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By Tony Osborne
Baykar is planning a new version of Piaggio’s P.180 Avanti and looking to ramp up production of the twin-turboprop transport aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has named Matthieu Louvot to be the new CEO of its helicopter division, replacing Bruno Even, who is stepping down after eight years at the helm.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Australia agreed with Luxembourg-based satellite communications provider SES to extend the life of the IS-22 satellite’s UHF satcom services for military use.
Satellites

By Kim Minseok
South Korea’s Finance Ministry instructed DAPA to revise the mass-production schedule and budget allocation for the KF-21.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Hiring and access to working capital are the main challenges for UK aerospace suppliers, says a director at industry lobbying group ADS.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin is developing two concepts for greatly extending the range of the Sikorsky MH-60R/S Seahawk to offer to the U.S. Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Portugal has become the 60th nation to sign the Artemis Accords governing deep-space exploration.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
The International Space Station crew held a change-of-command ceremony Jan. 12 in advance of the Crew-11 astronauts’ planned early return to Earth.
Operations & Safety

By Brian Everstine
X-Bow Systems on Jan. 12 announced it has completed preliminary design review of its new Mk-72 and Mk-104 solid rocket motors.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. and Taiwan will co-produce 155mm artillery shells in an expansion of joint defense manufacturing efforts, Taiwan’s Armaments Bureau said on Jan. 12.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
A Jan. 11 SpaceX rideshare launch carried 40 payloads to orbit, including 10 satellites from Kepler Communications.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman $233 million to manufacture a new lightweight torpedo to be launched from the service’s fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Germany has ordered eight General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian uncrewed aircraft systems to perform maritime patrol.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
UK defense ministers will not say when a decision might be made on whether to contract for a £1 billion new fleet of medium helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A series of recent demonstrations have familiarized Boeing F/A-18E/F and Lockheed Martin F-35C pilots with Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s chief of defense staff says he is unable provide a date for the publication of the Defense Investment Plan.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
MaiaSpace, an ArianeGroup subsidiary developing a small, reusable launcher, has plans for a larger version with twice the payload, CEO Yohann Leroy said.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble
Israel has rarely shied away from defense industrial challenges, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to wean the country off U.S. military financing support sets the bar at a new level.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Sweden is planning to invest a further $1.6 billion in air defense capability focused on protecting cities and civilian infrastructure.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
China’s CAS Space says it has completed the first suborbital test flight of its Li Hong-1 reentry capsule, containing microgravity experiments.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China conducted the first flight of a domestically developed 3D-printed turbojet engine in November 2025.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Sweden is joining the list of European countries buying Iceye synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
India suffered a third-stage failure on its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket on Jan. 12, leading to the loss of 15 satellites and a reentry capsule.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Eutelsat says it will buy another tranche of satellites from Airbus to build out its OneWeb low-Earth-orbit broadband communication system.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Dassault Aviation says it has invested $200 million in the Series B funding round of French artificial intelligence startup Harmattan AI.
Aircraft & Propulsion