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The U.S. Navy awarded GE Aerospace a $1.4 billion contract for five lots of T408 engines to power the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter for the Marine Corps.

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

Aerospace and defense electronics company Teledyne RISI has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the U.S. for providing nonconforming aircraft parts to the military.

The U.S. Navy on Dec. 23 announced it was awarding Leonardo UK a $54.3 million contract for ALQ-260 BriteCloud decoys to protect the Pentagon’s F-35 fleet.

The Office of Naval Research on Dec. 23 awarded Skydweller’s U.S. arm the $1.4 million contract for the development.

The decade-long demand outlook for military aircraft has jumped 30% over the past year, reaching $250 billion.

A new U.S. strategy recalibrates global security posture from foreign intervention to homeland protection.

Northrop Grumman announced Dec. 18 it had test-fired a prototype of a new solid rocket motor for the U.S. Navy.

The U.S. Navy on Dec. 18 announced it had for the first time fired a newly developed one-way attack drone from a ship in the Middle East.

The U.S. Navy wants to field 216 new training aircraft to replace its T-45 Goshawk fleet.

The Ghost Bat, a loyal wingman in development for years by Boeing’s arm Down Under, has been a trailblazer for what has become the CCA trend.

The U.S. Air Force has moved to eventually reacquire the ability to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles from a new fleet of airborne command posts.

The much-anticipated first flight of the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray for the U.S. Navy has been pushed to early 2026.

The Pentagon says there is a commitment to deliver a new U.S. Navy fighter even as the F/A-XX source selection process remains stalled and industrial base capacity is uncertain.

The California hypersonic missile startup is increasing its overall capital war chest to $464.5 million since emerging from stealth mode nearly two years ago.

Losses of Boeing F/A-18s from the USS Harry S. Truman were caused or exacerbated by a lack of training and communication, the U.S. Navy found.

The U.S. Navy has picked up some of the U.S. Air Force’s T-38 repair work as the service faces a large backlog of Talon IIs requiring work.

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps legacy Hornets will get the safety system in 2026; development is starting for F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers.

The Naval Air Warfare Center’s Weapons Division says the Automatic Terrain Awareness and Warning System (ATAWS) has been cleared after a joint test program.

The long-duopolistic solid rocket motor market dominated by Northrop Grumman and Aerojet Rocketdyne is transforming into a competitive multiplayer industry.

The 43-day government shutdown and Pentagon acquisition reforms may slow the U.S. Navy’s accelerated push to field a new jet trainer.

The U.S. Navy is proceeding with an effort to install an automatic ground control avoidance system on Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers.

Avio, a space propulsion specialist, will build a solid rocket motor factory in the United States that will supply both RTX’s Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.

Leonardo DRS reported a jump in sales as CEO Bill Lynn announced he would exit the business at year-end.

Should Textron Aviation Defense win the Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System program, the company will assemble the Beechcraft M-346N in Kansas.