Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
The ambitious mission to explore seven asteroids is targeted to launch in March 2028.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Tyvak International, a subsidiary of Terran Orbital, has won a $4.7 million contract from the ESA to develop a nanosatellite that will deploy from Space Rider.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Garrett Reim
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is targeting Dec. 24 for the first launch of its Vulcan-Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral SFS.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno, Sean Broderick
Boeing’s dual challenges—commercial aircraft supply, and defense and space program execution—continued to haunt the company in the third quarter.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The start of moving ground tests for the Northrop Grumman B-21 provides another milestone on the path to a scheduled first flight by the end of this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Teledyne Technologies posted a profit of $196.8 million in the third quarter, up 11.4% over $178.3 million during the same period a year earlier.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
IAI is maintaining commitments to its international customers of Israeli weapon systems despite prioritizing Israeli military needs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
A small number of Ukrainian pilots have begun a tailored training program to learn how to fly the F-16 at a U.S. Air Force base in Arizona.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The global approach to MRO of the F-35 needs to be a model for other weapons as the Pentagon looks to co-develop and co-produce critical systems, the DOD says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
After focusing exclusively on eVTOL aircraft, the U.S. Air Force's Agility Prime program is expanding to fixed-wing types with the planned lease of a Pipistrel electric sport aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. has given Ukraine seven industrial-size 3D printers and related technical data packages so the nation’s military can print replacement parts.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon’s first-ever defense industrial base policy will outline Defense Department efforts to bolster a stretched workforce and supply chain.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble, Chen Chuanren
South Korea’s 4.5-generation fighter program is looking for external support after keeping the KF-21 flight test on track.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Scientists suspect a metal asteroid the mission will explore may be the remnant of early planet.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A transmission upgrade underway for the KUH-1 Surion may help pave the way to a high-speed helicopter in the 2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
A year and a half after private equity investors bought it, uAvionix has in turn bought Iris Automation, a provider of optical detect and avoid technology.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Aviation Week Staff
Europe’s space workforce grew by 8.2% in 2022 over the prior year, the Space Foundation says in a quarterly report on the state of the space industry.
Commercial Space

LOCKHEED MARTIN has dropped out of USAF's KC-135 replacement program, but its partner, AIRBUS, says it plans to pursue the contract with its A330MRTT. With Lockheed Martin out, Boeing’s KC-46 remains the favorite for the program.

Defense and Space

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin has awarded Terran Orbital a contract to build 36 sat buses for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta constellation
Space

By Michael Bruno
RTX leaders sought to snuff out financial concerns over its ongoing GTF engine problems Oct. 23 as they unveiled relatively expected financial results.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Competitors for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program have started the certification and installation process of the engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The QuickSounder is the first in a new generation of small, low-Earth-orbit satellites for weather and climate-change observations.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Canadian aerospace and defense training leader CAE will use proceeds from the sale to pay off debt and invest in its core training and simulation markets.
Maintenance & Training

By Chen Chuanren
Boeing and Brisbane-based Ferra Engineering have agreed to extend their JDAM wing kit partnership through 2028.
Missile Defense & Weapons