Defense

By Brian Everstine
The first EMD aircraft for the service took off from Boeing’s St. Louis facility.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Mark Carreau
Euclid, planned for an early July launch, will be joined by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by May 2027.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The Irish government ordered two C295Ws in a maritime surveillance configuration as part of a €230 million contract to replace CN235 Persuader aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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REX is an unmanned hybrid electric all-wheel drive vehicle with optional amphibious capabilities, featuring a highly developed suspension system.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The $5.9 billion package suggests that Canada has requested a P-8 capability like that already flying with the U.S. Navy and other Poseidon customer nations.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s defense ministry has closed a contract with Diehl Defense to acquire IRIS-T SLM ground-based air defense systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The White House is surging another $500 million in military equipment to Ukraine amid its ongoing counteroffensive.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
More U.S. Air Force installations are getting new aircraft as Congress appears poised to allow the service to continue retiring the aging A-10 fleet.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
This includes both rapid launch to reconstitute satellite architectures and on-orbit servicing.
Space

By Jeremy Kariuki
Donecle says the AirScan service was made possible by its collaboration with Dassault.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Italy has signed a letter of intent with France and the UK to join the development of the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Former Boeing director and ex-Trump administration official Nikki Haley, who is running for U.S. president, has called for U.S. businesses to exit China.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
KKR agreed to raise its overall bid to roughly $1.7 billion from $1.6 billion by boosting its per-share bid price by $2 apiece.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The demonstrator performed several maneuvers over the Atlantic Ocean after it was launched from the French Biscarosse missile range on June 26.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is buying at least 140 of the F-15EX variants, most of which are planned to go to the Air National Guard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is to lead a consortium of 33 companies to study the potential development of a future European airlifter to operate alongside the A400M.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio, Joe Anselmo
Welcome to the new Space Digest. Every month, the Space Digest will curate the top trends, analysis, interviews and data features in technology and more.
Defense

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
Raytheon’s lobbyist accused a Lockheed Martin executive of deception for publicly supporting a proposal to replace the F-35 engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Imagery published on social media has confirmed that a Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-22M airborne command post was among several military aircraft shot down.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Orbital space debris experts are looking into potential remediation options.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Amid a shortage of rocket motors for munitions, Anduril Industries has acquired Adranos, a manufacturer of solid rocket motors.
Commercial Space

Antonio Segovia
Chile has passed a milestone in its national space program with the launch of the nation’s fourth satellite, FASat-Delta.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Slovakia has begun seeking a ground-based air and missile defense capability to replace Soviet-era systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
MBDA will be flight-testing a 400-kg, 4-m uncrewed air system as part of the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS) demonstrator.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
German and U.S. Air National Guard-led Air Defender 2023 brought together about 200 aircraft for two weeks, practicing destruction of surface-to-air missiles.
Budget, Policy & Operations