Pakistan has inducted its first batch of six Chengdu J-10C multi-role fighters, a week after they were delivered to Kamra Air Base on March 4. This marks the first export for the Chinese-made type, which was acquired by Pakistan in response to India’s acquisition of Dassault Rafales.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force has unveiled an improved command-and-control system, fitted with combat-management and decision-support features and packed with data analytics and artificial intelligence.
The zero-emission propulsion startup Hydrogen is to locate manufacturing and distribution of its modular hydrogen capsules and assembly of regional-aircraft powertrain retrofit kits at the New Mexico facility.
Slingshot Aerospace has developed a web portal and mobile app, Slingshot Beacon, that allows satellite operators to communicate and avoid satellite collisions in orbit.
With a focus on stabilizing its supply chain through the rest of the year, helicopter-maker Schweizer RSG aims to double and possibly triple its production output in 2023 and has plans to further expand beyond that depending on market demand.
Al-Shabaab fighters were able to overwhelm a remote U.S. airstrip in Kenya, killing three people and destroying seven aircraft due to a series of failures, some years in the making, Defense Department officials said.
The U.S. government has determined that North Korea tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile twice in recent weeks, with these initial launches designed to evaluate the system before an upcoming full-range test.
On the path to implementing pre-commercial services during the Paris 2024 Olympics, a European demonstration program has completed its first field tests of U-space airspace services to support urban and intercity operations with unmanned and manned aircraft.
The first Moon-class rocket in 50 years is set to roll out to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B on March 17 for a dress rehearsal and fueling test ahead of launch.
The U.S. Air Force will ask Congress for permission to retire fewer aircraft in fiscal 2023 than it did in its 2022 request, after lawmakers allowed the service to cut some platforms and appear ready to further bolster the Pentagon’s budget.
Using distributed electric propulsion to blow air over the wing and flaps promises to enable ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing capability but poses challenges for flight control because of the strong coupling between aerodynamics and propulsion, between generating lift and producing thrust.
As it plans its Artemis lunar-exploration program, NASA is engaging the planetary-science community in ways not possible during the Apollo 11-17 missions that landed a dozen men trained primarily as test pilots on the lunar surface to gather samples for researchers on Earth.
Embraer expects to expand output both in its commercial and executive jet businesses in 2022 in an effort to compensate revenue shortfalls in its struggling defense business, hit by a reduction of Brazil’s KC-390 military transport order.
Missouri-based T53 maintenance and repair specialist Ozark Aeroworks plans to develop upgrades for the powerplant and even put the Eisenhower-era turboshaft back into production, after acquiring the entire product line from manufacturer Honeywell Aerospace.
Menlo Microsystems is targeting end-users in aerospace and defense, among other key markets, for a device that marries a mechanical relay and a semiconductor switch.
U.S. hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus has closed a $100 million Series B fundraising round, providing the funding to fly its first three Quarterhorse flight-test vehicles and advance design of its planned Darkhorse production aircraft.
A NASA program to demonstrate on-orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing has passed its mission-critical design review putting it on track for launch in 2025 at the earliest.
Whisper Aero plans to test its quiet propulsor technology on a 55-lb. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance demonstrator drone as part of two Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer contracts.
Private equity firm DC Capital Partners has bought uAvionix, a seven-year-old developer and manufacturer of miniature avionics for communications, navigation and surveillance applications, including for unmanned aircraft.
Russia has not been able to establish air superiority in Ukraine despite a greater number of aircraft and a broad array of air-defense systems, and a senior U.S. Air Force leader said this struggle shows Russian forces are not operating in accordance with their own doctrine.
The U.S. Congress is moving forward with a government-wide spending bill that would provide $728.5 billion for the Defense Department in fiscal 2022, placing a priority on protection of the Indo-Pacific region, space capabilities and assistance for Ukraine.
The U.S. Army expects its costs for Future Vertical Lift programs to rise substantially over the next several years as the service down-selects its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft and Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and moves into testing.
An omnibus spending bill approved by U.S. House and Senate appropriations committees on March 9 allocates $24 billion to NASA for fiscal 2022, a $770 million increase over its 2021 budget, but $760 million short of the Biden administration’s request for the year that began Oct. 1, 2021.
