Defense

By Tony Osborne
Austria is to phase out its aging Saab 105 jet trainers without a replacement as ministers attempt to figure out the country’s future airspace surveillance plans.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bradley Perrett
The Japanese defense ministry proposes to fly the first prototype of the Next Generation Fighter (NGF) in 2028 and begin deliveries to the air force seven years later.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The sponsors of a global student contest to virtually design small lunar race cars have chosen four winners.
Space

By Bradley Perrett, Kim Minseok
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has published the first photograph of the first KF-X airframe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Completed structures will be delivered to the Saab final assembly line in Linköping, Sweden.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

Brazilian workers in São Bernardo do Campo on July 7 started assembling the first major structures of Saab F-39E/F Gripen fighters ordered by the
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Part-cruise missile and part-unmanned aircraft system, Skyborg is set to redefine air combat operations.
A&D Week 2020

By Tony Osborne
France has been approved by the U.S. State Department to purchase three E-2D Hawkeye carrier-borne airborne early warning aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
A potential sale of Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks to Lithuania has been approved by the U.S. State Department.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
NASA hopes to have the Artemis Accords ready for signature by year’s end, according to Mike Gold, NASA’s acting administrator for the agency’s Office of International and Interagency Agreements.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Michael Griffin, U.S. defense undersecretary for Research and Engineering, leaves behind a new model for advanced technology development in the Pentagon that seeks to deliver capabilities years faster than the system he inherited.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
U.S. Navy instructor pilots have begun learning to fly the TH-73A helicopter trainer at Leonardo’s facility in Philadelphia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
In response to a request by Indonesia of a potential sale, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on July 6 that Indonesia is eligible to import the U.S. Marine Corps version of the twin-engine tiltrotor.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Serbian government has lifted the lid on its new armed unmanned air systems sourced from China, the first nation in the Balkans to acquire such a capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

BLACKSHAPE, Italy is offering to support local production (kits and/or full technology transfer) of its Gabriel BK160 and Gabriel-TP trainers in South
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA astronaut and cancer researcher Kate Rubins, the first person to sequence DNA from space, is hopeful for a resurgence in science and technology activities aboard the International Station when she returns to the ISS in October.
Space

AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts delivery of 677 new, Western-designed maritime helicopters over next 10 years, led by US Coast Guard’s upgrade of its
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The 48-month engineering and manufacturing development phase will include production of up to 318 Precision Strike Missiles as the first tranche of a Lockheed Martin production run of 2,422.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences is the first company to receive a contract under a new DARPA program to build an X-plane designed around active flow control.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Although named Ofek 16, the spacecraft launched early on July 6 represents the 12th acknowledged platform in the Ofek series, with the last being the Ofek 11 in 2016. The Ofek series has previously been described as a light, agile spy satellite with a mass up to 815 lb. (369 kg) and an unclassified resolution of about 19 in. (50 cm).
Space

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
Defense

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Defense

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