Defense

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

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.

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.

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.

Russian forces claim to have used the Kinzhal hypersonic missile operationally for the first time.

The reignited Airbus-Dassault dispute delays French-German-Spanish future combat air system project.

Saudi Arabia suffered a series of attacks from missiles and drones allegedly fired by Yemeni Houthi missiles.

After releasing its satellite computer vision and guidance software in January, Scout has raised an undisclosed bridge round of financing led by venture capital firm Decisive Point.

The debris of a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey that crashed was spotted late March 18 by a Norwegian rescue team south of the northern city of Bodo.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-21 successfully launched and docked to the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment on March 18, delivering cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov.

The U.S. Air Force needs to update its operating locations around the globe to be able to surge and operate combat aircraft under duress. So the service is starting an in-depth review of how this will happen, and it might not be easy. Or cheap.

The first NASA-backed private astronaut mission to the International Space Station has been retargeted for launch no earlier than April 3 due to additional time needed for transportation provider SpaceX to prepare the Crew Dragon spacecraft chartered by Axiom Space.

China’s Ministry of Transport’s Rescue and Salvage Bureau has acquired six Leonardo AW189 helicopters to enhance its maritime search-and-rescue operations.

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.