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Leonardo Seaspray Radar Selected For Australian Border Force Fleet

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Infinite Orbits of France and Open Cosmos in the UK plan to demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations technologies on a mission in mid-2027.

The U.S. government has approved a $1.5 billion export of five Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawks and related equipment to New Zealand.

Brazil has expressed “intention and interest” in acquiring up to 20 more Saab Gripen fighters.

The House Armed Services Committee early June 5 gave its approval to the Pentagon’s base $1.15 trillion defense topline request in its annual marathon markup.

Russia's federal air transport agency Rosaviatsia has certified two key domestic aerospace programs: the PD-8 turbofan and Ilyushin Il-114-300 passenger turboprop.

The French Defense Procurement Agency says it has conducted a successful test firing of the MBDA Mica NG from a Dassault Aviation Rafale while it flew at supersonic speed.

Hensoldt, Indra and Leonardo are preparing to begin airborne trials of the new European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk.1 radar destined for use on German and Spanish Eurofighters.

Circumstances and priorities can change rapidly and targets can quickly be forgotten, but there can be no doubting Germany's commitment to expanding its military capabilities.

Leonardo will provide its Seaspray 7500E V2 maritime surveillance radar for the Australian Border Force's next-generation aerial surveillance program.

David Fulghum became the first journalist to fly Rivet Joint in 1996, documenting the mission in Aviation Week's seven-part series.

The U.S. Army’s new Amazon.com-like website for drone acquisition is challenging industry business models and supply chains.

The Pentagon’s strategy to acquire 340,000 drones by the end of next year requires industry to scale production up while driving prices down.

Ottawa is trying to modernize its military, strengthen its industry and forge closer ties to Europe with its surprise airborne early warning and control pick.

Cockpit autonomy provider Merlin completed the critical design review for applying autonomous software on Lockheed Martin C-130Js flown by U.S. Special Operations Command.

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Lawmakers are again pressing the U.S. Air Force to find ways to keep the aging A-10 attack jet in service long-term.

A U.S. Navy depot delivered the first Lockheed Martin F-35 upgraded with a generational avionics improvement in May.

Israel Aerospace Industries says it has added edge-based artificial intelligence processing to its decentralized airborne OPAL battle management network.

Lockheed Martin said June 4 that it completed a final ground test of a U.S. Army surface-to-surface missile project before the government sent a stop-work order.

Gogo says its SD Government business has received a $7.5 million contract from the NOAA to provide comms services for the agency’s Lockheed WP-3D “hurricane hunter” aircraft.

France has conducted tests of the Airbus H225M Caracal helicopter in a counterdrone role using onboard machine guns.

A UK government decision to wrestle financial control of the Global Combat Air Program away from the defense ministry may place the trinational fighter program on firmer financial footing.