Defense

Aviation Week Staff
The Russian government has canceled MAKS-2024, the country’s major air show.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The move is part of preparations for the first flight of the Miura 5 rocket, planned for late 2025.
Commercial Space

By Mark Pilling
The UAE’s fast-growing defence technology conglomerate Edge Group has a new leader in Hamad Al Marar, but its vision and mission are undisturbed.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Boeing started receiving the marketing licenses for the MQ-25 in late 2022 for Australia, France, Japan and the UK, but withheld release of the information.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Leonardo says its AW609 tiltrotor has completed ship trials involving the Italian Navy’s Cavour aircraft carrier.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
MTU and Safran have formed the European Military Rotorcraft Engine Alliance to produce a powerplant for the EU Next-Generation Rotorcraft Technologies project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
NATO members have appointed former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the 32-country security organization’s next Secretary General.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia’s United Engine Corporation has handed over new VK650V turboshaft engines to be flight-tested on the Ansat light-twin helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Will Bombardier’s military work help it evolve into a stronger competitor?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
The Brazilian manufacturer has had some success selling its military transport internationally, but the biggest campaigns are yet to come.
GASCC & RIAT

By Irene Klotz
Firefly Aerospace plans to use the Virginia-owned launchpad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for East Coast launches of its Alpha small-satellite rocket.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The White House appears set to allow American military contractors to travel and work in Ukraine to keep U.S.-provided weapons in operation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has relieved the leader of the LGM-35A Sentinel Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The company received a prior delisting warning from the stock exchange in October 2023.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket being prepared to fly a dual-purpose mission this fall arrived at Cape Canaveral on June 24 ahead of a planned September launch.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The five recommendations are among nine identified by the GAO in May 2023 as “priority” that still await full implementation.
Space

By Robert Wall
The critical design review for the Eurodrone project is now scheduled for May 2025, reflecting delays in completing the program’s preliminary design review.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Ahead of Ariane 6's inaugural mission scheduled for July, its manufacturer ArianeGroup says the demand is there to increase planned production rates.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
The Chang’e 6 mission's return module has brought back samples from the far side of the Moon to Earth for the first time in the history of space exploration.
Space

By Kim Minseok
South Korea has awarded initial production contracts for the KF-21 fighter jet to KAI, Hanwha Aerospace and Hanwha Systems.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Airbus is considering major changes to its space operations after a program review identified almost $1 billion in higher costs on critical satellite contracts.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Next-Generation Air Dominance is in question as top service officials say the 2026 budget will include hard decisions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
U.S. Space Command wants to launch a pilot program that can parse out and fuse together data coming off of commercial and government remote sensing assets.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A large, hybrid-electric-powered flying wing aircraft designed by Northrop Grumman now boasts a military designation number.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The Next-Gen OPIR program includes two satellites for use in geostationary orbit.
Space