Defense and Space

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.

Ethiopia has acquired a pair of Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 fourth-generation fighters.

LOCKHEED MARTIN had $1.9b net income on $18.9b sales in 4Q23 vs $1.9b on $19b in 4Q22; and $6.9b on $68b in 2023 vs $5.7b on $66b in 2022. It delivered 98 F-35s, five F-16s, 21 C-130Js in 2023 vs 141 F-35s and 24 C-130Js in 2022.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN received approval from US DOD to start production of B-21 Raider stealth bomber.

SAAB has $101.7m Boeing order to manufacture T-7A aft fuselage systems (quantity not disclosed) at West Lafayette, IN.

AIR INDUSTRIES, NY has two $1m orders to supply (1) nacelle components for CH-53K and (2) landing gear actuators for a developmental aircraft.

Scolese has led the NRO since Aug. 5, 2019, as its 19th director and served more than 30 years with NASA.

U.S. aircraft early Jan. 24 local time conducted air strikes on locations linked to Iranian-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah inside Iraq.

A program to upgrade the Tiger attack helicopters of the French and Spanish armies has been scaled back.

Startup Albedo has raised a $35 million Series A-1 funding round and plans to use the cash infusion to launch its first operational imagery satellite, Sat-1.

North Macedonia’s defense ministry has selected Leonardo’s AW169 and AW149 to meet national requirements for a new fleet of multirole helicopters.

The multinational group of countries coming to Ukraine’s defense is forging new specific efforts to help Kyiv with drone warfare and the use of armor.

The global rotorcraft market is in a steady state, but orders and deliveries have still yet to return to pre-COVID-19 levels, Airbus Helicopters CEO says.

RTX closed out 2023 strongly as its fourth-quarter earnings beat Wall Street’s expectations.

U.S. startup Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) has secured a follow-on contract award from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation program.

Edge Group has taken control of 65% of International Golden Group in a significant consolidation of the United Arab Emirates’ defense industry.

NASA's PACE mission is set to provide higher-resolution insight into complex interactions among the Earth's oceans, atmospheric aerosols and cloud formations.

The 98 deliveries recorded in 2023 are the lowest total since Lockheed handed-over 91 F-35s to customers in 2018.

Aviation Week Network, in collaboration with Accenture, has revealed the winners of the 2024 20 Twenties Awards program.

U.S. Air Force flight-related incidents increased in 2023, while Navy and Marine Corps rates stayed steady.

The startup details the Quarterhorse flight-test plan as concept design work accelerates for the follow-on Darkhorse hypersonic cruiser.

A specialist in experimental rotorcraft, Piasecki eyes the transition from R&D to production.

We may be witnessing the slow demise of what was once the world’s greatest aerospace company, with few identifiable roadblocks to an act of self-immolation.