Defense and Space

By Matthew Jouppi, Sterling Richmond
Aviation Week has assembled this guide to some of the most important contests that are unfolding between 2023 and 2032.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The 25-day, uncrewed Artemis I mission ended exactly 50 years to the day after the Apollo 17 Moon landing.
Space

By Michael Bruno
UAV pioneer Kaman has unveiled another tranche of corporate restructuring and consolidation under a relatively new CEO.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Staff
Roscosmos Space Corp. has completed its launch campaign in 2022, a source from the Russian space industry tells Aerospace DAILY.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Gen. Anthony Cotton took over U.S. Strategic Command on Dec. 9.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is sending Ukraine new air defenses and an undisclosed counter air defense capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
"We are wrapping this mission up,” says Mike Sarafin, NASA’s Artemis I mission manager, told the agency’s final planned pre-return news briefing.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Having partnered with the U.S. on the F-16-derived Mitsubishi F-2, Japan is breaking with tradition and merging its F-X project into GCAP.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The U.S. space agency is collecting data from the Orion capsule as it prepares to return to Earth after 25 days in space.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
The UK and Italy’s Tempest Future Combat Air System project is merging with Japan’s F-X fighter effort.
Aircraft & Propulsion

NEW ZEALAND GOVT took delivery of its first of four P-8As; BOEING has now delivered 155 P-8s to six customers.
Defense and Space

By Garrett Reim
The Defense Innovation Unit is looking for ways to quickly deliver spacecraft beyond geosynchronous orbit.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon has awarded contracts with a $9 billion ceiling to four vendors to provide cloud computing capabilities for the Defense Department.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has added two samples of windblown broken rock and dust, also known as regolith, to its growing collection of rock core samples.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Boeing has handed over the first of four P-8A Poseidons to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The undisclosed investment by RTX Ventures includes a commitment by OEM help guide the Poway, California-based company.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The fourth overall test of AARGM-ER in the Point Mugu Sea Range off California follows a series of free flight tests.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Virgin Orbit had been eyeing a launch window starting Dec. 14 for its first UK flight of LauncherOne.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren, Kim Minseok
The companies are proposing a modified Bombardier Global 6500 for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) E-X Batch II airborne early warning program.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
Over the next five years Collins plans to spend $200 million on building up its engineering and manufacturing capabilities in India.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Army selects V-280 tiltrotor as UH-60 Black Hawk replacement
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Astroscale Japan and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have launched a joint feasibility study of satellite refueling services.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Marine Corps is training under the threat of UAS and learning to use them.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The House and Senate have agreed on a fiscal 2023 budget policy bill.
Budget, Policy & Operations