Defense and Space

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

The aerospace and defense sector could experience modest mergers and acquisitions activity this year.

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office is gearing up for its annual emerging tech development program and has shared some of its priorities for this year.

Operators of the Bell Boeing V-22 have been replacing the input quill assembly (IQA) on the aircraft’s proprotor gearbox regularly.

The Aurora Flight Sciences team is competing with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) during phase 1B of the Liberty Lifter program.

Northrop Grumman's estimates show that B-21 production costs through fiscal 2027 totals $17.4 billion, including a $1.56 billion charge revealed on Jan. 25.

At the heart of the system will be the Diehl IRIS-T surface-launched medium-range missile fire units,.

The UAE is planning to further expand its already sizable uncrewed aircraft system fleet by placing an order for 200 rotary-wing UAS from domestic supplier Edge Group.

The Netherlands has become the latest country to put the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on alert.

North Korea’s General Missile Bureau has announced that it fired a new “strategic cruise missile” for the first time on Jan. 24.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency says its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar probe has touched down 180 ft. from its planned landing spot.

The B-21 program will lose $1.56 billion combined on all bombers delivered during the first five annual lots of production, Northrop Grumman has revealed.

When astronauts land on the Moon, will taikonauts be there to greet them?

As a major F-35 program upgrade stalls shipments, Lockheed executives reconsider their appetite for risk with the Next-Generation Air Dominance program on deck.

The aerospace and defense industry is grappling with a growing set of complex geopolitical risks in the Indo-Pacific.

Pentagon and Air Force officials have repeatedly said the Sentinel program is critical and must continue.

At these margins, it is a challenge for the Space Force, argues Kristyn Jones, who is performing the duties of the under secretary of the Air Force.

A U.S. Air Force C-32 carrying Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his staff experienced a hard landing during a visit through the Middle East in March 2023.

In-space refueling startup Orbit Fab and in-space junk removal startup ClearSpace plan to work together to develop spacecraft refueling technologies.

NASA’s 2023 Moon to Mars Concept Review has identified seven key decisions that need to be addressed as early as possible.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he will urge his country’s national assembly to ratify Sweden’s entry into NATO.

Officials in Moscow said the airlifter had been engaged by two missiles launched from near the village of Lyptsi in the Kharkiv Region of Ukraine.

S2 is among the payload cargo planned for launch aboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS on Jan. 29.

Paris has ordered 42 Airbus H145 light twin-engine helicopters for use by France's Sécurité Civile and Gendarmerie Nationale air services.

Company leader Marc Bell has rebuffed calls for his resignation.