Defense

Airbus is finalizing the configuration of a maritime patrol variant of its C295 turboprop airlifter for Spain.

Flight testing in the Auto’Mate project will see a DT-25 target drone flying in close formation with Airbus’ A310 MRTT demonstrator next year.

With an estimated $1 trillion being invested in European defense by the turn of the decade, the post-Cold War peace dividend has passed.

In a public “town hall,” NASA’s top administrators praised the agency’s workforce for achieving a range of milestones in 2022.

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP airborne telescope has been retired to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona.

Quantum Space has raised $15 million to develop a network of “Scout” spacecraft throughout cislunar space.

Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney have unveiled a new power and cooling system for the proposed upgraded F135 engine core.

Consulting giant Accenture’s venture capital arm has signed a strategic deal with space-based Earth data upstart Planet Labs.

Boom has revealed the formation of an industry team to design, develop and support a purpose-designed propulsion system for its Mach 1.7 Overture transport.

The Polish military prime is hoping to participate in the KAI KF-21 fighter program which could see development of a new variant.

Australia Realigns Its Military In Light Of Regional Security Risks

Three areas of concern regarding the possible impact on U.S. defense of Boeing’s difficulties.

MAGELLAN AEROSPACE extended deal with BAE Systems to continue to manufacture F-35 horizontal tail assemblies.

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK was selected by Boeing to provide Total Component Support for four P-8As for New Zealand.

Unprecedented high-altitude weather triggered a series of events which led to the loss of Airbus’ Zephyr high-altitude pseudo satellite.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander into space on Dec. 11 from Cape Canaveral.

Japan will replace all of its army’s attack and scout helicopters with uncrewed aircraft systems, the Yomiuri newspaper reported.

One of the U.S. Air Force’s remaining B-1B Lancer wings is working to become an expert in using standoff weapons.

The 2020s will be the decade of the satellite, according to a new Euroconsult forecast.

The U.S. Air Force has conducted its first all-up-round test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW),

A Defense Security Review of Australia is reportedly considering the acquisition of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider within the next decade.

With NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft back on Earth, the space agency can began to look ahead with a sharper focus to Artemis II.

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has won a potential $42.2 million DARPA contract to build and fly an X-plane.

Aviation Week has assembled this guide to some of the most important contests that are unfolding between 2023 and 2032.

The 25-day, uncrewed Artemis I mission ended exactly 50 years to the day after the Apollo 17 Moon landing.