Defense

Aviation Week Staff
Europe’s space workforce grew by 8.2% in 2022 over the prior year, the Space Foundation says in a quarterly report on the state of the space industry.
Commercial Space

BOMBARDIER DEFENSE delivered the seventh Global 6000 for USAF Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) program; aircraft is designated the E-11A. USAF has option to purchase an additional aircraft per year through 2026.

Defense

LOCKHEED MARTIN has dropped out of USAF's KC-135 replacement program, but its partner, AIRBUS, says it plans to pursue the contract with its A330MRTT. With Lockheed Martin out, Boeing’s KC-46 remains the favorite for the program.

Defense

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin has awarded Terran Orbital a contract to build 36 sat buses for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta constellation
Space

By Michael Bruno
RTX leaders sought to snuff out financial concerns over its ongoing GTF engine problems Oct. 23 as they unveiled relatively expected financial results.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Competitors for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program have started the certification and installation process of the engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The QuickSounder is the first in a new generation of small, low-Earth-orbit satellites for weather and climate-change observations.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Canadian aerospace and defense training leader CAE will use proceeds from the sale to pay off debt and invest in its core training and simulation markets.
Maintenance & Training

By Chen Chuanren
Boeing and Brisbane-based Ferra Engineering have agreed to extend their JDAM wing kit partnership through 2028.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
The company is developing a large spacecraft to transport, host, refuel and provide data and other services for multiple payloads.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Aging fleets and regional instability are making Gulf Cooperation Council member countries prime marketing opportunities for airlifter OEMs.
Dubai Airshow

By Garrett Reim
Axiom Space is nearing completion of its Hab One pressure vessel.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK has been OK’d to purchase up to 3,000 Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM) to equip its new Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
The Biden administration is standing up a technology center of excellence around Spokane, Washington.
Supply Chain

HENSOLDT and AIRDYNE AEROSPACE, FL teamed to offer new mission suite for C-130 that combines HENSOLDT’s 'MissionGrid' portfolio of different sensors and mission management systems with Airdyne’s SABIR modular system.

Defense

AIRBUS signed €1.2b in contracts to provide capability enhancements and in-service support of the French A330 MRTT fleet of 15 aircraft.

Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus and Northrop Grumman have teamed up to bid on the modernization of the UK’s Skynet military communications satellites.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Pakistan and Belarus have joined the China-led International Lunar Research Station program, according to the China National Space Administration.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is surging additional advanced air defense systems to the Middle East amid an increase in attacks on its forces in the region.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Airbus will pursue the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 recapitalization program on its own without prior partner Lockheed Martin.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Chachaty
Airbus Defense and Space has agreed to upgrade France’s A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
A company has announced a “record-setting” $100 million “seed” round of venture capital investment toward its proposed platform for lunar transportation.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
A team of European rocket developers are to help prove German ambitions for sat launch at sea with a series of suborbital launches planned for spring 2024.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A 10-year-old Poway, California-based company says it has applied for an export license for a synthetic pilot that can command a simulated weapon system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA is addressing two issues with its 1970s-era Voyager 1 and 2 deep space probes.
Space