Defense

By Tony Osborne
A French Air Force Dassault Rafale downed a drone that entered Latvian airspace, marking the second shootdown of a UAS in the Baltic states in recent weeks.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Swarm Aero has picked Honeywell Aerospace to provide the powerplant for its Group 5 UAS it is targeting for the U.S. Air Force’s MQ-9 replacement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Eight years after Airbus and Dassault shook hands at the ILA Berlin Air Show to jointly pursue a future combat aircraft, France and Germany have decided to go their separate ways.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Finish space startup Iceye says it has raised €450 million in a further funding round that values the synthetic aperture radar business at over $12 billion.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan is accelerating plans to replace the Republic of China Air Force's Beechcraft T-34C basic trainer fleet following a fatal crash that renewed concerns over the aircraft's future.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Airbus has shared plans to have an in-house developed system called the U760 Ravenstorm ready for delivery by 2032.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
With Germany taking the lion’s share of new-production Eurofighters, Airbus Defense and Space’s final assembly line in Manching has not been this busy since the mid-2010s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Jens Flottau
Growing demand for high-end uncrewed aircraft is prompting MTU Aero Engines to explore at least a partial reset of its design philosophy in an effort to establish itself as a major propulsion provider for such systems.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
The German Air Force is undergoing an intense period of modernization through the end of the decade that will do more than just revitalize its core air dominance role, says Luftwaffe Inspector Lt. Gen. Holger Neumann.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble, Robert Wall
The unique requirements of collaborative combat aircraft will force engine-makers to adopt a different mindset for design, schedule and cost.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A Ukrainian Gripen acquisition could unlock follow-on purchases from Sweden, and Brazil is considering additional buys, too.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Robert Wall, Jens Flottau
Aviation Week editors discuss how Europe is reshaping its military and commercial aviation sectors amid growing security concerns.
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By Tony Osborne
A Danish audit of the country’s Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program has found that the country’s fleet of 27 aircraft could cost some 14 billion kronor more to operate than previously estimated.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense
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By Garrett Reim
Palladyne AI has signed an exclusive agreement to manufacture and market IAI’s Harpy, Harop and Mini Harpy loitering munitions to the U.S. Defense Department.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Marine Corps is starting anew with an effort to replace its Bell AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopter fleet with a new, potentially uncrewed aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. has OK'd Denmark for a potential foreign military sale of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles-Extended Range air-launched cruise missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
European defense tech startup Stark has unveiled a tube-launched loitering munition and quadcopter for potential weaponization.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Lufthansa Technik is preparing to ramp up its defense activities as Germany starts introducing into service a range of new aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kim Minseok
South Korea has reversed plans to scale back production of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 fighter, restoring the program to its original schedule.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Destinus is preparing the next step in its push to become a full-fledged rival to the likes of MBDA by designing rockets not just for the battle in Ukraine today, but for conflict tomorrow.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters is getting ready to unveil an uncrewed variant of its H145 twin-engine light helicopter at Berlin’s ILA Airshow, which opens June 10.
Emerging Technologies

By Craig Caffrey
Partially as a result of their revolutionary nature, interest in CCAs continues to expand, with operators now putting funding into developing their own capabilities in this area.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Byron Callan
The U.S. Defense Department could take steps to instill greater confidence among institutional investors about the outlook for defense contractors.
Budget, Policy & Operations