Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Finland’s Patria’s and Sweden’s ACC Innovation have teamed up to market ACC’s heavylift uncrewed quadcopters for military use.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus will support TAI in developing the Hurjet to meet a requirement to replace the Spanish Air Force's Northrop SF-5 lead-in fighter training aircraft.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
Roadable aircraft advances; U.S.-sourced drone batteries; oversize cargo for defense; and electric jet engine.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
China said it would crack down on the smuggling of critical minerals in a move aimed at further constraining supply to the United States.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Hensoldt sees growing demand in Europe opening new business prospects that could lead it to achieving 2030 sales 20% ahead of earlier projections.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has established a new aeronautics division, consolidating the company’s fixed-wing crewed aircraft, aerostructures and UAS work under one roof.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
TransDigm reported mostly brisk second-quarter fiscal year sales on May 6.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. and Ukraine signed a much-anticipated deal on April 30 that could provide Washington with a significant new source of critical minerals.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
German industry is lobbying Brussels for more regulatory relief as part of a European Union push to boost the region’s defense industrial base.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
A letter Howmet Aerospace sent to customers in early April showed how seriously the metal component supplier took U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
President Donald Trump reportedly has tapped L3Harris to modify a 747-8 to augment the current VC-25A fleet.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace intends to expand global operations and ramp up production across its defense and aerostructures businesses.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
Precision components specialist Woodward posted brisk sales across several of its aerospace and defense business lines in the second quarter.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
When it comes to U.S. President Donald Trump’s mercurial tariffs, defense tech firms in subtropical Taiwan are cool as a cucumber.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Hanwha Aerospace is positioning its military MRO capabilities to support the U.S. Defense Department's Regional Sustainment Framework.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Saab is looking to wrap up negotiations and finalize contracts this year for Gripen E/F deals with Thailand and Colombia, CEO Micael Johansson says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Byron Callan
The camps on either side of the defense mobilization debate in the U.S. and allied countries should consider two more mobilization pathways.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Poland’s PZL-Swidnik has completed the first flight of a locally-assembled Leonardo AW149 battlefield utility helicopter for the Polish Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
U.S. remote sensing company Umbra is teaming with Germany’s Reflex Aerospace to pursue the European synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite market.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Iridium will expand work with a European partner to help navigate new tariffs that could dent operating earnings by between $3 million and $7 million this year.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea has shortlisted a consortium led by KAL-ASD as the preferred bidder to upgrade 36 Sikorsky UH-60P Black Hawks for special operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The European Union wants to broaden the scope of some technology research funding efforts as part of its push to bolster the region’s defense industrial base.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman lost an extra $477 million on early B-21 production, raising red ink on the first five annual lots of fixed-price contracts to over $2 billion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Startup Beehive Industries is on track to start ground tests of its additively manufactured Frenzy engine next month, ahead of planned altitude tests with AFRL.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Baykar has successfully flown a Bayraktar TB2 uncrewed aircraft system with an internally developed piston engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion