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Dec 06, 2023
The U.S. Air Force is looking to potentially outsource its training of NATO pilots on fast jets.
Nov 17, 2023
The Indonesian Air Force says four people died when two of its Embraer A-29 Super Tucano counterinsurgency aircraft crashed into a mountainside.
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Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 08, 2023
The UK has established its second frontline F-35 Joint Strike Fighter squadron.
Dec 08, 2023
Leonardo is making progress on the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Maritime Helicopter Replacement (MHR) project.
Dec 08, 2023
The core from Rolls-Royce's Pearl family of business jet engines could power the remote carriers that will operate as a component of FCAS.
Dec 08, 2023
Swedish student pilots will train with the Italian Air Force in Lecce, then transition to advanced jet training, flying in the IFTS’ fleet of Leonardo T-346s.
Dec 07, 2023
The Kazakhstan Air Defense Forces continues to build up its fleet, greeting the arrival of two Czech-made Aircraft Industries L-410 light utility turboprops at Aktobe airfield on Dec. 5.
Space
Dec 08, 2023
The FAA has agreed to a pair of recommendations from a GAO audit concerning current procedures for investigating commercial space mishaps.
Dec 07, 2023
Following an assessment of a sequence of gyroscope issues last month, NASA plans to resume Hubble Space Telescope science operations on Dec. 8.
Dec 07, 2023
DARPA has selected 14 companies to study designs for integrated lunar infrastructure as part of its 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) Capability Study.
Dec 06, 2023
NASA has amended plans to acquire a U.S. Deorbit Vehicle capable of executing a controlled deorbit of the International Space Station.
Dec 05, 2023
The 55th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 8 Christmas mission, the first by humans to fly around the Moon and send back imagery of the Earth, is just days away.
Missile Defense & Weapons
Dec 08, 2023
Airworthiness testing included eight firings of a Raafel Spike Non-Line-of-Sight missile from the latest version of the heavy attack helicopter, Lockheed said.
Dec 08, 2023
Lockheed Martin delivered the first Precision Strike Missile to the Army after qualification testing in November from the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Dec 07, 2023
MDA's deputy director offered several explanations to potentially justify an earlier down-select to one NGI contractor.
Dec 04, 2023
Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. have released additional details for Pillar II of their AUKUS agreement.
Dec 04, 2023
The U.S. Army faces a longer wait for its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon though DOD officials say the launcher problem should not impact the Navy’s CPS program.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare
Dec 06, 2023
The payloads should be able to find, fix and track maritime ships, with weapons-level targeting accuracy, a request for information released on Dec. 5 says.
Dec 05, 2023
German defense electronics firm Hensoldt is snapping up its domestic competitor ESG for €675 million ($729 million).
Nov 30, 2023
The announcement had been signaled last March when the military declared that P-8A is the only aircraft in production that meets requirements.
Nov 29, 2023
Mergers and acquisitions activity in the C4ISR market has slowed in 2023 compared to 2022, a new Capstone Partners report says.
Nov 22, 2023
The ramp up is taking place at Northrop’s Linthicum, Maryland, facility.
Supply chain
Nov 23, 2023
After its invasion of Ukraine, Russia may be able to re-build its military within 6-10 years—a new white paper argues that NATO needs to have modernized before then.
Nov 22, 2023
The Danish Defense Ministry has warned of potential further delivery delays for its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
Nov 21, 2023
Amentum, the private-equity owners of erstwhile DynCorp International and PAE, is buying the space and defense services part of Jacobs.
Nov 15, 2023
Canadian simulation and training leader CAE has no intention of diversifying away from aerospace and defense.
Nov 13, 2023
Divergent Technologies, an advanced manufacturing startup, has closed a $230 million Series D fundraising round.
Budget, Policy & Operations
Dec 08, 2023
Swedish student pilots will train with the Italian Air Force in Lecce, then transition to advanced jet training, flying in the IFTS’ fleet of Leonardo T-346s.
Dec 07, 2023
Congress appears ready to give the military services limited authority to start new programs ahead of direct authorization and appropriation.
Dec 07, 2023
Congressional authorizers want a broad relook at U.S. Air Force and Navy tactical aircraft force structure.
Dec 07, 2023
Signing of the DCA comes ahead of Sweden’s entry into NATO, which continues to be delayed as both Hungary and Turkey have yet to ratify its membership.
Dec 06, 2023
The entire Bell Boeing V-22 fleet has been grounded.