Defense

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo UK, Thales UK and Chemring will work with the UK Defense Ministry on next-generation aircraft survivability equipment.
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Saudi Arabia’s World Defense Show is already planning for the next edition, which is set to take place from 4-8 February 2024.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
BAE will help Embraer market the C-390 transport to countries in the Middle East, starting with Saudi Arabia.
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By Steve Trimble
Demand from NATO members and Ukraine may outlast previous upticks.
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By Kim Minseok, Chen Chuanren
The KAI KF-21 flew for more than 30 min. on the afternoon of July 19.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo says it could be ready to build the AW149 for the UK requirement by year-end if needed.
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By Angus Batey
Aerospace is far behind industries like automotive when it comes to integrating robotics into factories.
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By Guy Norris
Boom says the Overture will be capable of takeoff at derated thrust settings, helping reduce noise.
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By Brian Everstine
Kathy Warden discusses the JWST, growth in the space market, the B-21 family of systems and a goal for the fighter market.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Rolls-Royce engineers have used digital tools and rapid manufacturing techniques to develop an entirely new turbofan engine concept from scratch in just 18 months.
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By Garrett Reim
The Space Development Agency has awarded two prototype contracts worth about $1.32 billion in total to teams led by L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems for 28 Tranche 1 Tracking Layer satellites.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A seemingly abandoned idea to air launch tiny, swarming drones from fast-moving jets appears to be back on the U.S. Air Force’s research agenda.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is exploring having just one pilot fly its newest tanker in a move Air Mobility Command says could be needed to operate with more agility in war.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne, Guy Norris, Brian Everstine, Angus Batey
On a day of big announcements, Aviation Week editors discuss the latest developments in defense at Farnborough Airshow 2022.
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By Irene Klotz
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is dropping helicopter operations from its plan to recover the Vulcan rocket’s BE-4 engines for reuse, Aerospace DAILY has learned.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is working to shift internal Pentagon thinking on selling advanced air-to-air weapons to allies, saying the worry needs to be what is the risk if other nations do not have the missiles, not what is the risk if they do.
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By Tony Osborne
Kuwait’s Air Force is steadily building its Eurofighter experience as it advances its government-to-government procurement of the combat aircraft with Italy.
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By Guy Norris
The project builds on an earlier initiative announced in 2019 by the UK Defense Ministry.
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By Tony Osborne
The UK is to build a demonstrator to support the development of its Tempest crewed combat aircraft.
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By Brian Everstine
The delivery of the first VC-25B, a converted used Boeing 747-800, was previously expected in 2024.
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By Steve Trimble
The firing sets up a campaign to extend the range of the air dominance missile “significantly.”
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By Tony Osborne
British and Japanese engineers are advancing work on advanced antenna that could form basis of future Tempest radar.
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By Brian Everstine
The announcement comes as NATO has kicked off its study for a Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability.
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F-35 owners and operators will soon benefit from lower ownership costs and increased efficiency and sustainability as Honeywell and Aeronamic sign a licensed service centre agreement to create a depot in the Netherlands.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Sweden’s NH90 helicopter fleet are “not delivering” on a critical mission and an ongoing review will decide whether to dispose of them by November.
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