Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The last undelivered 747-8Is are being converted into presidential aircraft for the USAF under a nearly $7 billion development project, including cost overruns.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Europe’s industry is exploring the role of cybertechniques as a means to defeat increasingly advanced air defenses.
Aircraft & Propulsion

LOCKHEED MARTIN had $5.7b net income on $66b sales in 2022 vs $6.3b on $67b in 2021and ended year with $150b backlog.
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio
It is time to complete space programs that have been long-standing thorns in the side of the U.S. military, a U.S. Air Force official says.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Despite technical glitches, Ariane 6’s final test campaign is now well underway.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Col. Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Forces Command, said the type of aircraft likely to be provided has been determined.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Canada’s parliamentary auditing agency has launched an independent review of the government’s decision to acquire 88 F-35As.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Raytheon Technologies will merge its two defense divisions under the Raytheon brand.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
MightyFly has unveiled its second-generation uncrewed cargo aircraft, the Cento.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The technology is intended to reduce the transit time for human expeditions and science missions to Mars and other deep space destinations.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The survey proposes to save the Navy billions of dollars that would be otherwise spent on qualifying a trainer jet to land aboard an aircraft carrier.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
The delayed milestone keeps the program on track for a rescheduled first delivery of the upgraded, single-engine fighter to the Royal Bahrain Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The delivery comes 44 years after the twin-engine platform was first fielded by the Army and 49 years since the first flight in October 1974.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The 550th Helicopter Squadron will be activated in February at Malmstrom AFB, with a five-year mission to support MH-139 training and testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Once returned to Earth in 2033, the samples will join those gathered by the Apollo astronauts at the Moon and those from other destinations.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The propulsion flowpath test announced on Jan. 24 by Blue Force Technologies helps to validate the digital model used to design the Fury fighter.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Kevin Michaels
The OEM needs to “think globally and produce locally” and modernize its supply chain model in North America.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By P. Barry Butler
Daylighting mental health issues is critically important to aviation safety.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
The solicitation comes four months after the DIU solicited for a modular payload that can be demonstrated at hypersonic speeds within 18 to 24 months.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The military satellite constellation was previously known as the “National Defense Space Architecture."
Space

Aviation Week Staff
The spacecraft arrived at Russia’s Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan at the end of December.
Space

By Steve Trimble
An archive court documents from a failed lawsuit against offer a rare glimpse into the world of executing offset agreements for international arms sales.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Launched on July 24, 1992, on a four-year primary mission, Geotail was extended multiple times.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The Lockheed Martin’s Block 70s will be Jordan’s first new-build F-16s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The array failed to deploy fully following the launch of the Lucy spacecraft on the first-ever mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.
Space