Defense

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the UK’s military will be adapted to warfighting readiness in response to a new era of global instability.

Engine makers GE Aerospace and Kratos Turbine Technologies expanded a partnership on small affordable turbofan engines on June 2.

Europe’s space sector is set for growth, but in one area it may be poised for contraction: the number of companies vying for business.

CAE on June 2 named industry veteran Matthew Bromberg as CEO and president effective Aug. 13.

India’s HAL has received the first center fuselage for the Mk. 1A version of the indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft to be produced by private industry.

Families of military personnel killed in a UK Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter crash in Scotland in 1994 have launched a legal action against the UK.

For the first time since early on in World War II, Europe is set to spend more on the acquisition of military equipment than the U.S. this year.

Japan's parliament passed a law May 30 that amends civil aviation law following a fatal runway incursion accident in January 2024 at Tokyo Haneda Airport.

Ukraine claims to have destroyed one-third of Russian Long-Range Aviation’s cruise missile-carrying strategic bombers after an audacious drone raid deep inside Russian territory.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the first batch of projects under the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience program.

Teasing the long-awaited Strategic Defense Review to be published June 2, UK Defense Secretary John Healey said the UK needs to bolster its defense industrial base.

Less than a day after releasing budget plans to cut NASA spending 24%, the White House announced that a replacement to head the agency will be announced soon.

A powder metal part-contamination problem affects hundreds of Pratt & Whitney PW2000 engines on Boeing 757s and C-17s that will require inspections.

Hungary has taken delivery of its first trio of Aero Vodochody L-39NG Skyfox jet trainer aircraft.

U.S. Navy researchers are surveying industry for airborne vehicles equipped with radio frequency emitters that are tuned to fool the seekers of anti-ship missiles.

It is hard to hear aircraft take off amid the noise of metal being machined in the workshops of the Turkish Air Force’s 2nd Air Maintenance Factory Directorate.

Embraer hopes bilateral partnerships with European and Asian companies can bring new opportunities as it aims to solidify aircraft capabilities globally.

Embraer has reinforced its commitment to India with the establishment of a fully owned Indian subsidiary which will have its corporate office in AeroCity, New Delhi.

The European Union is backing a German-led push to investigate uncrewed air-to-air refueling capability and medevac operators.

Finland says it is spearheading an EU effort to apply quantum technology to make PNT programs more jam-resistant and to enhance missile warning.

Embraer is soliciting requirements from the Brazilian Air Force and Portuguese Air Force on a potential maritime patrol version of the C-390 airlifter.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

DARPA has announced a power-beaming distance record of 8.6 km (5.3 mi) for the laser-based system that could support many military applications.

The continental U.S. is on the front line of a foreign adversary’s actions against us for the first time since the War of 1812.

Bombardier will shelve a recent ambition to become a defense prime contractor to deliver an airborne early warning and control aircraft for Canada.