A few days after Tehran and Washington reached a preliminary peace deal, the Iranian Red Crescent Society turned to Russia to renew its rotorcraft fleet.
Ukraine still needs a MALE uncrewed aircraft system to loiter in domestic airspace and shoot down incoming Russian attack drones and glide bombs, a co-owner of Ukrainian attack drone and missile-maker Fire Point says.
As a recipient of Aviation Week's 20 Twenties award, Daniella Bezuidenhout is making significant contributions to the future of urban air mobility through her research on aircraft noise prediction.
Join Aviation Week's defense experts for Day 2 coverage from Eurosatory. This episode dives into the latest developments in long-range strike capabilities and directed energy weapons reshaping modern warfare.
The move by Lockheed Martin and General Motors to come together and explore ways to join on expanding defense production capacity was largely done independently of direct Pentagon involvement.
The partnership of Renault Group and Thales to boost manufacturing capacity of loitering munitions is the latest example of companies investing in domestic capacity to ensure a sovereign drone-making industry.
An MBDA-led European effort to create a hypersonic glide vehicle to inform the development of a hypersonic interceptor also will support research on hypersonic deep strike capabilities as well.
The UK’s most senior military officer says funding shortfalls in the UK’s upcoming Defense Investment Plan would cause operational activities and exercises to be “dialed back” unless additional resources are added.
U.S. startup Mach Industries has confirmed it has won a Defense Innovation Unit contract to demo a hybrid-electric uncrewed long-range strike aircraft.
