Defense

By Michael Bruno
Digital and additive manufacturing newcomer Divergent Technologies has closed a $290 million venture capital round, the company announced Sept. 15.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
UK engineers have been exploring the use of the Link 16 datalink as an initial means of commanding autonomous collaborative platforms.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Startup Certo Aerospace, developing an uncrewed co-axial rotorcraft, has won a UK Defense Ministry contract to demonstrate logistics and medevac capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems is hoping to accelerate the integration of the European Common Radar System Mk. 2 into the UK’s Eurofighter Typhoons.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Aviation Week Network Staff
On the cover of this Paris Preview edition dated May 23, 2005, is a pair of Blk. 30 F-16s with the Air Force Air National Guard Test Center showing their Lockheed Martin Sniper XR pods, which were operating in Iraq and Afghanistan at the time on F-16s and F-15Es.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Days after Russian drone incursions into Poland and Romania, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to NATO countries to invest in his country’s low-cost interceptors.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore is exploring additional airborne capabilities to complement its future fleet of Boeing P-8A Poseidons, which are scheduled to enter service in the early 2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837 in the St. Louis area voted Sept. 12 not to accept the latest offer from Boeing.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
NATO will bolster the defense of Poland after violations of that country’s airspace by Russian uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) earlier this week.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
President Trump’s goal of a Golden Dome to protect against a broad range of threats to the homeland is likely to cost far more than originally advertised.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Europe’s last Sukhoi Su-22 ground attack aircraft have been formally withdrawn from the Polish Air Force service after 41 years in the air.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Copenhagen plans to acquire four SAMP/T batteries, as well as four batteries of medium-range systems, the Danish Ministry of Defense announced Sept. 12.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Following the recent incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace, the German government has decided to boost its quick reaction alert fighter force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The French government has disclosed a development contract with ArianeGroup for a further evolution of its M51 ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Italian rocket company Avio plans to raise $470 million in capital in part to support its ambition to establish a U.S. solid rocket motor production facility.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Despite the growing prominence of mini attack drones, Singapore's Air Force continues to underscore the enduring relevance of the attack helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Sonny Butterworth
The DSEI arms expo provided the backdrop for companies to unveil new weapons and for government buyers to drive home a sense of urgency to develop systems at pace.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Most small UAS are battery powered and limited in flight time—but what about using aerodynamics to boost flight time by soaring the way birds and gliders do?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Thales has announced a teaming agreement with British robotics company Autonomous Devices to bring to market an electronic warfare uncrewed air system (EW-UAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
Both top positions in the U.S. Air Force remain unfilled amid modernization challenges and growing threats from China and beyond.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Atropos Group unveils the Tacit Spear concept for an autonomous airlifter and a blueprint for delivering the large aircraft in a few years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Vivienne Machi
With its first Tranche 1 launch complete, the Space Development Agency has begun deploying a regional mesh network to enhance data relay from low Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
China is rapidly advancing its uncrewed cargo aircraft capabilities—ostensibly for commercial use but with potential military applications.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The B-21 Raider program completed the first flight of a second airborne test aircraft in Palmdale, California, on Sept. 11, clearing a key milestone a month before the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. Air Force contract award to Northrop Grumman.
Aircraft & Propulsion