Defense and Space

A compromise appropriations bill for fiscal 2024 keeps most funding for NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration initiative intact.

NASA has canceled its ambitious On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) project after technical problems, cost overruns and delays.

Emirati defense group Edge has teamed with Spain’s Indra to create a “major industry player” in the development and production of radar systems in the UAE.

A Boeing acquisition of all or part of Spirit AeroSystems could be, if consummated, a surprise coup for the former’s defense business.

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, European defense expenditure has increased by 26.7% in real terms, and its defense sector is still catching up.

Norwegian authorities have recovered the wreckage of a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter that crashed into the sea on Feb. 28, killing one and injuring five onboard.

Ampaire has acquired electric aero tow startup Magpie Aviation, part of its plan to branch out into new applications and expand its customer base.

RTAF has released a white paper on new procurement requirements, including fighter replacements, domestically produced munitions and anti-drone technology.

Three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut began a 28-hr. ride to the ISS March 2, setting the stage for a six-month mission onboard the orbital outpost.

As U.S. satellites face increasing threats, Washington wants more data-sharing agreements from friendly nations to keep an eye on in-orbit movements.

Five initiatives that small and medium-size enterprises can take to improve their cash conversion cycle.

The move would secure Lockheed’s new-space supplier while putting an end to a dramatic couple of years for the space upstart.

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The U.S. military in the coming days will start a campaign of air dropping aid to Palestinians in Gaza, President Joe Biden announced March 1.

BOEING secured $3.4b US Navy contract to begin manufacturing 17 P-8As (737NGs): 14 for the ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE for delivery starting in 2026 and another three (now eight) for the GERMAN NAVY for delivery starting in 2025.

AVION SOLUTIONS has acquired SRA for test planning/analysis, software development and modeling and simulation for space and missile defense.

The public-private fellowship partnership placed officers, enlisted personnel and DOD civilians into startups, accelerators and venture capital firms.

The American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation has signed a lease agreement with NASA’s JSC to become a second tenant of the center’s Exploration Park.

With pandemic delays, production halts and divestitures over, the Schweizer 300C/CBi will “start growing.”

The country’s ministers, engineers and industry leaders have waited almost 14 years for the 13-min. first flight of the prototype Kaan on Feb. 21.

An airline operator pre-working group will guide plans for the commercial blended wing body as subscale flight tests pave way for a multirole demonstrator.

Scrappy Houston startup Intuitive Machines puts the U.S. back on the surface of the Moon.

GE’s breakup has been years in the making after the erstwhile conglomerate appeared to expand into too many disparate sectors and built up too much debt.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced Feb. 29 that its XA-67A Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) flew for the first time the day before.

A long-standing provision in the U.S. code to block investments in retiring weapon systems may negatively impact the ground leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.