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By Helen Massy-Beresford
As demand grows for its products, Embraer has signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkish Aerospace, with the potential for a final assembly in Turkey.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Chen Chuanren, Kim Minseok
Hanwha Aerospace will invest KRW750 billion into development and production facilities for GA-ASI MQ-1 Gray Eagle uncrewed system and engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Brazilian energetics supplier Mac Jee has displayed for the first time a mock-up of a hypersonic, solid-fuel rocket now in development.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. State Department has expanded its Lockheed Martin F-16 C/D Blk. 70/72 package to the Philippines, as it hopes to secure a deal in Southeast Asia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Taiwan is moving at a steady pace with air force modernization, but its procurement goals seem to clash with what its primary ally, the U.S., sees as priorities
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By Steve Trimble
Embraer says Portugal has joined an ongoing study by the Brazilian Air Force to adapt the C-390 for surveillance missions.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Mark Carreau
NASA is working diligently toward the April 2026 launch schedule for Artemis II, Acting Administrator Janet Petro says.
Space Exploration

By Matthew Fulco
Drone manufacturer Red Cat Holdings reported just $4.9 million in revenue for the eight months ended Dec. 31, 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
MDA will buy Satixfy for $2.10 per Satixfy share, a 75% premium above the latter’s closing price March 31.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
USAF Lt. Gen. (ret.) Dan Caine, nominated as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wants the DOD to increase its work with nontraditional firms.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Tokyo has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries a JPY32.3 billion ($215.7 million) contract to develop a new ground-based anti-surface missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
On March 31 Spire announced fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results and filed its required annual statement with the SEC.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Europeans have developed a wariness of relying on U.S. space tech, but the U.S. is light years ahead of its Old World cousins in the emerging space sector.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Survey Copter has unveiled a vertical takeoff and landing version of its Aliaca tactical platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s EH101 Merlin rotorcraft fleet will be supported under a £165 million ($213.1 million) two-year extension awarded to Leonardo Helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Sweden will buy four Embraer C-390s through a multinational contracting vehicle established last July by the Netherlands.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Two icing test campaigns on a section of a transonic truss-braced wing, like that in development for the X-66 demonstrator, reveal ice-protection concerns.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX launched its third free-flying space charter on March 31, sending a quartet of adventurers into polar orbit, a first for a human spaceflight.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
NASA Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams say they continue to embrace the unexpected.
Space Exploration

By Matthew Fulco
A supplier of niche aerospace and defense components, Loar Holdings, projected confidence in its business prospects during a fourth-quarter earnings call.
Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
NASA has added SpaceX’s still-in-development Starship-Super Heavy launch system to the fleet of vehicles eligible to compete for a wide variety of missions.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
A €70 million ($75.7 million) Series B round to fund the deployment of a 100-sat 5G internet-of-things constellation has been closed by Sateliot.
Satellites

By Matthew Fulco
It will not work with Elon Musk-owned Starlink, but Taiwan plans to establish a satellite communications network by 2029.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
A monthslong drama is playing out mostly behind the scenes over the future of South America's largest active fighter deal.
Aircraft & Propulsion