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A GE Aerospace and Kratos partnership will become a second engine supplier for the Lockheed Martin AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) family.

Rocket Lab plans suborbital launches from Alaska under a new Space Force missile defense contract through 2028.

Elroy Air plans to become a publicly traded company through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VII.

Airbus has shared plans to have an in-house developed system called the U760 Ravenstorm ready for delivery by 2032.

Airbus prepares Valkyrie drone flight tests with Learjet surrogates to demonstrate collaborative combat aircraft capabilities for European air forces.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded a follow-on contract to Kratos to provide ground management and integration services for its forthcoming MEO missile warning and tracking satellite program.

The Defense Department has tapped Rocket Lab to launch its Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) rocket 20 times in four years.

European efforts to demonstrate CCA efforts are gaining pace, with Airbus saying it is looking to fly two modified Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie systems before year end.

Investor sentiment for defense remains strong, but here are some factors to consider about the wave of initial public and secondary offerings.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions said late Feb. 26 that it plans to raise $1 billion gross via a share sale of its common stock.

GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have won a $12.4 million USAF contract to complete preliminary design of the GEK1500 engine.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

High-speed aircraft developer Hermeus has begun taxi tests of its Pratt & Whitney F100-229-powered Quarterhorse Mk. 2.1 supersonic flight demonstrator.

The U.S. Marine Corps has selected General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. to participate in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program.

Kratos Defense has hinted that the XQ-58 Valkyrie has a possible future as a launch platform and host in Taiwan.

The U.S. military kicked off the competitive phase of the $1.1 billion Drone Dominance Program by selecting the first 25 companies in the pool of bidders.

The U.S. military is opening a second acquisition track for affordable and mass-producible missiles.

A series of recent demonstrations have familiarized Boeing F/A-18E/F and Lockheed Martin F-35C pilots with Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

Northrop Grumman will provide the autonomy software for the U.S. Marine Corps first loyal wingman uncrewed system.

L3Harris plans to double production next year of Kratos-designed Zeus solid rocket motors for hypersonic vehicles, the company said on Dec. 23.

Elroy Air has begun point-to-point cargo delivery test flights with its Chaparral hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft.

Kratos is looking at was to operationalize its hypersonic systems developed for testing.

GE Aerospace is developing a small turbofan engine for midsized Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

The time for the XQ-58 Valkyrie has almost come.

The tests were conducted at a newly expanded test facility at Purdue University’s Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories.