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Jul 11, 2024
The tankers add to the four boom-equipped KC-135Rs that Metrea acquired from the Republic of Singapore Air Force in 2021.
Jul 11, 2024
Selected to meet the initial Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (iAFSC) requirement, the Boeing E-7 will replace NATO's aging E-3 Sentry fleet by 2035.
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Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 17, 2024
Sweden has a notional plan to buy four of the Saab AEW aircraft.
Jul 17, 2024
Industry executives still are raising fundamental questions about the design and relevance of a fleet of future autonomous combat aircraft.
Jul 17, 2024
The top modernization priority is adding to the fleet of A-29 Super Tucano armed turboprops, Lebanese Air Force Commander Brig. Gen. Michael Saifi says.
Jul 16, 2024
Lockheed Martin has announced a series of offset items for Thailand should it choose the F-16 Blk. 70/72 package.
Jul 16, 2024
Senate authorizers want to take almost all of the remaining funding away from the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2025 budget request for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter.
Space
Jul 17, 2024
NASA awarded a contract, worth up to $843 million, for the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle to SpaceX on June 26.
Jul 17, 2024
Rising costs and technical challenges have prompted NASA to cancel a commercially partnered, groundbreaking Moon mission.
Jul 17, 2024
The U.S. Space Force does not yet anticipate any delays to its upcoming launch manifest because of the investigation into the July 11 failure of a Falcon 9.
Jul 16, 2024
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk plans to move the company’s headquarters from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas.
Jul 16, 2024
Moon mining startup Interlune says it has received a $348,000 grant from NASA’s TechFlights program to test its lunar regolith beneficiation equipment.
Missile Defense & Weapons
Jul 16, 2024
Australian and Canadian companies have emerged as winners in the UK’s £1 billion ($1.3 billion) effort to develop a hypersonic weapon.
Jul 16, 2024
German defense startup Donaustahl says it will supply Ukraine with an unspecified number of Maus loitering munitions.
Jul 15, 2024
As part of the review, the Pentagon rescinded the Sentinel program’s Milestone B approval from 2020.
Jul 12, 2024
Tehran’s proxies from the north and south launched 200 or so projectiles.
Jul 12, 2024
Tokyo says construction of the destroyer-sized ASEV has been expedited to begin in fiscal 2024.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare
Jul 17, 2024
Taiwan’s GlobalWafers will be awarded up to $400 million to boost advanced semiconductor silicon wafer production in the U.S.
Jul 09, 2024
The U.S. Navy aims to declare initial operational capability for the Next-Generation Jammer’s mid-band system before the end of September after multiple delays.
Jul 08, 2024
The winner of the Advanced Electronic Warfare suite will replace the F/A-18E/F’s existing system, which combines subsystems supplied by both companies.
Jul 02, 2024
The Indian government has agreed with local entities to set up test facilities for UAS and electronic warfare, as well as to assess electro-optical systems.
Jul 01, 2024
IT services and products will operate under the brand Minsait, with the Spanish company’s defense and air traffic products remaining under the Indra umbrella.
Supply chain
Jul 12, 2024
Aerospace and defense company Nammo plans to boost rocket-motor production capacity under a deal with the Norwegian government.
Jul 05, 2024
Saudi Arabian defense companies have signed cooperation agreements with their Turkish counterparts during a visit by Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman Al Saud.
Jul 04, 2024
Thermal management specialist Intergalactic has unveiled a curved microtube configuration for next-gen propulsion systems and other aerospace applications.
Jul 03, 2024
Korea Aerospace Industries is working toward an agreement for the co-production of aircraft components in Peru as it eyes an FA-50 export deal to the country.
Jun 26, 2024
Ansys’ semiconductor simulation tools will be optimized to meet the requirements of Intel Foundry’s process design kits.
Budget, Policy & Operations
Jul 17, 2024
The first pillar of the Australia-UK-U.S. pact focuses on the sale of Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia in the early 2030s.
Jul 17, 2024
A grim future lies ahead for Ukraine and NATO members in the face of Russia’s ongoing invasion, Ukrainian and British analysts agree.
Jul 17, 2024
The top modernization priority is adding to the fleet of A-29 Super Tucano armed turboprops, Lebanese Air Force Commander Brig. Gen. Michael Saifi says.
Jul 16, 2024
Senate authorizers want to take almost all of the remaining funding away from the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2025 budget request for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter.
Jul 16, 2024
The French Air and Space Force is forming a new squadron with the Rafale now that manufacturer Dassault has resumed deliveries of the fighter to France.