Defense and Space

BOEING delivered the 150th P-8 to US NAVY, its 112th; global P-8 fleet also includes 12 with Australia, 12 with India, nine with UK and five with

Safran Helicopter Engines and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. have agreed to jointly develop an engine for the future Indian Multi-Role Helicopter, aiming at service entry with Indian forces late this decade

Boeing sees opportunities to add about 50 more P-8 Poseidon orders to its existing total of 183, as it sees interest growing amid tensions in Europe.

The UK Defense Ministry is exploring the wider use of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and alternatives to rotorcraft to undertake the roles performed by crewed helicopters.

Boeing says the E/A-18G Growler electronic attack jet may be down but it is not out.

Elbit Systems is pitching its X-Sight helmet-mounted display systems to the U.S. Army and individual companies competing for the Future Vertical Lift program.

The Nigerian military has emerged as the first confirmed buyer of the commercially encrypted data link developed by the U.S. Air Force.

The South Korea Air Force is potentially looking to develop a Generation-5.5 fighter based on the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae, under the so-called KF-XX program.

The Russia-Ukraine war has galvanized Europe and NATO, but facing issues such as high inflation, can defense commitments be maintained?

Digital engineering helped Raytheon score the first U.S. flight test of an air-breathing hypersonic missile demonstrator since 2013.

Novel algorithm is behind startup’s claimed breakthrough

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Hybrid Space Architecture program has issued several contracts to companies to develop and demonstrate a space-based network architecture for communications across commercial and government satellites in multiple orbits.

Stellar Solutions, a global aerospace and systems engineering services firm, has unveiled Stellar Ventures, a woman-led venture capital firm investing in the next generation of space entrepreneurs, the company said July 7.

NASA’s small Capstone mission satellite successfully carried out a delayed midday trajectory correction maneuver on July 7.

The European Space Agency (ESA), its commercial partners and potential customers are eagerly awaiting the inaugural launch of the Vega-C rocket.

The first of the 3,000shp.-class engines in the development program has completed more than 100 hr. of run time since an initial “light off” event on March 22, GE says.

A Minotaur II+ rocket, the first launch test supporting the development of the Mk21A re-entry vehicle, exploded shortly after launch late July 6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Roscosmos State Space Corp. is eager to launch new Angara modular rockets from its Vostochny commercial spaceport in 2023.

Norway’s Kongsberg has signed an initial contract with the Australian government worth NOK489 million ($48.9 million) for the company’s Naval Strike Missile.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stepped down after a series of scandals prompted nearly 50 ministers to resign in just two days.

The Philippines Air Force (PAF) is now expected to take delivery of its first Rafael Spyder surface-to-air missile (SAM) system earlier than planned.

“China poses a far more complex and pervasive threat to businesses than even most sophisticated company leaders realize,” FBI Director Chris Wray said.

As part of Reaction Engines’ continuing push to develop its pre-cooler technology for high-Mach aircraft, missiles and space access vehicles, the company has revealed it is midway through a U.S. Air Force-supported test program aimed at dramatically expanding the system’s performance envelope.

Aviation Week editors talk with Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury about all things commercial and defense, but his focus is on sustainability.