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The rotorcraft manufacturer is managing a careful balance between its legacy helicopters and next-generation vertical-lift aircraft.

The first Z1 hybrid airship is to be delivered to Straightline in 2028 for initial cargo and humanitarian deployments to Brazil, Alaska and northern Canada.

Weighing 115 lb. with a 10.3-ft. wingspan, the all-composite RBW is a flying wing aircraft in a tailsitter configuration that flies autonomously.

The agency is developing a new satellite constellation in low Earth orbit known as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

The 52-min. launch window is currently set to open at 9:25 a.m. EST.

Studies are helping allies understand the technologies and trade-offs they face with new rotorcraft architectures.

Trump said that “the CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing,” characterized by companies “that take our money and they don’t spend it.”

The three-year initiative will develop an automated boom that uses relative navigation for airborne refueling missions.

The Air Force no longer deems a stealthy successor to the Boeing KC-46 and KC-135 necessary for its modernization strategy.

The CMMT leverages Lockheed Martin’s Rapid Dragon palletized munitions platform concept.

The Singaporean Defense Ministry says it will upgrade its stable of Lockheed Martin M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to enable compatibility with more rockets.

Financial results for the leading aerospace companies for 2024 reveals RTX led the way for operating revenue with a reported turnover of $80.7 billion.

Dynamic Aerostructures estimated assets of $10-50 million but debts of $50-100 million.

Hanwha held an industry event in Oslo on Feb. 26, which it says has garnered interest for the missile system.

The mission system upgrades installed at Cecil Field, Florida, are known bureaucratically as the Increment 3, Block 2 version of the P-8.

The latest test phase was divided into six main stages—or “decks”—to verify engine and systems performance.

A new kind of air vehicle is entering the U.S. military arsenal, capable of performing several roles including strike, reconnaissance and target decoy duties.

The SDA is embroiled in a lawsuit related to two contracts worth $424 million each, awarded last Aug. 16 to York Space Systems and Tyvak International.

“I need additional supply chains. I need additional manufacturing sites,” Lockheed Martin's Tim Cahill says here in Abu Dhabi.

After losing the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and scout programs, Sikorsky is pinning its development hopes on two competitions.

The risk of financial losses on a classified aeronautics program is “pretty well contained” after a fourth-quarter charge, says Lockheed Martin's CFO.

Apollo 17's commander once called the dust “probably one of our greatest inhibitors to a nominal operation on the Moon.”

Researchers appeal for new aerial gunnery requirements to unlock development of hypersonic ammunition.

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

A joint effort between Lockheed Martin Australia and the University of New South Wales is underway to develop a hypersonic flight testbed.