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The management of the UK’s nuclear weapons stockpile is to be brought back under government control from a Lockheed Martin-led private consortium.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bradley Perrett
Japan has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to commence development of the F-X fighter, making the company responsible for the complete aircraft, including propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
Defense

As the rest of the U.S. focuses on Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida is preparing for two launches
Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The Department of the U.S. Air Force’s international affairs office recently established a dedicated space division to better align the department with a single strategy for international engagement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon has created the new position of assistant defense secretary for space policy, which Congress directed in the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Retired NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko fondly recall their launch and docking to the International Space Station 20 years ago.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Speaking to the IDGA Hypersonic Weapons Summit on Oct. 29, Gen. Timothy Ray also suggested the non-nuclear policy for hypersonic weapons could be revisited.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The contract with a $700 million ceiling value could result in orders for up to 2.906 ACES 5 ejection seats over the next decade, beginning with a task order to replace the ACES 2 seats in the Boeing F-15 fleet.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
French defense officials are calling for the development of a future medium airlifter for the 2030s that could replace the CASA CN235 and Lockheed C-130H Hercules aircraft in French service.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
French start-up VoltAero has selected Belgian-headquartered Sonaca Group to develop the airframe for its clean-sheet Cassio 2 family of hybrid-electric aircraft for general and regional aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Samuel Archer
Fleet Snapshot
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Calendar of upcoming events of interest to the aerospace & defense industry.
Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Both aircraft will be delivered to Japan by June 30, 2023, joining two previously ordered KC-46As.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission spacecraft has successfully secured material gathered last week from the surface of the near Earth object Bennu in the spacecraft’s Sample Return Capsule.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The San Diego-based company announced winning a contract on October 29 for a program that provides professional services for U.S. federal agencies.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Parsons will buy Braxton Science & Technology Group in a deal worth $300 million.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A investigation into what caused a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch abort 2 sec. before liftoff on Oct. 2, delaying delivery of a GPS III satellite into orbit for the U.S. Space Force, is impacting two more SpaceX missions, including the first operational International Space Station crew ferry flight for NASA.
Space

By Michael Bruno
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm with an aerospace and defense focus, is growing its military space business with a new acquisition that serves the Pentagon’s desire to tap into small-form, new-space developments.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A new request for information released by the SDA on Oct. 23 narrows the quantity for Tranche 1 to 100-150 satellites for the Transport and Tracking layers combined.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Textron Aviation is expected to return to profitability in the fourth quarter after an “encouraging” recovery in orders for business aircraft, Textron CEO Scott Donnelly said on an Oct. 29 third-quarter results call with analysts.
Business Aviation

By Steve Trimble
If fielded, the capability could transform the C-17 and C-130 fleets into two of the U.S. Air Force’s most powerful standoff bombers, with the C-17 alone offering one-third more firepower at long range than the 24 JASSM-ER missile capacity inside a Boeing B-1B weapons bays.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
North Dakota officials have announced the establishment of a statewide network for flying unmanned aircraft systems beyond visual line of sight of an operator, supported by a ground-based surveillance and communications infrastructure.
Advanced Air Mobility