Lockheed Martin

By Jen DiMascio
Lockheed Martin is not giving up on its bid to sell the F-21, a specialized F-16 variant, to the Indian Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The first U.S. surveillance fleet with a craft beer as a namesake inherits a counter-drug spy mission flown by a four-decade-old string of modified turboprops.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Thermoplastic fuselage; Tailless flight control; Robotic sheet-metal forming; Hydrogen aviation ecosystem.
Emerging Technologies

Giriprakash Krishnamoorthy
India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. could eventually be awarded the project to manufacture Naval Utility Helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology have flown a tailless uncrewed aircraft system using active flow control for maneuvering.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jen DiMascio
South Korea aims for carrier-based KF-21; SOCOM’s 18-day deadline; Senator eyes electronic warfare progress; and U.S. Army prepares 2040 vision.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
A bizarre, five-day saga revealed a new Chinese spy program, possible advances in light-than-air technology and new high-altitude skills for the F-22.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A zigzagging Chinese high-altitude balloon roving across the U.S. recalls a history of lighter-than-air spy missions and highlights a new trend.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested an undisclosed amount in Machina Labs, a robotic sheet metal forming startup.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Both NASA and Europe’s Clean Sky 2 program are racing to meet year-end deadlines for flight demonstrators.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s organic fast jet training capacity is facing severe shortfalls due to engine problems affecting the Royal Air Force’s Hawk T2 fleet.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

Readers write about portable power stations, objectivity in space coverage, the F-35 and our B-21 and B-2 rollout covers.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A busy two weeks for the F-35 reveals new details about the program’s strengths and weaknesses as the program enters a critical new phase.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Data from HigherGov found that the sector recorded 433 transactions announced in 2022 with a disclosed deal value of $46 billion.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The contractual agreement enables Canada to order the first four F-35As for delivery in 2026 in the Lot 18 production standard, with 84 more delivered by 2034.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Michael Cisek
How the U.S. fighter jet is underpinning the nation’s aerospace industry.
Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Dream Chaser spaceplane tests in 2023 mark first operational steps toward development of Sierra Space’s orbital ecosystem.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The generalized comments by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are in keeping with the tight security controls around the stealth bomber program.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Guy Norris
Propulsion-related test and development contracts have been awarded to engine-makers General Electric and Pratt & Whitney as well as Boeing, Lockheed Martin and
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Defense Department has proposed launching a large-scale prototyping effort for a blended wing body aircraft that will be evaluated as a future tanker, airlifter and bomber.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Just under two years after joining Aerojet Rocketdyne as chief operating officer (COO), Amy Gowder is leaving the embattled rocket and propulsion supplier “to accept another business opportunity.”
Space

By Guy Norris
Fast-growing Sierra Space has named former Lockheed Martin Skunk Works leader Jeff Babione as its chief operating officer.
Space

By Guy Norris
Lockheed Martin is set to begin using advanced filament material from polymer 3D printing specialist Stratasys for additional aerospace parts, including flight structures for space vehicles
Space

By Tony Osborne
The European Union has said it will provide fighter jets to Ukraine as part of a €450 million ($502.3 million) support package of lethal aid.
Aircraft & Propulsion