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By Garrett Reim
The Space Development Agency has awarded two prototype contracts worth about $1.32 billion in total to teams led by L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems for 28 Tranche 1 Tracking Layer satellites.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A seemingly abandoned idea to air launch tiny, swarming drones from fast-moving jets appears to be back on the U.S. Air Force’s research agenda.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is dropping helicopter operations from its plan to recover the Vulcan rocket’s BE-4 engines for reuse, Aerospace DAILY has learned.
Space

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX CRS-25 autonomously docked to the International Space Station’s U.S. segment Harmony module on July 16, delivering more than 5,800 lbs. of crew supplies, science investigations, technology development projects and station hardware.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Australia plans to announce which nuclear-powered submarine it will choose in the first quarter of 2023, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Senior Royal Air Force officers say the air arm is now moving forward with procurement of the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft after a series of “distractions” in the program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of Russia’s Roscosmos State Space Corp., was replaced on July 15 by President Vladimir Putin.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has established teaming arrangements with industry partners as it prepares to offer a militarized version of its H175 twin-engine super-medium rotorcraft for the UK’s £1.2 billion ($1.42 billion) New Medium Helicopter requirement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Does the luxury lifestyle market have a role to play in advanced air mobility? Perhaps, based on two new agreements, although the companies involved are far from leaders in the nascent industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The House of Representatives passed a defense authorization bill worth $850 billion on July 14 that adds dozens of aircraft to the Defense Department’s requested procurement budget.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy and Boeing recently demonstrated the manned-unmanned teaming capabilities of the Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, with the fighter controlling up to three unmanned aerial vehicles in “combat representative” scenarios.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The contract for the next lot of Boeing F-15EXs for the U.S. Air Force will come in at less than $80 million, despite ongoing supply chain issues and inflation that is bogging down deliberations on future contracts for other fighters such as the F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The UK Royal Air Force is embedding as many U.S. Air Force personnel as it can to accelerate the American adoption of the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail as the RAF is in the beginning stages of its own program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The UK’s plan to achieve full operational capability with the Boeing P-8 Poseidon rests on its ability to train crews in-country, with the Royal Air Force currently fielding three more aircraft than total aircrews.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea’s defense procurement agency DAPA has approved a KRW3.94 trillion ($2.97 billion) budget to procure 20 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters under the F-X Phase 2 project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk. 2 active electronically scanned array radar.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said trials had demonstrated “enormous operational potential to confuse and overwhelm and adversary air defenses.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
The launch marks the start of SpaceX's 25th cargo run for NASA.
Space

By Michael Bruno
AEI HorizonX, the investment group comprising Boeing and a private equity firm, has invested in Arlington, Virginia-based Shift5, an operational technology cybersecurity and fleet analytics company, representatives told Aviation Week.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Canada has ordered two 7-year-old Airbus A330-200 aircraft worth $102 million from a lessor to convert into a new tanker-transport fleet, making them the first two aircraft purchased to replace five A310-derived CC-150 Polaris jets.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Michael Bruno
With new leadership and an eager private equity sponsor, Tucson, Arizona-based Geost, a provider of small-satellite electro-optical and infrared sensors to the U.S. military, is eyeing acquisitions and investment stakes in other companies.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
For the 10th year in a row, NASA has been ranked as the best of the large U.S. federal agencies for which to work.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Warfighting Analysis Center—its high-level focus group of experts and operators designing future military satellite architectures—is sharing its findings and collecting information from allies in addition to U.S. industry to ensure its plans are not duplicative of partner efforts.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin has completed the major assembly step on the first F-16V Block 70/72 fighter to be built in Greenville, South Carolina, moving the single-engine fighter closer to a first delivery in late 2023, the company says in an update posted on social media.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The upgraded Vega-C, a beefed-up and more flexible version of the Vega light launcher, made its first flight July 13 from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Commercial Space