Defense

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has sold its U.S.-based Global Enterprise Solutions (GES) government satellite communications business to Luxembourg-based SES.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s government says it is working with both the Russian and Ukrainian governments on the safekeeping and ultimate return of two of its A400M airlifters stranded in Ukraine.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry is looking to industry to provide it with a helicopter for VIP transportation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Germany-based space startup Polaris has been awarded a contract by the country’s defense ministry to build and flight-test a scaled demonstrator of its proposed Aurora reusable space plane.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Australia's defense department is also partnering with the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on "cooperative satellite activities."
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Northrop Grumman’s Space Logistics is trying to let the U.S. Space Force know that it could extend the lives of older geosynchronous satellites or potentially add new capabilities to them.
Space

By Garrett Reim
One of a growing number of unintended consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a boost in business for the space industry.
Commercial Space

European defense budgets are increasing following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Since Russia’s initial incursion into Ukraine in 2014, Scandinavian
Defense

By Irene Klotz
Eighteen days after OneWeb decided to suspend launches of its broadband satellites from Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the company has signed with SpaceX.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Russia’s claim that it fired a Khinzal hypersonic missile at a munitions store in Ukraine within the past few days has left the Pentagon perplexed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A Sierra Nevada/Volansi team has been selected to compete for Increment 2 of the U.S. Army’s program to replace a fleet of Textron RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aircraft systems.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Marine Corps has flown more than 75 hr. in a modified MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor to evaluate Bell Boeing’s nacelle upgrades, as two of the Air Force’s variants have completed changes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Engineers at the Imperial College of London have created a virtual wind tunnel called PyFR, capable of simulating the atmospheric conditions on Mars for the testing of rotorcraft blade designs.
Space

By Irene Klotz
E-Space, a startup founded by space communications entrepreneur Greg Wyler, has signed a contract with Rocket Lab to launch three demonstration satellites aboard an Electron rocket in the second quarter of 2022.
Commercial Space

AUSTRALIA named Boeing Australia-produced unmanned aircraft the MQ-28A Ghost Bat.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The electronic warfare (EW) suites for the enduring U.S. Air Force fighter fleet are now set — and there are some surprises.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Aviation Week Staff
Disruption of commercial and scientific cooperation with Western countries because of the conflict in Ukraine is likely to cause Russia’s space-launch campaign to be reduced by one-third this year.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Ursa Space, a satellite-based synthetic-aperture-radar services startup, said March 21 it raised $16 million in Series C venture capital.
Commercial Space

The UK Government will attend Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX) this week with a delegation from the Department for International Trade, the UK MoD and Industry.
Aerospace

As Morocco places an emphasis on unmanned systems, Egypt’s Air Force is also embracing new weapons capabilities.
Defense

By Alan Peaford
BAE Systems has been operating in Saudi Arabia for more than half a century and worked side-by-side with the Kingdom's government introducing many of the practices that are now embedded within Vision 2030.
Defense

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian government and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have designated the Boeing Airpower Teaming System, or Loyal Wingman, as the MQ-28A Ghost Bat.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of a Lockheed Martin Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Radar and associated command and control systems to the UK.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Russian forces claim to have used the Kinzhal hypersonic missile operationally for the first time.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
The reignited Airbus-Dassault dispute delays French-German-Spanish future combat air system project.
Aircraft & Propulsion