Aviation Week editors provide context and insights into Finland’s decision to buy the F-35, the UAE’s deal for 80 Rafales and Canada’s looming fighter decision and look ahead at what’s next for the market.
Virgin Orbit is taking a 17.5% stake in partner Hypersat as the companies work to launch a six-satellite constellation to provide hyperspectral imaging from low Earth orbit.
Newly infused with public market funding, Rocket Lab said it will buy SolAero Holdings, a supplier of space solar power products and precision aerospace structures, for $80 million in cash as part of the company’s vertical integration transformation to become more of a full-service space services provider.
A cruise missile flight test vehicle struck a target vessel in the Gulf of Mexico after being launched from a pallet out the back of a Lockheed Martin MC-130J.
An interface issue has interrupted final payload testing of the James Webb Space Telescope, causing the latest launch delay, NASA and European Space Agency officials say.
A growing number of satellite operators are either pursuing a multi-orbit strategy to provide high-capacity, low-latency data services, or are ready to jump on the bandwagon.
To help combat illegal activity at sea, Raytheon Intelligence & Space has developed SeaVue radars that detect small maritime targets from higher altitudes than previously possible. Learn how this increased coverage improves mission endurance.
The Senate on Dec. 15 approved the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 89-10, signaling broad bipartisan support for increasing the Pentagon’s budget and adding dozens of aircraft to military service fleets.
General Electric is preparing to begin a second phase of ground tests of the XA100 adaptive cycle combat engine after successfully completing evaluations of the second of two full-scale test units at its Evendale altitude test facility in Ohio.
