Defense

A Near Earth Autonomy-Kaman team and Piasecki Aircraft have won contracts to demonstrate UAVs for the U.S. Army’s HVTOL program.

Additional L3Harris counter-uncrewed aircraft systems are expected to be in Ukraine by year’s end.

Turkish uncrewed aircraft systems developer Baykar has begun initial ground tests of its latest platform, the Bayraktar TB3.

German industry is urging the government in Berlin to urgently decide on future investments in the Eurofighter.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is feeling good and so far pleased with how his body is responding to Earth’s gravity after a U.S. record-setting 371 days in space.

GE Aerospace has delivered the second T901 engine for installation in the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft prototypes.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket making a debut mission for NASA sent the Psyche spacecraft on a mission to explore a planetary body made mostly of metal.

NASA’s IG is calling for the agency to execute a more aggressive contract transition strategy as it works to reduce the cost of future SLS rocket production.

A look at several scenarios that could unfold in the Middle East.

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

With Ukrainian and U.S. munitions stockpiles in urgent need of replenishment, a new conflict in Israel could further stretch global supply chains for weapons.

Proteus Space, a startup satellite developer, closed a $4.2 million seed round to create an automated, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system to design ESPA-class satellites in 30 days.

L3Harris is co-primed with BAE Systems on the EC-37B.

EirTrade’s founder, Ken Fitzgibbon, will remain CEO and retain “significant equity ownership” in the 13-year-old Irish company.

The Pentagon’s nuclear posture is not capable of deterring both China and Russia simultaneously, a new report says.

The F124 powered the Boeing X-45A uncrewed combat aircraft system demonstrator in the early 2000, and now will be offered for Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

U.S. Air Force A-10 attack jets have arrived in the Middle East following the first delivery of military equipment to Israel.

No decision is expected from Buenos Aires until after national elections on Oct. 22, but the proposal comes at a difficult time for the Argentine economy.

The Quarterhorse Mk 0 is a less than 40-ft.-long mockup featuring the turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) Chimera 1 engine.

The demonstrator is representative of the Chaparral full-scale prototype that Elroy is preparing for flight testing.

ESSI was born out of concerns about Russia’s extensive use of ballistic and cruise missiles and one-way attack UAS in Ukraine.

The unarmed MQ-9s will fly in direct support of NATO’s so-called air-shielding mission, monitoring activity along Ukraine’s borders with alliance member states.

Use of the technology readiness level model for production is being reexamined.

The company plans to develop a fully autonomous docking system for the Cygnus.

NASA has postponed a pair of International Space Station spacewalks planned for Oct. 12 and Oct. 20 due to a coolant leak.