Defense

The £4 billion ($4.9 billion) deal will see MBDA transfer technologies and knowledge to Polish defense group PGZ.

Thailand has quietly signed an MOU with Israel's Rafael that will see the potential manufacturing and assembly of Rafael's Spike anti-tank missiles in Thailand.

Geopolitical tensions create a demand for carrier deployments that is not likely to abate soon.

Nearly 2,000 cubesats have been launched in the past 20 years.

The panelists spoke Nov. 7 during a discussion on the first day of Aviation Week’s A&D Programs event in Washington.

The European Space Agency’s newly launched Euclid telescope has captured a smattering of sharp, wide-field images of galaxies near and far.

Textron has won Foreign Military Sales orders for maritime patrol aircraft versions of the King Air 360 ordered by two countries in South America.

DARPA plans to select designs from one or more of the companies to build a prototype to fly in 2027.

The USAF is shopping for a new contractor to operate the fleet of Boeing 737-600s that ferries workers from Las Vegas to secretive locations in the region.

The five aircraft touched down at the Fetești air base near Constanta, Romania, on Nov. 7, ahead of the formal opening of the European F-16 Training Center.

The proposals to develop further missions for the Gripen are part of updated military advice provided to Stockholm by commander-in-chief General Micael Bydén.

A Saab official tells Aerospace DAILY that Bangkok says procurement of an F-16 replacement is "going to be a competition."

A reporter riding on a Grumman C-2A considers what is in store for future aircraft carrier delivery.

The type, a step down in size from cubesats, is popular for experiments and tech demos.

The demo would be led by the Space Technology Mission Directorate.

The 250-lb. Munition — also known as Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB-II) — reached the early operational capability milestone with the Navy in October.

Norway’s Andøya Spaceport has opened new facilities to enable satellite launches from the High North of Scandinavia.

The platform debuted at the Defense & Security 2023 exhibition in Bangkok.

The U.S. Air Force could operate high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) from RAF Fairford, England.

Emirati defense conglomerate Edge Group has purchased a majority stake in Switzerland-based vertical-takeoff-and-landing UAS developer Anavia.

A $12.7 million grant awarded on Oct. 30 to IperionX Technology by the Pentagon will help commission and scale up a titanium plant in Halifax County, Virginia.

China’s iSpace has completed the country’s first test of a reusable rocket, performing a 50-sec. "hop" with the first stage of its Hyperbola-2 launch vehicle.

The threat of intense air attacks from UAVs, missiles and rockets are increasing and many defence contractors will be at next week’s Dubai International Air Show ready to counter these threats.

CVN 73 aims to shake off its reputation from prolonged maintenance and bring new capabilities to the Pacific.

U.S. Air Force welcomes eCTOL; simulating hydrogen turnaround; China’s TCab flies eVTOL; and flying quantum sensor.