Defense

Terran Orbital has won a $2.4 billion contract to build 300 small satellites for Rivada Space Networks.

The partnership is planned to expand to include satellites and defense systems.

Ukraine is not likely to see many of the high-end air defense systems the West has pledged for several months to years.

Aerobotix and Automated Solutions Australia (ASA) are ramping up their partnership for robotic and automated development.

UAE's Strategic Defense Fund has debuted UAE-based Helio Aviation Technologies and invested in U.S. startup Mayman Aerospace.

New Frontier Aerospace delivered the first Mjolnir component under a $750,000 contract awarded by National Security Innovation Capital in August 2021.

Strategic Development Fund, the investment arm of UAE’s Tawazun, is investing $3 million through its venture capital programme in Mayman Aerospace, the US-based manufacturer of the dual-use Speeder Air Utility Vehicle (AUV).

Partnerships and investment were the theme of the day at the IDEX and NAVDEX show in Abu Dhabi as the SHOW BUSINESS daily reports.

Jeff Shockey, Raytheon Technologies’ senior vice president for global government relations, has been speaking at IDEX about his company’s ongoing commitment to the Middle East.

BAE Systems’ training capabilities go well beyond the supply of hardware but, as Alan Warnes reports, the famous Hawk shouldn’t be written off just yet.

Boeing is currently promoting several platforms to the region, with the KC-46A Pegasus multi-role air-to-air refuelling aircraft among them.

A new centre of excellence for uncrewed systems is to open at Tawazun Industrial Park (TIP) to support the UAE Armed Forces.

Bentzion Levinson, founder and CEO of Heven Drones, is passionate about uncrewed air vehicles and the company’s mission to help solve ‘everyday problems’ with their use.

At the IDEX show in Abu Dhabi, TATV''s Mark Pilling talks to Philipp von Michaelis, the chief executive of Global Clearance Solutions (GCS).

UK manufacturer Cummins is at IDEX to unveil a new 540 horsepower engine geared up for defence applications.

Indonesia acquired five Super Hercules via Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) as part of the country’s massive air force modernization effort.

Aero India highlights India’s ambition to move beyond simple assembly to creating advanced, exportable aircraft design.

RHEINMETALL, Germany has LOI from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to supply F-35 center fuselages.

THINKOM, CA has production contract to supply an airborne, multi-band, conformal antenna solution.

Vast Space, a startup attempting to develop a space station with artificial gravity, has acquired Launcher.

Serbia is continuing negotiations with France’s Dassault Aviation about the purchase of Rafale fighters.

The United Arab Emirates is understood to have gone through with a controversial deal to buy Chinese advanced jet trainers.

As the USAF looks to develop uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft to fly with future fighters, the service is also rethinking how it organizes these fleets.

Boeing, Saab and Northrop Grumman have responded to a NATO request for information for airborne early warning aircraft.

The UK Royal Navy is eyeing plans to integrate a rotary-wing uncrewed air system on all of its surface vessels.