Defense and Space

Phantom Works continues to invest in the future of combat aircraft as the U.S. Air Force and Navy plan for next-generation fighters.

Impulse Space and Relativity Space plan to launch a commercial research and development mission to the surface of Mars as soon as 2024.

Raytheon has completed a second and last flight test of the DARPA-funded Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, flying Northrop Grumman’s scramjet-powered demonstrator more than 300 nm at 60,000 ft.

NASA is close to selecting a launch period for Artemis I, the initial test flight of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule on an uncrewed mission around the Moon and back to Earth, an agency official says.

EMBRAER agreed to establish a strategic partnership with BAE Systems to market C-390 in Middle East, with initial focus on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

LOCKHEED MARTIN had $309m net income on $15.4b sales in 2Q22 vs $1.8b on $17b in 2Q21; it ended quarter with $135b backlog. It delivered 71 aircraft

The Senate Armed Services Committee has filed its version of the fiscal 2023 defense policy bill, which authorizes $847 billion for national security programs at the Pentagon and Energy Department.

The F-35 JPO, Lockheed and Rolls-Royce are working with GE on the effort.

Airbus says it is focusing on three main “building blocks” to establishing the technology.

The company is hard at work on its jet trainer and prototype indigenous fighter.

The agreement will cover production at a cost that the company says will beat inflation.

Leonardo UK, Thales UK and Chemring will work with the UK Defense Ministry on next-generation aircraft survivability equipment.

BAE will help Embraer market the C-390 transport to countries in the Middle East, starting with Saudi Arabia.

Demand from NATO members and Ukraine may outlast previous upticks.

The KAI KF-21 flew for more than 30 min. on the afternoon of July 19.

Leonardo says it could be ready to build the AW149 for the UK requirement by year-end if needed.

Aerospace is far behind industries like automotive when it comes to integrating robotics into factories.

Boom says the Overture will be capable of takeoff at derated thrust settings, helping reduce noise.

Kathy Warden discusses the JWST, growth in the space market, the B-21 family of systems and a goal for the fighter market.

Rolls-Royce engineers have used digital tools and rapid manufacturing techniques to develop an entirely new turbofan engine concept from scratch in just 18 months.

The Space Development Agency has awarded two prototype contracts worth about $1.32 billion in total to teams led by L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems for 28 Tranche 1 Tracking Layer satellites.

A seemingly abandoned idea to air launch tiny, swarming drones from fast-moving jets appears to be back on the U.S. Air Force’s research agenda.

The U.S. Air Force is exploring having just one pilot fly its newest tanker in a move Air Mobility Command says could be needed to operate with more agility in war.

On a day of big announcements, Aviation Week editors discuss the latest developments in defense at Farnborough Airshow 2022.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is dropping helicopter operations from its plan to recover the Vulcan rocket’s BE-4 engines for reuse, Aerospace DAILY has learned.