Defense and Space

BAE SYSTEMS acquired MALLOY AERONAUTICS, UK for UAS development.

AEI said Jan. 30 it plans to renovate the facility to serve as an aerospace center of excellence anchored in The Shoals area of Cheorkee, Alabama.

Private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners is launching a new pure play structures supplier.

Multiple U.S. aircraft including B-1B long-range bombers conducted dozens of air strikes on Feb. 2 targeting Iranian officials and militias in Iraq and Syria.

BAE Systems has acquired Malloy Aeronautics, a developer of heavy lift quadcopters.

Axiom Space’s first all-European private astronaut mission crew sent to the International Space Station was preparing to end a 14-day stay on the ISS on Feb. 2.

The U.S. Navy’s CMV-22B fleet is not “operationally suitable” because of failures of many of its subsystems.

Embraer will bring its C-390 Millennium transport aircraft here for the first time, following a streak of sale successes, including in South Korea.

The Pentagon’s operational test and evaluation office has collected all the data it can on the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus.

The U.S. Air Force will add an automatic ground collision avoidance system (AGCAS) to its Boeing T-7A Red Hawk trainer fleet.

Honeywell Aerospace's commercial original equipment sales jumped 25% last quarter and were up 15% for the year on an organic basis.

Two Indonesian engineers attached to KAI have been detained by South Korean authorities for alleged technology theft related to the KF-21 fighter.

A new contract awarded to Raytheon aims to expand the application and understanding of high-power microwave weapons beyond capabilities now entering service.

Five decades ago, the Pratt & Whitney F100 engine powered the F-16's first official flight on February 2, and it's been powering the Fighting Falcon ever since.

The U.S. State Department has formally approved a potential $3.99 billion sale of 31 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-9B UAS to India.

Lockheed Martin is deepening its involvement in higher precision weather forecasting with a “strategic investment” in Meteomatics.

Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut have been selected for the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon mission launch to the ISS, planned for no earlier than August.

The U.S. is preparing a “multi-tiered,” sustained response targeting Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.

Raytheon has been awarded a $20 million contract to develop an advanced multi-chip package for use in airborne, maritime and ground sensors.

Lockheed Martin has secured the latest in a series of study contracts to support NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability program requirements.

Northrop Grumman’s 20th Cygnus resupply mission capsule successfully berthed to the International Space Station early Feb. 1.

An Airbus-Dassault Aviation dispute is threatening the timeline for the development of the four-nation Eurodrone, a German defense ministry report has revealed.

If Gama had not stepped in, the air ambulance helicopters would have been grounded, according to Dial Partners, who advised on the acquisition.

Why the aerospace supply chain’s recovery is always two years away.

Ankara finally secures approval for new F-16s, but Athens will receive the long-desired F-35 first.