Defense

By Chen Chuanren
Elbit Systems has announced a $50 million contract from an unspecified international customer for its new Red Sky very short-range air defense system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Switzerland has made a request for information to industry on medium-range air defense systems to fill a capability gap.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
France's General Directorate for Armaments, DGA, has placed the first orders for long-lead items for the country’s future aircraft carrier.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Belgium has officially become an observer in the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Airbus officials have stated.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno, Tony Osborne
European satellite communications provider SES is to buy U.S.-based rival Intelsat in a bid to tackle competition from other low-Earth-orbit services.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX's resupply mission to the ISS, CRS-30, returned early April 30 with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.
Space

Saab has delivered its fourth GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the UAE.
Defense

By Matthew Jouppi
Lockheed’s road map to victory provides clues for the sixth-generation combat aircraft program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Six European countries are expected to have placed orders for 24 DHC-515s by the summer.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Thierry Dubois
Despite a comfortable backlog, the country’s industry continues to grapple with financial woes and recovering know-how.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX took on the mission of delivering two new members of Europe’s Galileo global navigation satellite system into orbit on April 28.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
PACAF officials decided that the situation demanded some operational creativity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

BOEING has assumed operations/capabilities of GKN Aerospace's facility in St. Louis, which produces critical parts for the F/A-18 and F-15 programs.

Defense

By Tony Osborne
French President Emmanuel Macron has hinted at the creation of a new European defense initiative around providing stronger air and missile defense for Europe.
Defense

By Guy Norris
In 2008 Piasecki and Boeing revealed they had worked together on a “minimum” modification of the Chinook, called the Tilt Duct CH-47.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Italy has joined the effort to supply long-range air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine, UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
John Bailey, a 25-year veteran of NASA Stennis Space Center operations, has been named director of the Bay St. Louis, Mississippi-based rocket engine test facility.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has approved the purchase of Raytheon SM-3 surface-to-air missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Hanwha Systems has broken ground on its new Jeju Hanwha Space Center, a purpose-built South Korea facility for the manufacturing and testing of satellites.
Commercial Space

Pratt and Whitney has been awarded an F100 engine contract for a material management programme by Saudi Arabia’s Middle East Propulsion Company (MEPC).
Defense

By Craig Caffrey
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plan to raise the UK defense budget to “a new baseline” 2.5% of GDP by 2030 contains a crucial caveat.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Mark Carreau
The Dragon resupply mission undocking on April 28 from the ISS Harmony module's zenith docking port should enable a relocation of the Crew 8 Dragon capsule.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Saab RBS 70s worth AU$50 million will be transferred to Ukraine, as Australia gradually phases out the man-portable air defense system in favor of Nasams.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The company is making aircraft improvements and looking to collaboration and technology transfer to facilitate US-2 seaplane exports.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Piasecki Aircraft has unveiled a small air-launched UAV designed to glide autonomously from altitude and deliver logistics payloads.
Army Aviation Association of America