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Dec 06, 2023
The U.S. Air Force is looking to potentially outsource its training of NATO pilots on fast jets.
Nov 17, 2023
The Indonesian Air Force says four people died when two of its Embraer A-29 Super Tucano counterinsurgency aircraft crashed into a mountainside.
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Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 13, 2023
The timely availability of UAS due to fleet maintenance issues has come into question–possibly jeopardizing mission objectives.
Dec 12, 2023
The F-35 Joint Program Office head says he still cannot predict when a software issue that has halted deliveries from Lockheed Martin will be corrected.
Dec 12, 2023
Boeing on Dec. 11 received another $271 million contract to build six MH-47G Block II helicopters for U.S. Special Operations Command.
Dec 11, 2023
Belgium has been presented with its first F-35 even though the country has delayed delivery, awaiting certification of the latest software release.
Dec 08, 2023
The UK has established its second frontline F-35 Joint Strike Fighter squadron.
Space
Dec 12, 2023
True Anomaly, a startup developing spacecraft for space domain awareness missions, has raised $100 million in a Series B round of funding.
Dec 12, 2023
United Launch Alliance conducted a practice launch countdown, including fueling, of its new Vulcan-Centaur rocket on Dec. 12.
Dec 12, 2023
More than 15 months after a New Shepard booster failed, Blue Origin plans to resume flights of its reusable suborbital vehicle, with liftoff set for Dec. 18.
Dec 12, 2023
Satellite technology company Quasar is targeting the U.S. military market with a new, ground-based steerable phased array radar for space domain awareness.
Dec 12, 2023
The Pentagon has reshuffled how it presents its space-focused forces to combatant commands, modifying a scheme to have a broader goal of improving readiness.
Missile Defense & Weapons
Dec 12, 2023
L3Harris highlights the potential for the acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne to help the defense contractor become a larger player in space and missile systems.
Dec 11, 2023
The Missile Defense Agency on Dec. 11 successfully tested an upgraded Ground-Based Interceptor.
Dec 08, 2023
Airworthiness testing included eight firings of a Raafel Spike Non-Line-of-Sight missile from the latest version of the heavy attack helicopter, Lockheed said.
Dec 08, 2023
Lockheed Martin delivered the first Precision Strike Missile to the Army after qualification testing in November from the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Dec 07, 2023
MDA's deputy director offered several explanations to potentially justify an earlier down-select to one NGI contractor.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare
Dec 11, 2023
The $280 billion largesse of the CHIPS and Science Act has started filtering down to the industrial centers supplying parts to Pentagon programs.
Dec 06, 2023
The payloads should be able to find, fix and track maritime ships, with weapons-level targeting accuracy, a request for information released on Dec. 5 says.
Dec 05, 2023
German defense electronics firm Hensoldt is snapping up its domestic competitor ESG for €675 million ($729 million).
Nov 30, 2023
The announcement had been signaled last March when the military declared that P-8A is the only aircraft in production that meets requirements.
Nov 29, 2023
Mergers and acquisitions activity in the C4ISR market has slowed in 2023 compared to 2022, a new Capstone Partners report says.
Supply chain
Nov 23, 2023
After its invasion of Ukraine, Russia may be able to re-build its military within 6-10 years—a new white paper argues that NATO needs to have modernized before then.
Nov 22, 2023
The Danish Defense Ministry has warned of potential further delivery delays for its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
Nov 21, 2023
Amentum, the private-equity owners of erstwhile DynCorp International and PAE, is buying the space and defense services part of Jacobs.
Nov 15, 2023
Canadian simulation and training leader CAE has no intention of diversifying away from aerospace and defense.
Nov 13, 2023
Divergent Technologies, an advanced manufacturing startup, has closed a $230 million Series D fundraising round.
Budget, Policy & Operations
Dec 12, 2023
Kosiniak-Kamysz will replace Mariusz Błaszczak, who led Poland through a radical equipment modernization program prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Dec 11, 2023
L3Harris Technologies is adding two members to its board of directors, including a former CEO of erstwhile Raytheon, a deal with activist investor D.E. Shaw.
Dec 08, 2023
Swedish student pilots will train with the Italian Air Force in Lecce, then transition to advanced jet training, flying in the IFTS’ fleet of Leonardo T-346s.
Dec 07, 2023
Congress appears ready to give the military services limited authority to start new programs ahead of direct authorization and appropriation.
Dec 07, 2023
Congressional authorizers want a broad relook at U.S. Air Force and Navy tactical aircraft force structure.