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By Steve Trimble
The disclosure offers a rare glimpse into the secretive operational plans for the Air Force’s next-generation bomber.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Melrose Industries, parent company of GKN Aerospace, posted 11% annual revenue growth in 2024 on the back ofdemand for its engines and aftermarket businesses.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive and NASA are awaiting imagery from the agency’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to establish whether Athena is upright, leaning, or tipped over.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The service could readily exchange data with the members of its Commercial Integration Cell (CIC), including Intelsat itself.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The Ariane 6’s second flight, mission VA263, took off at 11:24 a.m. ET March 6 from the European spaceport at French Guiana.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The 52-min. launch window is currently set to open at 9:25 a.m. EST.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The NSM will replace the U.S.-made Boeing Harpoon anti-ship missile that equips the country’s Iver Huitfeldt class frigates.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
With the Series D funding, Oklahoma-based Epirus has raised a total of $550 million.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, critics of Ireland’s near-passive approach to defense have been urging the government to spend more on security.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Dubbed Paladin, the prototype is the first full-sized example of Regent’s 12-passenger Viceroy, designed to carry two crewmembers and 12 passengers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Italy’s Leonardo and Turkey’s Baykar are to work together to capitalize on the global market for uncrewed air systems and loitering munitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
JetZero has secured a propulsion systems agreement with RTX covering its blended-wing-body aircraft’s primary engines, auxiliary power system and nacelles.
Emerging Technologies

By Vivienne Machi
Those payloads are collecting “all kinds of very interesting data” on Beijing’s network of space surveillance satellites, Space RCO Director Kelly Hammett said.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Macron said he wants to “open the strategic debate on protection by our deterrent of our allies from the European continent.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
When Boeing delivers the last KC-46 ordered under the KC-X program in 2029, the average age of the remaining KC-135s will be 67 years old.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The space agency plans to cease operating Voyager 2’s low-energy charged particle instrument on March 24 to conserve power.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
NASA says the technology could serve as a “stepping stone to advanced navigation systems and services for the Moon and Mars.”
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
Trump’s Boeing 757 recently visited the L3Harris modification facility in Greenville, Texas, where the company does its modification work.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton, Guy Norris
Under a newly formalized partnership, Delta Air Lines plans to play a “crucial role” in the development of JetZero’s blended-wing-body (BWB) aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
Until recently, almost all workers on the program needed a Yankee White security clearance.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Vivienne Machi
The Space Systems Center plans to expand the reach of the optical crosslinks in stages.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The service on March 5 said it planned to award a sole-source contract to Boeing for the work that it aims to have completed before next Oct. 1.
Satellites

By Sean Broderick
Helicopter routes that pass closest to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) should be permanently suspended, Airlines For America (A4A) said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Matthew Fulco
Trump said that “the CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing,” characterized by companies “that take our money and they don’t spend it.”
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The Mentor 2 program aims to modernize and rationalize the elementary flight training phase.
Aircraft & Propulsion