Defense

ROLLS-ROYCE plans to invest $400m to modernize its engine test facilities in Indianapolis for variety of engines, including new F-130s for USAF B-52s.

HEICO completed previously announced acquisition of PIONEER INDUSTRIES, NY (defense spares distributor).

This webinar took place on Friday, March 18, 2022. The first new U.S. stealth bomber in over 30 years is scheduled to roll-out later this year. The

Aquarian Space raised $650,000 in seed capital to fund development of a lunar satellite communications relay network.

Retired astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria is heading back to the ISS to oversee three private travelers.

Uncrewed “wingmen” for the Air Force’s next bomber and fighter will be large, sophisticated and costly.

Egypt approved to receive F-15EX; North Korean missile test failure; Satcom prototype clears review; and Boeing’s Australian suppliers.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

NASA’s strategy for transitioning its operations aboard the International Space Station to an assortment of commercial free flyers over the coming decade faces a number of opportunity-nurtured challenges, a panel of experts with a stake in the outcome says.

NASA’s debut Space Launch System rocket began an overnight ride from Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B on March 17, a major milestone in a 10-year, $20 billion effort to develop a heavy-lift rocket capable of sending astronauts back to the Moon.

Slovakia is willing to give its S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine, provided it can get replacements to avoid a “security gap,” the country’s defense minister says.

A British startup company has emerged as a potential contender in the UK’s New Medium Helicopter contest.

BOEING began production on first P-8A for NEW ZEALAND, which has ordered four to replace six P-3K2 Orion aircraft.

The European Space Agency has suspended the ExoMars 2022 program, a cooperative effort with Russian space agency Roscosmos to look for traces of life underneath the surface of Mars.

The U.S. Army has asked companies for a software solution to a fundamental vulnerability that exposes current radar systems to jamming and other electronic warfare threats.

Israeli’s military confirmed on March 17 that the Rafael/Elbit Systems Iron Beam laser interceptor system will become operational after spending several years in research and development.

Starlink not built for battlefield, so Elon Musk makes on-the-fly updates to keep Ukrainians online.

Aviation Week analysis suggests annual defense spending by Europe biggest spenders could rise to over $400 billion by 2030.

Many suppliers have found alternate sources of the metal, and OEMs have built up buffer inventory.

Cyberactivity targeting the aerospace and defense industry is intense, and the ecosystem that must be protected is more complex than ever.

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and Boeing recently finished a critical design review of the company’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype.

The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron is a Group 5 UAS powered by a single Rotax 914 4-cylinder piston engine supplying 115 hp (86 kW) of power to the propeller.

The 18 segments of the James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror are now fully aligned, working as a single, 21-ft.-dia. mirror, exactly as designed.

Leonardo says a flight instructor was killed in the crash of a company-operated M346 jet trainer in Northern Italy.

The U.S. is dramatically ramping up its military assistance to Ukraine after the country’s president made an emotional appeal to Congress, with the new package including unmanned aircraft for the first time and increased discussions with allies to send Russian-made air defense systems.