Defense and Space

The Space Rapid Capabilities Office is tasked with meeting critical needs in space.

The U.S. Space Force is preparing for a dramatic increase in its acquisition of military satellite communications and position, navigation and timing systems.

A coalition of nations led by France is beginning to firm up plans for the creation of a NATO-compatible ground-based air defense system to protect Ukraine.

GE Aerospace and its Italian business Avio Aero have secured the first study contract associated with NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability.

Perseverance is preparing for the fourth and perhaps most ambitious phase of its exploration of Jezero Crater.

The potential overhaul springs from a review led by service secretary Frank Kendall.

As the U.S. Army prepares for high-speed rotorcraft, the commercial helicopter industry continues its wait for advanced new technologies.

Repeated sightings of a new form of low-observable features means infrared stealth technology is progressing out of military and industry laboratories.

Aviation Week has assembled this guide to some of the most important contests that are unfolding between 2024 and 2033.

The timely availability of UAS due to fleet maintenance issues has come into question–possibly jeopardizing mission objectives.

AAR was selected by DLA Aviation to supply spare parts for Woodward fuel control product line (AAR is exclusive distributor for Woodward).

True Anomaly, a startup developing spacecraft for space domain awareness missions, has raised $100 million in a Series B round of funding.

L3Harris highlights the potential for the acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne to help the defense contractor become a larger player in space and missile systems.

The F-35 Joint Program Office head says he still cannot predict when a software issue that has halted deliveries from Lockheed Martin will be corrected.

United Launch Alliance conducted a practice launch countdown, including fueling, of its new Vulcan-Centaur rocket on Dec. 12.

More than 15 months after a New Shepard booster failed, Blue Origin plans to resume flights of its reusable suborbital vehicle, with liftoff set for Dec. 18.

Satellite technology company Quasar is targeting the U.S. military market with a new, ground-based steerable phased array radar for space domain awareness.

The Pentagon has reshuffled how it presents its space-focused forces to combatant commands, modifying a scheme to have a broader goal of improving readiness.

The UK government is preparing to publish its Space Sector Plan in early 2024, laying out its national space capabilities ambitions.

Kosiniak-Kamysz will replace Mariusz Błaszczak, who led Poland through a radical equipment modernization program prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Military aircraft opportunities are expected to peak in 2032, according to the newest Aviation Week Intelligence Network outlook.

An ongoing software problem haunts Lockheed Martin’s production and modernization agenda for the F-35 as a raft of new competitors hit key milestones in 2024.

Hear from experts in Accenture’s aerospace and defense practice as they review exclusive results from their latest Commercial Aerospace Insight Report.

LOCKHEED MARTIN rolled out the first F-35A Lightning II for BELGIUM.

SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS, Belgium and BMT AEROSPACE, Belgium teamed under MOU with Pratt & Whitney covering a research and technology project to produce F135 structural parts/components for F-35s out of Liège.