Defense

By Tony Osborne
Italy is to fund a study into the air-launch of small satellites to give the country’s air force autonomous access to space.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

PHILIPPINES AIR FORCE ordered three new C-130Js for delivery in 2026.

Defense

By Helen Chachaty
France is to invest €6.41 billion ($6.75 billion) in the Dassault Rafale fighter program between 2023 and 2026 and has earmarked €5.36 billion after 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force may be developing an intercontinental conventional ballistic missile capability, the Pentagon warns.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
German lawmakers have approved the final and largest tranche of spending for the country’s purchase of the Israeli Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Finland’s Patria aerostructures company and U.S. support firm United Aero Group have teamed to provide refurbished UH-60 Black Hawks for the European market.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren
The Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) has approved acquisition of three new Lockheed Martin C-130J-30s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Kang Goo-young, chief of KAI, says that interest in the KF-21 has increased after witnessing test results and on-time development progression.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
No longer reliant on Russian engines, China is pushing fighter exports in new markets, but can it score a breakthrough order?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Investments into Eurofighter’s long-term evolution could support European FCAS plans, industry says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada Corp. has won the latest prototype award, facing off against a team led by L3Harris Technologies.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries have agreed to explore meeting the South Korean military requirement for 18 heavy-lift helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The chief of space operations has pressed for a review and changes to an anticipated strategy for how the Pentagon uses commercial space capabilities.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Lockheed CFO Jay Malave said the defense prime is facing a "headwind" from new financial charges relating to a classified missile program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
NASA has conducted the first of 12 ground-test firings to certify the upgraded Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engine for the Space Launch System rocket.
Space

By Michael Bruno
KKR has completed its acquisition of Circor, a key provider of flow-control products and services for the industrial, aerospace and defense markets.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Boeing has delivered four KC-46s so far this year, with no handovers to the U.S. Air Force since late August.
Supply Chain

By Kim Minseok
The Medium-Range Air-Launched Cruise Missile (MALCM)—designated KEPD 350K-2—will weigh around 2,000 lb., with range of 250 mi.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Hanwha Systems has unveiled a new active electronically scanned array radar designed for light combat aircraft, uncrewed combat aerial systems and helicopters.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Latvia plans to purchase MD530F single-engine light helicopters from MD Helicopters.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
Korea Aerospace Industries has selected Northrop Grumman’s Airborne Laser Mine Detection System for a new variant of the MUH-1 Marineon helicopter.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Taiwan has operated six Northrop Grumman E-2K Hawkeye aircraft with APS-145 radars, but the air force been looking for a replacement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The contract marks a continuation of the growing collaboration between KAI and European missile manufacturer MBDA.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Kim Minseok, Chen Chuanren
KAI revealed its development roadmap for the MC-X transport program at ADEX 2023, hinting at a "mothership" role to air-launch other platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Berkeley Space Center, unveiled Oct. 16, could see employment for more than 6,000 researchers and developers in astronautics, quantum computing and more.
Space