Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The four aerostructures, including the wing and fuselage sections, are being delivered to Embraer’s final assembly line in Gavial Peixoto, Sao Paulo state.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Jen DiMascio, Jens Flottau, Daniel Williams, Craig Caffrey
Aviation Week’s team discusses Air India’s massive aircraft order and defense highlights from Aero India.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
The new procurement strategy is intended to boost competition.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Red Flag, the service’s most important combat training event, shifts to overwater for the first time in its 48-year history.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Under new leadership and with increased scrutiny, the U.S. Air Force wants to make ABMS operational with new awards and a different approach to testing.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
Government officials want companies that will serve nation’s civil and military space needs.
Space

By Tony Osborne
New CEOs of both Enstrom and MD Helicopters can forge a new niche in the rotorcraft market for their companies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

INDONESIAN AIR FORCE took delivery of first of five C-130J-30s. LOCKHEED MARTIN has now delivered >520 C-130Js.
Defense and Space

HENSOLDT, Germany has order from CAE Aviation, Luxembourg for second PrecISR 1000 multi-mission surveillance radar.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
In the course of a Flight Readiness Review, NASA and SpaceX postponed launch of the Crew-6 mission by one day.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Montana Aerospace, a supplier of complex lightweight components and structures for aerospace and other sectors, surprised stakeholders with good news Feb. 22.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Terran Orbital has won a $2.4 billion contract to build 300 small satellites for Rivada Space Networks.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The partnership is planned to expand to include satellites and defense systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Ukraine is not likely to see many of the high-end air defense systems the West has pledged for several months to years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Aerobotix and Automated Solutions Australia (ASA) are ramping up their partnership for robotic and automated development.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
UAE's Strategic Defense Fund has debuted UAE-based Helio Aviation Technologies and invested in U.S. startup Mayman Aerospace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
New Frontier Aerospace delivered the first Mjolnir component under a $750,000 contract awarded by National Security Innovation Capital in August 2021.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesia acquired five Super Hercules via Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) as part of the country’s massive air force modernization effort.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Aero India highlights India’s ambition to move beyond simple assembly to creating advanced, exportable aircraft design.
Budget, Policy & Operations

RHEINMETALL, Germany has LOI from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to supply F-35 center fuselages.
Defense and Space

THINKOM, CA has production contract to supply an airborne, multi-band, conformal antenna solution.
Defense and Space

By Garrett Reim
Vast Space, a startup attempting to develop a space station with artificial gravity, has acquired Launcher.
Commercial Space

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Serbia is continuing negotiations with France’s Dassault Aviation about the purchase of Rafale fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The United Arab Emirates is understood to have gone through with a controversial deal to buy Chinese advanced jet trainers.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
As the USAF looks to develop uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft to fly with future fighters, the service is also rethinking how it organizes these fleets.
Aircraft & Propulsion