Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has fired Rafael’s Spike anti-armor missiles from its H145M light utility helicopter as the OEM works to broaden the capabilities of the dual-use platform.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
A Raytheon Sentinel radar-reconnaissance aircraft previously operated by the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has been returned to flying status in preparation for a new career in the U.S.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Piotr Butowski
Russia plans to build one new strategic airborne command post and modernize one of its current aircraft by 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Astroscale will build its Elsa-M satellite servicer for European customers and perhaps others with the goal of a late-2024 launch after a €14.8 million ($15.9 million) infusion via a European Space Agency and OneWeb alliance.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Lockheed Martin has warned that the UK could face a slow delivery profile for future orders of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as it looks to create additional front-line squadrons.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
NASA plans to roll back the Artemis I mission Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule to its Kennedy Space Center launchpad on June 6 for a second run at a Wet Dress Rehearsal.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Romania is restarting MiG-21 operations just more than a month after they had supposedly been permanently suspended over safety concerns.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The first production version of the F-35 was ordered in 2007 and delivered four years later.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Space Systems Command on May 26 ordered eight launches from United Launch Alliance and SpaceX under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 procurement program.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Boeing has inducted the first Dutch AH-64D Apache attack helicopter for remanufacture to AH-64E v6 standard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Los Angeles-based startup Exosonic will use the Tactical AI suite from Poway, California-based EpiSys Science in a supersonic drone demonstrator being designed for the U.S. Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Boeing and KAI re-activated the tooling from storage to produce the new batch of wing sets for the A-10.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The uncrewed flight test sets the stage for a shakedown flight with astronauts.
Space

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

By Garrett Reim
The Space Development Agency has awarded a $325 million contract to General Dynamics Missions Systems to establish the ground operations and integration segment for Tranche 1 of the National Defense Space Architecture.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Finland and Sweden joining NATO instantly would enhance the alliance’s military power with capable air forces and increasing acquisition budgets, the nominee to lead U.S. European Command and become the alliance’s Supreme Allied Commander-Europe told lawmakers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. government has approved a possible sale of 23 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters to the Egyptian Air Force, the Defense Security Cooperation
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Marine Corps will establish an MQ-9 Reaper squadron in Hawaii as it increases its small fleet of the General Atomics remotely piloted aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
Though pleased with the outcome of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner’s uncrewed roundtrip test flight to the International Space Station, NASA and its commercial crew partner have much to assess—and perhaps a few items that must be altered—before a crewed version will be able to lift off.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A potential $13.9 billion deal for 36 F-15s was discussed during an official visit by Indonesian Air Chief Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo to his U.S. counterpart last week, the U.S. Air Force said in a May 25 news release.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A proposal to Uruguay for a potential sale of six L-39NGs has been made by the Czech government through its newly established Intergovernmental Defense Cooperat
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said the company’s offer, focused on the militarized H175M twin-engine super-medium rotorcraft, would “regenerate helicopter manufacturing in the UK."
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The air-launched Amraam-AXE concept is being developed as a stop-gap solution for fighters that need an beyond visual range air-to-air missile with greater range than the baseline AIM-120 Amraam.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
LeoLabs argues that government space situational awareness capabilities cannot keep track of the growing number of objects in space.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A nearly $500 million wave of funding shows investors are intrigued by the commercial opportunities of hypersonic flight.
Air Transport