Defense and Space

USAF is expected to begin flight operations with a high-altitude UAS from RAF Fairford, England, in the coming weeks, sources tell Aviation Week.

Airbus Helicopters has opened a new logistics hub in Spain that will support rotorcraft production at its sites across Europe.

BAE Systems has acquired uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) development house Callen-Lenz, absorbing the company into its FalconWorks technology incubator.

Stratolaunch says a series of envelope expansion flights have allowed its Roc carrier aircraft to launch the Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle from 35,000 ft.

Korea Aerospace Industries is working toward an agreement for the co-production of aircraft components in Peru as it eyes an FA-50 export deal to the country.

The company capitalizes on M&A deals like none other in aerospace and defense.

The first donated Lockheed Martin fighters could arrive as early as this summer.

The Corps’ notorious Force Design 2030 plan, first released in 2021, reshaped the service through major steps such as a famous decision to get rid of tanks.

NASA cites a gap in currently envisioned lunar cargo lander capabilities.

Several European nations are looking to link arms on the possible development and procurement of long-range, deep-strike weapons.

Austria has signed a contract to buy 12 Sikorsky Black Hawk utility helicopters.

Piasecki Aircraft has inducted the first four CH-46 helicopters to be upgraded under a joint program with commercial operator Columbia Helicopters.

The power package of the US Army-Hughes XV-9A hot cycle research helicopter mated with the fuselage was featured on Aviation Week's cover of June 22, 1964 at a Hughes Tool Co. Aircraft Division facility in Culver City, California.

The Indian government has agreed with local entities to set up test facilities for UAS and electronic warfare, as well as to assess electro-optical systems.

North Korea says it has developed and test-fired a new short-range ballistic missile designed Hwasong-11Da-4.5, capable of carrying a 4.5-ton payload.

A wave of new orders and investments in capabilities is giving Eurofighter a “golden moment.”

GE Aerospace said on July 1 that it had extended Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp’s contract through the end of 2027.

It is not clear how Japan would collaborate with AUKUS, but not be part of the alliance.

The designation enables Space Florida to tap the Florida Department of Transportation’s Spaceport Improvement Program.

Under this next tranche, the agency plans to procure around 54 satellites with infrared sensors from one or more vendors.

Spirit AeroSystems is known mainly as a major supplier to the commercial aircraft assembly lines of Boeing and Airbus.

Boeing on June 28 delivered the first CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopter to the U.S. Army.

The next 18 months will be busy for United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) newest rocket, and no one is more aware of that fact than Tory Bruno.

Europe’s Eumetsat agency is turning to SpaceX to deliver its Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) weather satellite into orbit in 2025.

The existing constellation consists of 26 spacecraft.