Defense

Hanwha Aerospace is positioning its military MRO capabilities to support the U.S. Defense Department's Regional Sustainment Framework.

Saab is looking to wrap up negotiations and finalize contracts this year for Gripen E/F deals with Thailand and Colombia, CEO Micael Johansson says.

The U.S. Navy appears poised to pick either Boeing or Northrop Grumman to develop its next-generation combat aircraft, the F/A-XX. Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss what's at stake.

The 76-year-old alliance wants to bolster its space capabilities with hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding.

The camps on either side of the defense mobilization debate in the U.S. and allied countries should consider two more mobilization pathways.

The Congressional Budget Office is forecasting a sharp rise in the Pentagon’s spending to maintain and modernize its nuclear arsenal.

A new fleet of small, hydrogen-powered, long-range drones could soon become a feasible option to operate from remote, austere bases.

The U.S. Air Force is pressing ahead on near-term updates to its refueling fleet for connectivity and survivability as opposed to large-scale modernization.

China has sent three astronauts on the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, blasting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 5:17 pm Beijing time on April 24.

L3Harris CEO Chris Kubasik says he expects the Trump administration to release a basic version of the fiscal 2026 budget request within two weeks.

China is widening the scope of its restrictions on the export of critical minerals to the U.S.

European Union parliament members have backed a proposal for greater defense industrial investment.

Poland’s PZL-Swidnik has completed the first flight of a locally-assembled Leonardo AW149 battlefield utility helicopter for the Polish Army.

Thales will look to 2026 defense budgets in Europe to get a better sense of the speed at which words transform into real money, CFO Pascal Bouchiat says.

Belgium is set to acquire additional F-35 Joint Strike Fighters as part of plans to grow the country’s defense spending to the equivalent of 2% of GDP.

SpaceWerx and The Aerospace Corp. help commercial space companies and prospective government customers get on the same page about technology readiness levels.

A U.S. Air Force notice raises the possibility of the service fielding a separate aircraft to serve the E-7A role.

The AW149’s Polish contract provides a much-needed foothold in the medium-lift military helicopter market, where it faces stiff competition against more established platforms.

Near Earth Autonomy is to provide a miniaturized autonomy system to support the demonstration of autonomous resupply in contested environments.

Boeing has met two milestones under a new agreement with the U.S. Air Force aimed at accelerating the fielding of the T-7A Red Hawk trainer that has been delayed.

Taiwan’s AVIX and India’s Optiemus Unmanned Systems will collaborate on the production of drone components for defense applications in the subcontinent.

Raytheon and Tawazun Council moved closer to realizing a two-year-old plan to assemble the Coyote uncrewed aircraft system in the UAE.

The tariffs beginning to disrupt the aerospace and defense industry were the least of Hexcel’s problems in a tepid first quarter performance.

Boeing’s beleaguered Defense and Space business made progress on several fronts in the first quarter as part of a broader turnaround plan.

Portugal’s first indigenous aircraft, the LUS-222, has passed its preliminary design review .