Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Steadfast Noon usually passes with little public acknowledgement as it exercises NATO’s nuclear deterrent, but this year the drills appear to have grown.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
For the first time in a generation, inflationary drivers are pushing up prices across the supplier base. What are the effects?
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Industry officials expect a quick decision on next variant of the Precision Strike Missile program after submitting bids in September.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
UK and Qatari Eurofighter crews will be helping secure the upcoming FIFA World Cup through a unique partnership.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Michael Williamson to Senior Vice President of Global Business Development & Strategy of Lockheed Martin.
Defense and Space

TEXTRON AVIATION DEFENSE delivered the 1,000th Beechcraft T-6C Texan II to the COLOMBIAN AIR FORCE.
Defense and Space

LOCKHEED partners on laser comms... SPIRE GLOBAL buying VIRGIN ORBIT launches... L3HARRIS lands F-16 bomb rack replacement contract...
Defense and Space

Aviation Week Staff
A Russian Proton heavy rocket has successfully orbited the first Angolan telecommunication satellite.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy’s new effort to link uncrewed assets across the Middle East for improved maritime surveillance will grow next month when the service includes uncrewed aircraft along with more vessels for an expansion in numbers and capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The competing teams led by Lockheed Martin/Boeing and Bell must self-fund the costs or disband the industry teams until the delayed contract award is finalized.
AUSA

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite—launched nearly 4 1/2 years ago to search for extrasolar planets—has suspended science operations in response to a suspected flight computer reset, a mission status update says.
Space

By Michael Bruno
With business partnerships sweeping across the new space and commercial space marketplace–for survival, growth or both–relative newcomer Sierra Space has opened its own corporate venture capital (VC) office to facilitate strategic tie-ups with other space upstarts.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA and SpaceX on Oct. 13 delayed the departure of the Crew-4 Dragon Freedom astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) for a second day due to unfavorable weather in the recovery zones.
Space

By Tony Osborne
France, Spain and the UK have committed to supplying additional air defense equipment to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
A group of 15 nations led by Germany have signed an initiative to strengthen European ground-based air defense capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Japan’s Space Cotan Ltd. and the Hokkaido town of Taiki have begun the expansion of Hokkaido Spaceport (HOSPO), part of its vision to create a space Silicon Valley in Japan.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
The launches suggest that North Korea is in the process of developing or already has the capability to develop small nuclear warheads suitable for munitions like cruise missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
As Airshow China 2022 draws near, speculation grows about what new aircraft may be on display.
AUSA

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Eurocontrol says FRA should now be rolled out by 2024, leading to improved efficiencies.
Defense and Space

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Aviation Week Network recognizes 20 exceptional students leading change in the aerospace and defense industry.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Venture capital groups for Airbus and Boeing have teamed with others to provide a $10 million seed funding round for Arizona-based Solestial, a startup working on solar panel technology for satellites and spacecraft.
Commercial Space

BOEING gets P-8A engine maintenance award... BELL delivers to first Greek 505 customer... MARITIME LAUNCH SERVICES taps former CSA president...
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Eutelsat Communications said Oct. 12 that its proposed acquisition of OneWeb would grow its annual expected revenue to almost $2 billion by fiscal 2027, from less than $1.2 billion in fiscal 2021.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has awarded two companies contracts to undertake capability studies that assess and demonstrate communications and navigation services in support of the agency’s Artemis initiative.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. and international partners are focused on providing an integrated air defense system to help Ukraine protect itself, in light of a barrage of Russian military attacks this week and the long-term need for Kyiv to build up its forces.
AUSA