Defense

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan is scrapping its Advanced Defense Fighter program, saying the country’s military primes do not possess sufficiently matured technologies to proceed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
France plans to send Ukraine Dassault Mirage 2000 fighters in the first three months of 2025, says the country's Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The startup aims for flight certification of a digital twin before the aircraft is physically built.
Emerging Technologies

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Naval Air Systems Command said in a statement that initial testing has been completed and the Navy will continue to test updates as necessary.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Video and imagery from Ukraine published Oct. 5 appears to show the secretive, tailless UCAV being engaged and shot down by its fighter escort.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Oslo says it is also spending additional money to improve the aircraft’s availability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has become the second nation in the Air Force Capability Coalition for Ukraine to deliver aircraft into the war-torn country.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
IAF sources told local media India Today that the exercise took place at Eastern Air Command “a few months ago.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Boeing has disclosed that it conducted the first flight of the Royal Thai Army’s AH-6i Little Bird in August.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Market research has started on a new intratheater airlifter program that could begin fielding hundreds of new aircraft after 2031.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Force’s SSC wants Impulse Space to demonstrate its Mira spacecraft quickly conducting space domain awareness missions.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
The aircraft rejoins Scaled’s growing developmental and experimental testbed fleet–dubbed “the Scaled Air Force” by Northrop.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The MOU was signed during a trip to Taiwan this week by an Oklahoma delegation led by Gov. Kevin Stitt.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sweden’s armed forces can begin developing space capabilities after the country’s government allocated SEK1 billion ($100 million) to the plans.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Spain’s Indra and Navantia have signed an agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to examine the Japanese company’s P-1 maritime patrol aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Washington will reportedly in 2025 assess Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology's capabilities to assemble Raytheon FIM-92 Stingers.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Lithuania is further stocking up on air defense equipment, signing deals with Saab and Kongsberg for short and medium-range systems.
Supply Chain

The first Mwari deployed in Mozambique has returned recently to Paramount’s aircraft production facility at Wonderboom Airport for its major OEM inspection (C-check ).
Defense

By Kim Minseok
KAI and Korean Air Aerospace Division have signed MOUs to support their bids to upgrade 36 of the country's Sikorsky UH-60P Black Hawks for special operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A multitude of autonomous flying vehicles sharing airspace with crewed aircraft over a battlefield raises concerns about safety.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Salient Motion aims to develop and certify actuation systems for highly regulated industries such as aerospace, defense and advanced manufacturing.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
All three parties—including Leidos-owned Dynetics—followed the same path to introduce the GBU-69 Small Glide Munition (SGM) nearly a decade ago.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Racer is currently in maintenance after its first 8 hr. of flight testing, during which it achieved speeds of 227 kt. in June after just seven flights.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Belgium, Denmark and Romania had entered preliminary discussions as of December 2023.
Missile Defense & Weapons