Defense and Space

The U.S. Air Force has shifted search operations for the remaining missing crewmembers of a V-22 that crashed near Japan into a recovery mission.

The Gamma variant is scheduled to follow into development the first two variants of the Space Development Agency's Tranche 2 Tracking Layer.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) relented on Pentagon nominees, clearing the Senate to approve almost all of the senior officers awaiting promotions.

German defense electronics firm Hensoldt is snapping up its domestic competitor ESG for €675 million ($729 million).

The uncrewed combat air vehicles that may accompany the Rafale F5 standard will be designed to enter highly defended zones, Dassault's CEO said Dec. 5.

Cambium, a California startup focusing on advanced materials and machine learning for aerospace and defense products, has landed $19 million in venture capital.

Lockheed Martin’s two electronic warfare pod programs progress toward flight testing and airworthiness certification.

Honeywell Aerospace’s new chief talks to Aviation Week editors about his priorities.

SOUTH KOREA selected the Embraer C-390 as its new military transport (will acquire an undisclosed number of aircraft), the seventh nation to do so.

RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES was selected by US DOD develop a robust modeling and simulation tool that uses historical and behavioral survey data to predict impact of and develop mitigations for shocks to the supply chain.

Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. have released additional details for Pillar II of their AUKUS agreement.

The SDA has issued its solicitation for a new, experimental satellite constellation to look for classified threats.

The U.S. Air Force needs to open up its high-end training ranges and exercises to AI and machine learning, its top civilian sasys.

The future seems bright for Embraer’s C-390 assembly line surrounded by sugar cane fields in Gaviao Peixoto, Brazil.

The U.S. Army faces a longer wait for its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon though DOD officials say the launcher problem should not impact the Navy’s CPS program.

Ken Bedingfield, a former chief financial officer at Northrop Grumman, is taking the same position at L3Harris Technologies, the latter announced Dec. 4.

A contract dispute between F-35 maker Lockheed Martin and key supplier Howmet Aerospace has become public with a Lockheed lawsuit and a vocal Howmet defense.

Intuitive Machines’ initial Nova-C lunar lander has arrived at Cape Canaveral for a launch under a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services agreement.

Auditors have determined the UK Defense Ministry’s plans to purchase equipment over the next 10 years are again unaffordable.

A new South Korean rocket launched a reconnaissance satellite using a rocket that included a solid rocket motor for the first time.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced the Embraer C-390 as the winner of the Large Transport Aircraft-II contract on Dec. 4.

OEM NHIndustries has purchased Australia’s spare parts pool and its fleet of NH90s after Canberra decided to withdraw the type over availability and costs.

The UK Defense Ministry says Cawdor Barracks, formerly a U.K. Royal Air Force flight training base, has been named as the preferred DARC site.

Most fighter aircraft made in the U.S. are in line to get improved radar warning receivers and self-protection jammers.

Captive carry test flight moves Stratolaunch closer to first flight of Talon hypersonic test vehicle