Defense

The U.S. Air Force will buy three new General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft.

Ukraine has about 60 aircraft remaining, but those have been made “worthless” in the face of highly effective Russian air defenses.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency sent a destruct command to the new H3 rocket March 7 after a successful initial liftoff.

The UK and German air forces have linked arms to undertake a joint air policing mission from Estonia.

The F-35 Joint Program Office suspended F-35 deliveries and halted production flight operations after the Dec. 15 crash of a Lockheed-owned F-35B.

The contractual milestone ends a four-year negotiating process with the F-35 Joint Program Office as the U.S. Air Force evaluates a replacement engine.

Airborne testing for the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 fighter with an active electronically scanned array radar is underway.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.