Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Germany has formally joined the growing list of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter customers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and Capitol Hill want to bring on the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail as fast as possible.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is finalizing the configuration of a maritime patrol variant of its C295 turboprop airlifter for Spain.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
Flight testing in the Auto’Mate project will see a DT-25 target drone flying in close formation with Airbus’ A310 MRTT demonstrator next year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
With an estimated $1 trillion being invested in European defense by the turn of the decade, the post-Cold War peace dividend has passed.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
In a public “town hall,” NASA’s top administrators praised the agency’s workforce for achieving a range of milestones in 2022.
Space

By Guy Norris
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP airborne telescope has been retired to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Quantum Space has raised $15 million to develop a network of “Scout” spacecraft throughout cislunar space.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney have unveiled a new power and cooling system for the proposed upgraded F135 engine core.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Consulting giant Accenture’s venture capital arm has signed a strategic deal with space-based Earth data upstart Planet Labs.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Boom has revealed the formation of an industry team to design, develop and support a purpose-designed propulsion system for its Mach 1.7 Overture transport.
Air Transport

By Kim Minseok, Chen Chuanren
The Polish military prime is hoping to participate in the KAI KF-21 fighter program which could see development of a new variant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Richard Aboulafia
Three areas of concern regarding the possible impact on U.S. defense of Boeing’s difficulties.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Australia Realigns Its Military In Light Of Regional Security Risks
Budget, Policy & Operations

MAGELLAN AEROSPACE extended deal with BAE Systems to continue to manufacture F-35 horizontal tail assemblies.
Defense and Space

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK was selected by Boeing to provide Total Component Support for four P-8As for New Zealand.
MRO

By Tony Osborne
Unprecedented high-altitude weather triggered a series of events which led to the loss of Airbus’ Zephyr high-altitude pseudo satellite.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander into space on Dec. 11 from Cape Canaveral.
Commercial Space

By Bradley Perrett
Japan will replace all of its army’s attack and scout helicopters with uncrewed aircraft systems, the Yomiuri newspaper reported.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
One of the U.S. Air Force’s remaining B-1B Lancer wings is working to become an expert in using standoff weapons.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The 2020s will be the decade of the satellite, according to a new Euroconsult forecast.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has conducted its first all-up-round test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW),
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A Defense Security Review of Australia is reportedly considering the acquisition of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider within the next decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
With NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft back on Earth, the space agency can began to look ahead with a sharper focus to Artemis II.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has won a potential $42.2 million DARPA contract to build and fly an X-plane.
Aircraft & Propulsion