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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

By Steve Trimble
The upper stage of the Lockheed Martin missile was not tested during the first flight, and only the Northrop Grumman-supplied, first-stage motor was ignited.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The flight test met all primary and secondary objectives, the U.S. Air Force said, without elaborating.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Moon-bound, small Capstone mission satellite has successfully executed a delayed second trajectory correction maneuver.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Boston-based autonomous flight startup Merlin Labs has completed a $105 million Series B round, bringing the total funding raised so far to $130 million.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The NASA- and Northrop Grumman-developed observatory is “probably the most significant engineering feat of our time,” Northrop CEO Kathy Warden tells Aviation Week.
Space

Global commercial helicopter operator Bristow Group has signed a letter of intent with Elroy Air to order up to 100 Chaparral hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed cargo aircraft for logistics, health care and energy markets.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Ireland plans to raise national defense spending almost 50% by 2028 to meet an increased level of ambition for the country’s armed forces.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Defense Department has requested high-level configuration proposals for a Blended Wing Body (BWB) that can be 30% more efficient than the aerodynamics of the Boeing 767 and Airbus A330 and combine with a new generation of propulsion technology to reduce fuel burn more than 60% by 2030 compared to the current technology.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s Elektra Solar has begun flight testing its two-seat electric ultralight Elektra Trainer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA and its partners promise there will be much more to come from the just-commissioned James Webb Space Telescope, following the release of its first five science images on July 12.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Russian state news agency TASS describes the so-called Zmeevik missile, which means “Serpentine,” as an “aircraft carrier killer."
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Israeli startup AIR has conducted the first hover tests with a full-scale prototype of its AIR One personal electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility