China

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force is looking for sustainment engineering and logistics services for the QF-16 optionally crewed Viper.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and with a subsidiary in Australia, IperionX is focused on titanium.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois
The zero-emission airliner delay leaves advancing hydrogen to startups that are focusing on retrofits and smaller aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
The Long March 8A rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang, Hainan, on Feb. 11 at around 5:30 p.m. Beijing time.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Valued at $26.3 million, the orders included 200 medium-altitude, 100 heavyweight and 100 lightweight logistics drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The metals are crucial inputs for a wide variety of defense systems, and the U.S. has limited domestic reserves and stockpiles.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
Direct flights between India and mainland China may be allowed to resume soon thanks to an agreement between their respective governments.
Airlines & Lessors

By Matthew Fulco
Licenses will now be required by Chinese manufacturers that wish to export 20 products that use tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, indium and molybdenum.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
The December quarter was notable by TransDigm’s standards for not including any new M&A deals.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Eve Air Mobility has conducted the first test of the pusher propulsion motor on its full-scale prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
Chinese satellite startup Ada Space Technology has filed preliminary paperwork to go public.
Satellites

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Craig Caffrey
Even if the Middle East is no longer the only game in town for defense exports, it still has ample appetite for advanced equipment, from drones to transports.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Unveiled at the Zhuhai Airshow in November, the CH-YH1000 is a medium-altitude multipurpose aircraft for civil and military missions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A crippling lack of key indigenous infrastructure and skills continues to hold back India’s defense industry, despite rising investment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans the fifth mission for the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3 rocket on Feb. 1.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The 2,000-kg (4,400-lb.) gross weight electric aircraft received its Chinese type certificate in March 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By David Casey
The onset of the pandemic and a 2020 border clash that heightened tensions between China and India resulted in the prolonged suspension of all scheduled routes.
Airports & Networks

By Steve Trimble
President Donald Trump’s State Department has announced that the U.S. export control system authorized a whopping $318 billion in foreign arms sales in 2024.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The third stage was lost about 3 sec. after ignition, triggering the rocket's self-destruct mechanism.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The Hyderabad-based Defense Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) ran an active-cooled scramjet combustor for 120 sec.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore’s Changi Airport saw China at the top of its 2024 rankings, with the country taking the top spot in the passenger and cargo segment.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
The country’s major carriers have hundreds of aircraft on order or pending, and big airport projects are underway.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China’s Sichuan Lingkong Tianxing Technology on Jan. 20 unveiled its Yunxing family of supersonic aircraft, alongside the Jindou-400 supersonic engine.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
The Department of the Air Force, in a report released Jan. 13 that looks at its future, paints a picture of space as becoming a cold or potentially hot battlefield.
Budget, Policy & Regulation