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By Sean Broderick
Embraer and Brazil’s Correios postal service will jointly explore opportunities for freighter versions of the E190 series and C-390 tanker transport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The purchase would allow Ukraine to import services including engineering and integration for communications and interoperable systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
In recent years, Ducommun’s recovery has included acquisitions, including BLR Aerospace last year for its maintenance, repair and overhaul work.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
With only a handful of regulators left to approve the merger, Korean Air is working on the transition and integration of new fleet and manpower.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Romania has significantly increased its defense spending, allocating 2.5% of its GDP and placing it among the highest spenders within NATO. To maintain its role in enhancing alliance security, the Romanian Air Force has embarked on several fleet recapitalization initiatives.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Mark Carreau
The effort is based on the prospect that lunar resources can be mined and processed into construction materials at a lower cost than launching them from Earth.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
ESA has awarded Thales Alenia Space a contract for the development of the Mars Entry, Descent and Landing Module of the ExoMars 2028 mission.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has said a contract for a purchase of the French Dassault Rafale could be agreed by the summer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
USAF is planning a round of upgrades to the Boeing T-7A Red Hawk trainer starting as early as 2025 to improve pilot safety and the aircraft’s range.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Trudeau's comments emerge after the AUKUS nations revealed they are considering Japan’s accession as a “potential collaborator” in some elements of Pillar Two.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Boeing has displayed a model of an armed variant of the MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker featuring two Lockheed Martin AGM-158C LRASMs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Navy’s CCA target amounts to roughly half the Air Force’s target unit cost.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The idea of a “warehouse in the sky” is not new.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Greek lawmakers approved the purchase on April 3. Four of the 35 helicopters will serve with the country’s special operations forces.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The flight-test campaign marked beginning of an effort to integrate various components of automation into an aircraft to build up to true end-to-end autonomy.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Canada has been one of the NATO alliance members that has been lagging on reaching the alliance defense spending target of 2% of GDP.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Osprey will take over fleet replenishment duties for Naval Air Force Atlantic beginning in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The funding will be used to jointly develop technologies with the U.S. for a fission nuclear system for space power applications.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The 236-ft.-wingspan aircraft flew from Stennis International Airport in Mississippi over the Gulf of Mexico.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
Wakata has logged 505 days in space over five missions on the NASA space shuttle, Russian Soyuz, SpaceX Crew Dragon and International Space Station.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A Falcon 9 rocket has delivered 11 satellites into mid-inclination, low Earth orbit, marking the inaugural run of a new rideshare service called Bandwagon.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Choices by Air Force and Navy leaders highlight an age-old tension: preserve present-day capacity, or trade readiness today for capability tomorrow?
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Touchdown of the descent module on the steppes of Kazakhstan occurred at 3:17 a.m. EDT, or 12:17 p.m. local time, about 90 mi. southeast of Dzhezkazgan.
Space

By Craig Caffrey
Spending on defense has increased at an average rate of 5.4% in real terms in the three years since 2021.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
The award represents a breakthrough into solid rocket propulsion for Ursa Major, and comes as the Pentagon faces a major shortfall in SRM production capacity.
Missile Defense & Weapons