Defense

By Mark Carreau
With the predicted approach of a tropical storm this weekend, NASA and SpaceX could be challenged to launch the 21st Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill passed by Senate appropriators proposes to acquire 255 new military aircraft, or 19 more than the Pentagon requested.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
Pentagon civilian leaders have reversed course on support for a submarine-launched, low-yield nuclear missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The signing of the Milestone B acquisition decision memorandum earlier this week comes 20 months after Bell won a four-year-long competition.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has proposed a high-altitude balloon program as an option for the broader Replicator initiative to accelerate new autonomous systems.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
The Indonesian Air Force is set to buy a fleet of Bayraktar TB2 uncrewed aerial systems to bolster its surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
Kelly Ortberg has a stellar track record as an aerospace CEO, but he faces momentous challenges in Seattle.
Check 6

By Tony Osborne
Compound, conventional rotorcraft and tiltrotors are among the technologies being proposed by industry for NATO’s future rotorcraft needs.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Leadership sets the tone, and incoming Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg has results and relations.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brandon Patrick
The Royal Jordanian Air Force spent the latter half of the 2010s working to divest itself of aircraft programs in an effort to slow an oncoming budgetary crisis in the country. But notwithstanding constrained funding, the need for a strong regional bloc to counterbalance growing instability in the region remains strong.
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DE HAVILLAND CANADA booked orders for 11 DHC-515 firefighting aircraft from GREECE, CROATIA and PORTUGAL.

Defense

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The Crew Flight Test of the Boeing-built CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has marked its eighth week docked at the International Space Station.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Senate appropriators are seeking to reverse some of the Pentagon’s proposed development cutbacks as part of an $852.2 billion fiscal 2025 defense spending bill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The dual-thrust solid rocket motor for BlueHalo’s Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1) completed several rounds of testing since being selected by the Army,
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is placing more precautions on its CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor fleet after investigators found a catastrophic failure of the aircraft’s gearbox.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
The F-16 training school set up in Romania has graduated its first students but has yet to train Ukrainian pilots.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA must document efforts to address the greater-than-planned mass of the first two modules for its lunar-orbiting human-tended Gateway, says GAO auditors.
Space

By Robert Wall
BAE Systems will keep an eye on possible defense consolidation in Europe, company CEO Charles Woodburn says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
MTU Aero Engines reports that the time in shop to overhaul some PW1000G geared-turbofan engines has fallen below 100 days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
Korea Aerospace Industries has shrunk its loyal wingman concept to quell concerns about how much it might cost.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine, Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
With CCA projects emerging across the world, engine manufacturers are mobilizing to secure a piece of the burgeoning market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The Pentagon is exploring using commercial launch vehicles for point-to-point delivery by the 2030s.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A new U.S. defense project is devoted to converting two General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-20s into air-to-air adversaries for training fighter pilots.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Michael Bruno
Boeing CFO Brian West indicated that the troubled airframer and large defense prime will see another year full of red ink when 2024 results are reported.
Aircraft & Propulsion

A “Next Generation Airlift — Last Tactical Leg” (NGAL-LTL) program appeared on a list of upcoming contract opportunities on a recorded briefing on July 29.
Multi-Mission Aircraft