Defense

By Brian Everstine
HASC passed its fiscal 2026 defense policy bill, looking to block some key moves in the DOD proposal and raising the fleet size of USAF mobility aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Network Staff
U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) personnel are in the shake-down phase of deploying BGM-109 ground-launched cruise missiles (GLCMs) in five European nations.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney provides a rare glimpse of the XA103 adaptive engine and the digital design process underpinning its development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A plan to buy thousands of palletized missiles next year to be launched by airlifters introduces a new kind of weapon along with integration challenges.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Anduril flew another round of powered flight tests for the Barracuda-100M, a proposed long-range alternative to the Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
House lawmakers are directing the Defense Department to formally establish the Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT).
Budget, Policy & Operations

Zaynab Zlitni
Joby has announced a planned doubling of its production footprint at its low-rate facility in Marina, California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
More than five months into the second Trump administration, it is becoming increasingly clear who the winners and losers are in Western aerospace and defense.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
For years, members of the U.S. Navy’s Super Hornet and Growler community had raised the question of adding a ground collision avoidance system (GCAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has taken delivery of the GPS Operating Control System (OCX).
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Thierry Dubois
Safran has laid the first stone for a new turbine blade factory in Rennes, France, as the group creates the foundry for its civil Leap and military M88 engines.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Germany has sent a letter of request to the Pentagon to buy Typhon ground-launched, long-range strike systems, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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Defense

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has deployed two of its new Boeing F-15EX Eagle IIs to Kadena Air Base, Japan, as it prepares to stand up a unit of the fighters at the base.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
President Donald Trump approved an acceleration of arms shipments to Ukraine on July 14, with U.S. weapons paid for by European governments.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey
A slow but steady stream of data has been released on the U.S. FY26 defense budget request, which would represent a substantial hike of 11% in nominal terms.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Robert Wall, Craig Caffrey
French President Emmanuel Macron plans for a hike in the country’s defense spending to respond to the growing threat perception.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Norway can buy nine Sikorsky HH-60W combat search-and-rescue helicopters, the U.S. government announced on July 11.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace announced the successful closing of a $60 million equity raise, extending its cash runway through the middle of 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The BAE Systems PHASA-35 high-altitude, solar-electric, uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) will carry an Aloft Sensing X-band synthetic aperture radar.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) wants to cancel its Space-based Kill Assessment (SKA) experiment in favor of higher priority Pentagon investment.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
Rocket Lab has awarded a contract to build the sea-based landing platform for its forthcoming Neutron reusable launch vehicle, the company announced July 10.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Samuel Archer
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AWIN Knowledge Center

Zaynab Zlitni
Spanish-Australian startup Dovetail Electric Aviation has announced plans to partner with Netherlands-based Zeusch Aviation to develop hybrid-electric retrofits for the Beechcraft King Air twin turboprop.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Spanish startup Grasshopper Air Mobility has partnered with Swedish delivery service Jetpak to offer uncrewed parcel deliveries in Sweden.
Advanced Air Mobility