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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

By Tony Osborne
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited will provide the Indian Air Force and Indian Army with indigenous Prachand light combat helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The first new Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Blk. 70 for Taiwan was rolled out on March 28 in Greenville, South Carolina.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy wants to field a new trainer by 2030 and is planning to rely on virtual carrier landing practice to avoid a long aircraft development cycle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
With a general election looming, Australia announced an early 2025-26 budget which included a boost to defense spending despite a wider focus on tax cuts.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Robert Wall
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket failed on its first launch from the Andoya Spaceport in Norway.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The Falcon 9 flight rate at Cape Canaveral SFS Space Launch Complex 40 is planned to be more than doubled by SpaceX.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
OsakaKo Vertiport, a facility for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, has been completed by Osaka Metro Co. in Japan.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
A low-cost air defense system has been unveiled by Airbus to deal with swarms of uncrewed aircraft systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Portugal is looking to streamline its pilot training pipeline and reduce the country’s reliance on the U.S. with the procurement of Embraer's A-29 Super Tucano.
Light Attack and Advanced Training