Defense

Former US Army Brigadier-General Joseph Rank is an experienced Middle East hand, having been defense attache in the the UAE, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen. Today he heads Lockheed Martin in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

A multi-orbit satellite architecture is key to the nation’s quest to “conquer the night.”

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

It is no surprise that Starship development is moving faster than the regulatory process.

Aviation Week editors take a break from Day 2 of the A&D Programs conference to tease out the intractable issues facing the industrial base.

NASA astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8, the first journey by human beings to the Moon, has passed away.

Four companies have each won a contract for initial development of a prototype for a consolidated ground system for new and existing missile warning satellites.

TransDigm said Nov. 9 that it would acquire the Electron Device Business of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) for $1.39 billion.

The U.S. Air Force’s first T-7A Red Hawk trainer has arrived at its main training base.

Ascent uses government-furnished Hawk T2s to provide Phase 2 fast jet training.

The German Parliament’s budget committee on Nov. 8 approved a change in the contract for the operation of the UAS.

The deal with RV Connex was made at the Defense & Security 2023 exhibition here in Bangkok, where EDGE is participating for the first time.

The SLC-40 upgrade has been spurred by SpaceX’s plans to launch the Starship Super Heavy from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B, but NASA had concerns.

The mission, known as USSF-52, will be the seventh for the two-vehicle fleet of Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicles.

Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) 2024 is set to accelerate business connections, collaboration and knowledge sharing in the Gulf.

After four years of assembly and decades of study and planning, Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane is ready for prelaunch environmental testing.

As E-2Cs retire, the service begins phased upgrades to the E-2D fleet, ending with the biggest modernization since it began fielding Advanced Hawkeyes in 2007.

Structures specialist Qarbon Aerospace and its private equity owners have named Michael Canario as Qarbon’s new CEO.

Houthi air defenses downed a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper over the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen on Nov. 8 in another increase in tensions in the Middle East.

Geopolitical tensions, particularly Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are driving the strongest defense market demand since 2008-09.

Frank Calvelli, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, spoke at Aviation Week’s A&D Programs conference on Nov. 7.

Additive manufacturing shop Sintavia has signed letter of intent to buy a large 3D printer.

Bulgaria is set to become the 32nd signatory to the Artemis Accords.

Additive manufacturing startup Velo3D is restructuring, including cutting 20% of its workforce.

Follow-up imagery from the NASA Lucy mission’s recent encounter with the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh has revealed a surprise.