Defense

By Irene Klotz
The mission, known as USSF-52, will be the seventh for the two-vehicle fleet of Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicles.
Space

Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) 2024 is set to accelerate business connections, collaboration and knowledge sharing in the Gulf.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
After four years of assembly and decades of study and planning, Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane is ready for prelaunch environmental testing.
Space

By Brian Everstine
As E-2Cs retire, the service begins phased upgrades to the E-2D fleet, ending with the biggest modernization since it began fielding Advanced Hawkeyes in 2007.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Structures specialist Qarbon Aerospace and its private equity owners have named Michael Canario as Qarbon’s new CEO.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Houthi air defenses downed a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper over the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen on Nov. 8 in another increase in tensions in the Middle East.
Defense

By Matthew Fulco
Geopolitical tensions, particularly Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are driving the strongest defense market demand since 2008-09.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
Frank Calvelli, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, spoke at Aviation Week’s A&D Programs conference on Nov. 7.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Additive manufacturing shop Sintavia has signed letter of intent to buy a large 3D printer.
Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
Bulgaria is set to become the 32nd signatory to the Artemis Accords.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Additive manufacturing startup Velo3D is restructuring, including cutting 20% of its workforce.
Supply Chain

Follow-up imagery from the NASA Lucy mission’s recent encounter with the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh has revealed a surprise.
Space

By Tony Osborne
RFA was granted £3.5 million ($4.3 million) by the UK Space Agency.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
After 11 years of cooperation with Arianespace, Avio is preparing to become a launch service operator itself in the coming months.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic is laying off workers to fund production of the Delta variant of its spaceships, the company said late Nov. 7.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The £4 billion ($4.9 billion) deal will see MBDA transfer technologies and knowledge to Polish defense group PGZ.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Thailand has quietly signed an MOU with Israel's Rafael that will see the potential manufacturing and assembly of Rafael's Spike anti-tank missiles in Thailand.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Geopolitical tensions create a demand for carrier deployments that is not likely to abate soon.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Nearly 2,000 cubesats have been launched in the past 20 years.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
The panelists spoke Nov. 7 during a discussion on the first day of Aviation Week’s A&D Programs event in Washington.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
The European Space Agency’s newly launched Euclid telescope has captured a smattering of sharp, wide-field images of galaxies near and far.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Textron has won Foreign Military Sales orders for maritime patrol aircraft versions of the King Air 360 ordered by two countries in South America.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
DARPA plans to select designs from one or more of the companies to build a prototype to fly in 2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The USAF is shopping for a new contractor to operate the fleet of Boeing 737-600s that ferries workers from Las Vegas to secretive locations in the region.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The five aircraft touched down at the Fetești air base near Constanta, Romania, on Nov. 7, ahead of the formal opening of the European F-16 Training Center.
Aircraft & Propulsion