Defense

China’s state-owned arms exporter CATIC unveiled a new and more powerful variant of the Wing Loong series UAS systems at the Paris Air Show.

Aarok, a 5.5-ton MALE UAS designed and built secretly in France by a small company named Turgis & Gaillard, is making its public debut at Paris Air Show 2023.

Boeing's defense and space CEO says ahead of the Paris Air Show that it is "absolutely" committed to the CST-100 Starliner crewed capsule, despite new problems.

For future surveillance satellites, the service seeks new thrusters and in-space refueling so it can “burn gas at will.”

Sweden’s defense materiel agency FMV is awaiting political approval to begin studies into a new-generation combat aircraft beyond the new Saab Gripen E.

Boeing Defense and Space CEO Ted Colbert told reporters ahead of the Paris Air Show on June 18 that the second quarter will look like the earnings of the first.

Elbit Systems has unveiled the Nano SPEAR, a radio-frequency countermeasure dispensed like a passive chaff system but which functions like an active decoy.

The first version of the Electron rocket modified for use as a booster for hypersonic and suborbital flight tests launched successfully on June 17.

The selection of Saab's Arexis electronic-warfare suite is part of an initial effort to add a SEAD/DEAD and EW capability to the Eurofighter.

EMBRAER inaugurated its first KC-390 simulator (located in São José dos Campos), supplied by RHEINMETALL.

Vast has selected Impulse Space’s Saiph thrusters for its Haven-1 Space Station.

NASA has entered no exchange of funds Space Act Agreement partnerships with seven companies that are intended to advance future human spaceflight objectives.

The Defense Production Act-enabled funding will increase production of high purity aluminum at an Arconic smelting plant in Davenport, Iowa.

Germany’s defense procurement office has not signed a contract yet, but the announcement appears to end a four-way competition.

U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Jerry Moran, along with eight other senators, will meet with French officials in Paris to promote U.S. aerospace technology.

Saab says the deployable tower is fully developed and ready for potential use by militaries and humanitarian organizations.

The devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey earlier this year, leaving more than 50,000 people dead, had a major impact on planned celebrations commemorating the 100th anniversary of Turkish independence and they also affected a number of aerospace-related launches.

Construction at Dyess Air Force Base is set to begin in fiscal 2025, opening a 10-year, $1 billion facility upgrade at the Texas site.

Germany’s labored defense modernization contrasts dramatically with neighboring Poland’s lavish spending, but why are nations struggling to spend the money?

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

Tomorrow.io, a startup providing satellite-enabled weather data and services, said it closed an $87 million Series E round of venture capital funding.

A company statement said the test helped to “validate the X-Bow concept.”

Ispace of Japan has named Ronald Garan as the CEO of its subsidiary ispace technologies U.S.

Swift Aircraft and GKN announced on June 14 that they will work together to develop design concepts for the integration of the cryogenic system on the platform.

Two NASA astronauts installed a sixth and final planned Roll Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the long solar power truss of the ISS during a June 15 spacewalk.