Defense

By Michael Bruno
Ahead of Boeing’s latest financial results released Jan. 26, financial analysts knew Boeing would be reporting on another ugly quarter and another ugly year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Ministry of Defense is buying five additional Airbus H135 twin-engine light helicopters to replace its long-serving fleet of Westland-built Aerospatiale Gazelles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
An Omani satellite will be among the payloads launched from Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne when it makes its first launch from the UK later this year.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters says the rotorcraft market is showing signs of a post-pandemic recovery after the company logged more than 400 orders in 2021, an increase of around 40% compared to a year earlier.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic has announced plans to develop a production, test and delivery facility for its Overture supersonic airliner at Piedmont Triad International Airport near Greensboro, North Carolina.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Maksim Pyadushkin
Russian cosmonaut Nikolay Chub has received a U.S. entry visa, allowing him to attend training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Roscosmos confirmed Jan 26.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Spinoff 2022 is NASA’s latest edition of an annual profile linking the challenges of overcoming the technical hurdles of human spaceflight and other aerospace initiatives to improving life on Earth.
Space

By Guy Norris
Bell has started work on the second CV-22 nacelle improvement modification package for the U.S. Air Force after returning the first upgraded tilt rotor aircraft in December.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Elroy Air has unveiled the first preproduction prototype of its Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft, revealing a revised design for the hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

When the US State Department made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale of 72 F-15QA aircraft to the Government of Qatar on November 17, 2016 – it included provision for continental United States based Lead-in-Fighter-Training for F-15QA aircrew, training materials, personnel training, simulators and other training equipment.
Maintenance & Training

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Malaysian Air Force has inducted the first two of four Leonardo AW139 helicopters that it is leasing from oil and gas aviation provider Weststar Aviation Services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that the Lockheed Martin F-35C involved in a “landing mishap” on Jan. 24 fell into the South China Sea and the service is now drawing up plans to salvage the aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The British Army wants to bring one squadron of its newly acquired AH-64E Apaches to readiness by year-end.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
KF-21 first flight plans; F-35C carrier integration; Missile defenses in the Middle East; and Kuwait investigates corruption
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Despite the challenges facing companies supplying the U.S. military, analysts Byron Callan and Steve Grundman see signs of strength and evolution.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
European plans for the development of a multinational medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed air system have moved a step closer to reality after the Spanish government approved spending worth €3.16 billion ($3.57 billion) on the program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Engineers believe they have tracked the cause of a problem that prevented one of the two circular solar arrays on NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe from unfurling completely, according to mission Principal Investigator Hal Levison, with the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Algeria has received its first J-model C-130 Hercules airlifter from Lockheed Martin as part of an order for four aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Egypt has been cleared to buy up to 12 Lockheed Martin C-130Js and three air defense radar systems, the U.S. State Department announced on Jan. 25.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maksim Pyadushkin
U.S. authorities have refused to issue an entry visa for Russian cosmonaut Nikolay Chub, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin reported in his social media account on Jan 22.
Space

By Michael Bruno, Steve Trimble
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is suing to stop Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon’s leading contractor by annual sales, from taking over rocket and missile propulsion specialist Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The European Commission plans to establish a space investment fund to support startups.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Italy’s Leonardo says its contract to deliver Eurofighters to Kuwait is not affected by an investigation the Gulf state’s anti-corruption agency is pursuing into alleged inflated prices paid for the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Services continue to press for modernization, with new momentum to retire older aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Space 11 Corp., an aerospace company focused on the production of space-based entertainment, is partnering with Nanoracks, a commercial space station visionary, to develop an orbital free flyer intended to support space film and television production and serve as a live venue and soundscape.
Commercial Space