The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has opened a new $12.8 million facility focused on integrating space research and development programs at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.
Startup Merlin Labs has emerged from stealth mode with a contract from special mission operator Dynamic Aviation to modify 55 Beechcraft King Airs to autonomous operation.
The Philippines is set to take delivery of its first pair of Turkish Aerospace Industries T129 ATAK gunships in September, after the U.S. approved export of the rotorcraft’s engines.
In a policy reversal from a year ago, the head of U.S. Transportation Command will support the Air Force’s plan to start retiring the Boeing KC-135 fleet in order to invest the proceeds from operational costs into KC-46 procurement.
President Joe Biden’s pick for U.S. Air Force Secretary says one of the Pentagon’s best options for reducing F-35 sustainment costs is to buy the jet in sufficient quantities.
CAPE CANAVERAL—The U.S. plans to spend $2.5 billion over the next 10 years on a fleet of five new spacecraft to improve monitoring of Earth’s changing climate, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on May 25.
The UK’s Tempest future combat air system initiative could generate more than 20,000 jobs and pump £26 billion ($37 billion) into the economy between 2021 and 2050, suggests an independent review of the program.
The UK Ministry of Defense has opted for Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Ground Missile rather than MBDA’s Brimstone as the primary weapon for its new AH-64E Apache attack helicopter fleet.
Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who holds the U.S. record for cumulative time spent in space, plans to return to orbit, this time as commander of a private mission to the International Space Station for Houston-based Axiom Space.
Fresh off new venture capital funding, small-rocket, mass-manufacturing startup Phantom Space is aiming to broaden its business model through the recent acquisition of StratSpace, a consultancy and developer of bespoke space systems and flight hardware.
The growing number of DA-42 in military roles across the emerging markets has seen a new business opportunity for Alsim who have been developing simulators for the civil training markets.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to initially lease an Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft to help train the IAF personnel in mid-air refuelling.
The state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL is indigenously enhancing the training and combat capability of the Hawk-i trainer jet, and is in discussions with Indian Air Force (IAF) for integration of various weapons on the aircraft.
Despite the violence between Israel and Palestine in recent weeks, the US administration has approved the potential $735million sale of precision guided missiles to Israel.
The Royal Saudi Air Force and the US Air Force have concluded their joint Desert Mirage 3 training manoeuvres, which witnessed a number of exercised on joint combat scenarios to face off emerging threats, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.
