily modified Global 6000.

The efforts come at a time that Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and elsewhere have demonstrated the risk to UAS attacks at sea.

France might approve the cession of 30 Mirage 2000-9E fighter jets by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF). This deal has been in the spotlight since the visit of the minister of foreign affairs, Nasser Bourita, in France, last April.

South Korea has selected Konan Technology to develop artificial intelligence (AI) software for the country’s future uncrewed air vehicles (UAV).

The cover of Aviation Week’s Nov. 14, 1994, issue shows Pratt & Whitney’s XTE-65/2 Joint Technology Demonstrator Engine running with a thrust-vectoring, thrust-reversing spherical convergent flap nozzle.

Airbus is proposing the development of the System and Teaming Advanced Research (STAR) demonstrator.

This year, that operational requirement comes as the U.S. Air Force also undergoes a large-scale overhaul of its force structure.

Contract negotiations with Spain for a second batch of 25 aircraft, called Halcon II, have concluded.

The Netherlands has signed a contract for 12 Airbus H225M Caracal helicopters to support Dutch special operations forces.

Italy has exercised an option to study the integration of the Naval Cruise Missile system on its FREMM frigates, the European defense materiel agency says.

Most defense programs end up more expensive than planned, but the B-21 is still cheaper than the Air Force expected. Supporters say it is time to buy.

The two OEMs’ key challenges are the extensive interdependencies across their shared supply chain.

The Air Force’s Air Mobility Command outlined its new expectation Nov. 1 during a presentation at the Airlift/Tanker Association conference.

SkyAlyne is acquiring 19 H135s to support Canada’s Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) Program.

Shawn Warren joined GE Aerospace’s team selling F110 engines in 2018 when the engine still had an uncertain future.

Amid an intensifying rivalry with the U.S., China is leveraging its dominance of critical mineral supply chains.

Airbus presented a model of the proposed aircraft at the Euronaval defense exhibition in Paris, held Nov. 4-7.

MBDA has unveiled the latest iteration of its Exocet submarine-launched anti-ship missile that features an engine upgrade to extend range and a seeker upgrade.

The UK Defense Ministry has awarded a contract to Airbus’s Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for an Earth-observation satellite in a push toward sovereign ISR.

JetZero has marked a key step toward development of its full-scale blended wing body demonstrator.

SK Capital has completed the acquisition of Parker Hannifin’s composites and fuel containment operations in North America, renaming it Axillon Aerospace.

At World Defense Show 2024, Professor General Adam Finlay, an Australian special forces commander and academic, delivered a presentation on the pivotal role of data and technologies in modern military operations.

Russia's 2025 budget will take defense spending to around 6.5% of GDP, the country's highest level since the end of the Cold War.

North Korea has announced the successful test-firing of the new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which was launched on the morning of Nov. 1.