Defense

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo’s new CEO Roberto Cingolani is undertaking a restructuring of the Italian aerospace and defense company.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force has officially begun its search for a company to provide its future space range operations.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Training of Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 combat aircraft could get underway in the coming months.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters is set to market its Made in America light attack helicopter.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
The investment in Venus Aerospace supports the development of the first rotating detonation rocket engine, with planned tests of a Mach 3 drone.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Arianespace is delaying the launch of its final Ariane 5 rocket due to a possible technical issue with the booster.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The German federal parliament's budget committee approved an initial €560 million of funding for the purchase of the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The airborne launch demonstration of the 18-kg, anti-tank loitering munition occurred during the U.S. Army’s Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Valkyrie, a jet-powered, $4 million class attack uncrewed aircraft system, represents a new product class for the Hivemind autonomy technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Aeronautics' enclosed payload bay marks a departure from the exposed payload stations under the nose of previous versions of the Orbiter series.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK is signaling Tempest’s lead over the European FCAS with advances in ground test rigs and engine aerodynamic work.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Despite increased defense spending, parliamentary hearings are hinting at potentially adverse consequences for some of France’s key defense aerospace programs.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
Ukrainian success in fending off Russia’s invasion is changing Western allies’ policy about supplying fighters.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
Rafael announced that it “has developed” the counter-hypersonic interceptor, which may imply that it has already been tested.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has quickly deployed an undisclosed number of F-22s to the Middle East amid ongoing threatening behavior by Russia aircraft over Syria.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army’s analysis of alternatives for its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft is underway.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Kuwait has finalized a deal to acquire the Turkish-developed Baykar Bayraktar TB2 armed uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The fly-off will gather data for the U.S. Army to select a new radar to replace the Lynx synthetic aperture radar payload for the “M25” version of the MQ-1C.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Hungary has joined the Czech Republic and Poland in the protection of Slovakia’s airspace.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Specter Aerospace, formerly known as FGC Plasma Solutions, says a hypersonic demonstrator vehicle powered with plasma-assisted combustion will fly in two years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Turgis & Gaillard plans to achieve first flight by the end of this year and complete a self-funded series of airworthiness testing in 2025.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Mark Carreau
The research findings back the premise that most, if not all, Earth water originated through asteroid collisions during the Solar System’s planet-forming era.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesia's acquisition of 12 Dassault Mirage 2000-5 aircraft from Qatar is reportedly worth $734.5 million.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK's crewed, supersonic, low-observable demonstrator will use the Eurojet EJ200 engine from the Eurofighter Typhoon.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The goals of the Heavy VTOL (HVTOL) program exceed the requirements of the Marine Corps’ ongoing Medium Unmanned Logistics System - Air (MULS-A) competition.
Multi-Mission Aircraft