Defense

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
BOEING gets order for four FMS P-8As ... SSC expands network in Finland... VECTOR UAS for Romania...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Steve Trimble
Canada’s industrial base features all of the components necessary to develop a domestic Autonomous Collaborative Platform. And yet no company has done so.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters has opened a maintenance, repair facility in London that will serve the company’s growing number of UK rotorcraft customers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
As a Canadian review of fighter acquisition plans continues, a top Saab executive says the domestic defense industry could play a role in Ukraine’s plan to acquire an initial batch of up to 20 Saab Gripen E/F fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Canada is fast-tracking the acquisition and testing process for multidomain and autonomous surveillance systems compatible with harsh arctic conditions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The Swiss government says its first Lockheed Martin F-35 has entered final assembly as the customer and company work toward first customer delivery next year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo is planning to grow its UK headcount beyond 10,000 people as the company sees greater commitments from the government on defense and security spending.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Ukraine will receive 16 donated Saab Gripen fighters from Sweden once it finalizes the first stage of a deal to acquire new-build Gripen Es.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Hermeus has received a $159 million contract extension from the DIU to support a high-speed, uncrewed testbed aircraft and open up other opportunities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
The German market is an early proving ground for companies vying to equip European air forces with collaborative combat aircraft to augment crewed fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The command weighs upgrade options for the new MV-75 tiltrotor while modifying its existing special ops helicopter fleet.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Quantum computers could outperform classical processors as soon as 2027 for certain defense logistics applications, quantum software developer Q-CTRL says.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
House authorizers want the Pentagon to designate a point person to oversee the Defense Department-wide position, navigation and timing (PNT) enterprise.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
The Australian Army is in the middle of one of the largest transformations of its aviation force in decades, replacing troubled legacy fleets, expanding training capabilities and adapting aviation assets to support the country’s evolving defense strategy.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
The Czech Republic’s Police Aviation Service is to reequip and bolster its helicopter fleet with an order for 11 Airbus H145 twin-engine light helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Poland and the UK are set to push ahead with development of a new medium-range surface-to-air missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
ROCKET LAB passes Tranche 3 Tracking Layer review... HELI-ONE establishes S-92 support center in Brazil... ELBIT acquires BLUE WHITE ROBOTICS...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Steve Trimble
L3Harris executives said that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney surprised and “disappointed” them by announcing the selection of the Saab GlobalEye.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Staff
Thai Navy Orders Two C295s In ‘Enhanced Configuration’
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is looking for companies who could redesign and modify the cabin configuration of its new Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter as it is beginning service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to regenerate the supply chain for its small Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
ITPS Canada plans to expand training services by adding advanced lead-in fighter training for student pilots.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
Canadian industry will build one-third of the future export orders for the Saab Global Eye on a local assembly line, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on May 27.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Special Operations Command will not fly any crewed surveillance aircraft by 2029 as it phases out the in-demand U-28 Draco fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion