New demo flights, potential purchases of BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System, MDA urged to adapt existing missiles for hypersonic threat, NASA spacewalkers and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news.

Companies that can withstand change and disruption may be best positioned to navigate the tumult of the 2020s.

Technology acquisition for a future Taiwanese fighter is at a very preliminary stage. Propulsion and electronic systems are seen as main areas of difficulty.

AIDC was required to roll out the Advanced Jet Trainer this year; it has. It is supposed to fly the trainer next year; it says it will.

Production orders from BAE, North Korea test-fires a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile, new orders for E-2D Hawkeyes, U.S., Russian, UAE Crew Returns from Space Station and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news.

Pratt to reduce future cost of F-35 engines; China’s new stealth-detecting radar; Italian Air Force, Virgin plan research mission and GPS OCX in testing.

It takes a long time to build an aircraft carrier but it’s worth the wait. Especially when the carrier is as advanced and capable as the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78).

Pratt & Whitney reducing F-35 engine costs, Italian Air Force research with Virgin Galactic, operational near-space drones, the second phase of the Iris development program, aerospace acquisitions and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news.