Defense

By Robert Wall
French defense procurement agency DGA says it is buying 1,000 Sorona micro-drones from Harmattan AI.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The second Donald Trump administration has struggled to reach an agreement with China to ease export controls on the U.S.
Supply Chain

Boeing has appointed Stephen Parker as president and chief executive officer of its Defence, Space & Security (BDS) business, effective immediately.
Maintenance & Training

By Chen Chuanren
Australia has revealed it will be spending A$2.12 billion ($1.4 billion) to acquire RTX AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 Amraams.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) is overhauling its aviation portfolio, investing heavily in anti-submarine warfare capabilities and uncrewed systems.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on July 2 confirmed it has paused shipments of military aid to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Israeli strike and surveillance quadcopter drone maker Xtend plans to start delivering 3,000 systems a month from a plant in Tampa, Florida.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
NATO’s June 2025 summit will no doubt go down as a key point in the alliance’s history. Headlines since the start of the meeting in the Hague firmly suggest that member states agreed to a massive increase in defense related spending with NATO shifting guidelines levels of defense spending from 2% of GDP to 5% by 2035. On paper this would increase European NATO member spending from $476.2 billion in 2024 to well over a trillion dollars by the middle of the next decade based on alliance figures.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Robert Wall
Danish defense supplier Terma says it will support the used Argentinian Lockheed Martin F-16s the South American country bought from Denmark.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Israel has provided more details on its operations against Iran, including more than 500 strikes and interdictions attributed to what it calls its UAV Array.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Europe has added to its weather monitoring and Earth-observation capacity with the launch of the MTG-S1 satellite and the Sentinel-4 instrument.
Satellites

Aviation Week Network Staff
From the Archives, 55 years ago in Aviation Week, the cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Aug. 3, 1970, issue featured a NASA Flight Research Center YF-12 over the Mojave desert before landing at Edwards AFB, California, following an instrument calibration flight
Defense

By Chen Chuanren
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force is looking to modernize against a wide, growing array of threats, from new ballistic missiles to next-generation fighters.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Quantum sensing threatens the decades-long U.S. reliance on stealth technology.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s new combat rescue helicopter will take over distinguished visitor airlift and transport in the Washington, D.C., area.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” barely passed the Senate on July 1.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Embraer delivered the first four A-29 Super Tucano light fighters on June 30 that were ordered last year by the Paraguay air force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing on July 1 announced it is making Stephen Parker its permanent head of Defense Space & Security.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Startup Electra.aero is to study the benefits of hybrid-electric propulsion systems for U.S. Army operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The Swedish government says it will implement export credit guarantees for deals with Ukraine to help provide extra financial security to potential exporters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The European Defense Agency has signed a contract with Isispace to build and deploy three cubesats to maneuver between low Earth orbit and very low Earth orbit.
Satellites

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MRO

By Garrett Reim
The World War II Tizard Mission is a reminder of the power of collaboration.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
About $14 million of the overall funding from the U.S. Air Force for JetZero’s Z4 blended wing body demo is at risk of being cut in the fiscal 2026 budget request.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Jesus “Jay” Malave, a well-known chief financial officer (CFO) across the aerospace and defense sector, will become Boeing's next financial leader Aug. 15.
Aircraft & Propulsion