Defense

EDGE Group has announced the addition of International Golden Group (IGG) to the EDGE portfolio of companies.
Defense

Saab and UAE Ministry of Defence have signed a contract for in-service support for the GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW+C) solution.
Defense

Aviation Week Network, in collaboration with Accenture, has revealed the winners of the 2024 20 Twenties Awards program.
Future Leaders

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force flight-related incidents increased in 2023, while Navy and Marine Corps rates stayed steady.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A specialist in experimental rotorcraft, Piasecki eyes the transition from R&D to production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The startup details the Quarterhorse flight-test plan as concept design work accelerates for the follow-on Darkhorse hypersonic cruiser.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Richard Aboulafia
We may be witnessing the slow demise of what was once the world’s greatest aerospace company, with few identifiable roadblocks to an act of self-immolation.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
The Midnight has six of Archer’s proprietary battery packs, each of which contains more than 1,000 cylindrical lithium-ion cells developed by Molicel.
Advanced Air Mobility

LOCKHEED MARTIN delivered the first of eight C-130J-30s to the Savannah-based GEORGIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD.

Defense

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
The Pentagon's top weapons buyer has given Northrop Grumman the go-ahead for low-rate production of the B-21 Raider.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. and UK on Jan. 22 conducted another round of air strikes on Houthi militia targets inside Yemen.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
An unusual level of suspense comes with Lockheed Martin’s first quarterly status update on the F-35 program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced sanctions against the Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad for providing materiel support to Iranian-backed militias.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Viasat demonstrated its system using Cranfield University’s National Flying Laboratory Center’s Saab 340B twin-turboprop in January.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
JAXA has temporarily powered down its ailing lunar lander so that it has sufficient power to restart the craft once the Sun shines on it at the right angle.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK is set to upgrade the Sea Viper air defense system that equips its Type 45 destroyers to enable improved capabilities against ballistic missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
German lawmakers have approved €1.23 billion ($1.34 billion) in funding for the development of a new mobile short-range air defense system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space has successfully completed an ultimate burst pressure test of a full-size inflatable space station module, rupturing the structure at 77 psi.
Space

The Lebanese Air Force is expanding the pool from which it recruits its aircrew.
Defense

By Brian Everstine
Ahead of an expected major award for a new fleet, delays hit prototypes that had been expected to be fielded in January 2024.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
The Dragon Freedom capsule made contact with the orbital lab's U.S. segment Harmony module at 5:42 a.m. EST, initiating a 15-min. docking sequence.
Space

By Steve Trimble
During a test run on the ground, the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine ingested a flashlight left inside an inlet during a maintenance inspection.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Japan has become the fifth country to soft-land a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, but engineers are assessing an issue with its power system.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Kaman, a storied pioneer of helicopters and UAVs and scion of New England aerospace, will be acquired by private-equity firm Arcline Investment Management.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Congressional leaders are planning to increase oversight of the U.S. Air Force’s massive intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernization program.
Missile Defense & Weapons