Defense

Beta Technologies has secured about $830 million in additional financing from the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. to ramp up manufacturing.

Kratos sees an opportunity to build thousands of engines with partner GE Aerospace to power Lockheed Martin’s family of stealthy cruise missiles.

K2 Space Secures U.S. Space Force Optical Link Work

The U.S. Air Force will begin multiyear procurement of engines for its fighter aircraft and is soliciting information on the current market to apply pressure to companies to improve performance.

An RTX Phantom Strike radar is now being integrated on the Lockheed Martin X-62 operated by the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School.

Northrop Grumman this week cut the ribbon on what could be seen as its closing argument to win the most anticipated contract from the Pentagon, the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX next-generation fighter aircraft.

Voyager Technologies says sales related to space-based interceptor activities already are matching its revenue from work on the Lockheed Martin Next-Generation Interceptor.

The U.S. DOD on Aug. 4 rolled out a new counter-unmanned aerial system marketplace platform to aid different agencies in acquiring counter-drone tech.

Canadian satellite services provider Telesat has signed a C$2.3 billion ($1.6 billion) deal with the Canadian government to expand its Lightspeed network and provide Ka-band service to the armed forces.

The Spanish Air Force plans to acquire a new batch of combat aircraft through a third iteration of its Halcon program, the service’s new vision lays out.

The next-generation combat aircraft landscape in Europe remains in flux amid potentially shifting industrial arrangements and timelines.

A newly-launched project expands the U.S. military’s months-old search for a low-cost, counter-air missile.

Northrop Grumman will become the second supplier of solid rocket motors for the in-demand Patriot Advanced Capability 3-Missile Segment Enhanced interceptor.

A new capability upgrade for the NATO Frigate Helicopter variant of the NHIndustries NH90 rotorcraft has been flown for the first time.

Turkish uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) manufacturer Baykar has completed the first releases of weapons from the payload bay of its Kizilelma autonomous combat aircraft.

The Royal Australian Air Force is aiming to integrate the Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft into the next Exercise Pitch Black in 2028

The NATO-led NGRC effort to develop a replacement for Europe’s battlefield utility and naval helicopters has entered a competitive phase.

The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital has made an up to $820 million conditional loan commitment to Performance Drone Works (PDW) to expand domestic drone component manufacturing.

The U.S. Air Force’s series of upgrades to the B-52 bomber face cost and schedule growth, a new report says.

Defense officials from the Global Combat Air Program nations have discussed advancing the service entry of the new fighter by up to two years.

Hensoldt is starting to see serious export interest in Europe for its Pegasus signals intelligence aircraft as it also gears up for the competition in Germany to provide the luWES airborne electronic attack system, CEO Oliver Dörre said.

Airbus will build a new Spanish secure communications satellite after the loss of the SpainSat NG-II military communications spacecraft.

Rolls-Royce's Orpheus demonstrator engine is now evolving into a family of propulsion systems with a particular focus on autonomous collaborative combat aircraft.

Turkish Aerospace Industries has begun taxi trials of the first fully representative prototype of the Kaan combat aircraft, imagery released by the airframer reveals.

GKN Aerospace has restarted some activities at its Garden Grove, California, industrial site after an industrial mishap, but parent company Melrose is not sure when the site will be fully operational again.