The UK, Italian and Swedish governments have signed a trilateral memorandum that paves the way for the three countries to jointly develop the next-generation Tempest combat air system to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon and Saab Gripen.
France is buying three E-2D airborne early warning aircraft for a maximum of $2 billion from the U.S. Navy, making the country the second international customer of the carrier-capable aircraft.
GA-ASI will modify two company-owned Avengers with the Skyborg autonomous control system integrated by Leidos, the Skyborg Design Agent, for flight tests planned this year and in 2022.
Satisfied with the Space Launch System’s recent Wet Dress Rehearsal, NASA is looking to conduct the first simultaneous ground test firing of the heavy rocket’s four RS-25 engines as early as Jan. 17.
The UK has contracted with MBDA for the production of its Spear 3 network enabled air-to-ground missile which will become the primary weapon of the UK’s F-35 fleet.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus resupply spacecraft was unberthed from the International Space Station on Jan. 6 to begin the three-week, free-flight phase of its lengthy mission.
Options for replacing the Looking Glass airborne command post, or "Doomsday," mission must be survivable, but not necessarily airborne, the head of Strategic Command says.
Personnel at Nellis AFB in Nevada are preparing to welcome two F-35s this summer as part of a fifth-generation aircraft aggressor unit, the 57th wing commander said.
An investment fund formed last summer to support small and medium enterprises in the French aerospace sector has received an additional €100 million ($120 million) from the Credit Agricole banking group, thus bringing it closer to its goal of raising a total of €1 billion.
The schedule update effectively unfreezes the Regional Glide Phase Weapon System after the MDA halted the program in April to review options for accelerating the prototype to the field.
The European Commission (EC) has launched a feasibility study for an EU-owned, space-based communication system that would use quantum technology for secure connectivity.
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $4.9 billion undefinitized contract modification to build three geosynchronous Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellites.
The U.S. Air Force has moved MQ-9 aircraft and 90 personnel to Romania to provide additional intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability in the Balkans and Black Sea for NATO operations.
The UK has declared its carrier strike capability operational, paving the way for the first operational cruise of new carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in the spring.
