Defense and Space

Startup’s ATARS is also fielding international interest.

Order announced but customer undisclosed.

Happenings on the first official day, including Japanese UAM and MRO and new Himalayan routes.

A U.S. Air Force order for Boeing E-7s could stimulate new sales overseas if the airborne early warning and control system enters the Foreign Military Sales pipeline for the first time, a Boeing executive said on Feb. 15.

ALBANY ENGINEERED COMPOSITES was selected by Sikorsky to produce CH-53K aft transition assembly covering Lots 7 through 14 over 10 years.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall briefed lawmakers in a classified session about developments in Chinese technology, he told an Air Force Association webinar Feb. 15.

Virgin Galactic on Feb. 16 will reopen ticket sales to the general public for rides to space, the company said.

NASA is prepared to invest up to $200 million to work with commercial partners focused on advancing technologies for the Moon and near Earth space.

ASTRONAUTICS completed cockpit upgrade (with Badger flight display system) on second L-100 for Peruvian Air Force.

Russia’s Progress MS-19 resupply capsule was on course for a Feb. 17 automated docking with the International Space Station following launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying almost 3 tons of food, water, propellant and other supplies.

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OEM aims for one-fifth of the market.

Coordinating between varied forces is one issue.

U.N. report finds Yemeni rebels have increased the range and firepower of their UAS response to Saudi-led strikes.

American pavilion dominates venue’s indoor space.

A joint venture makes it the best of both worlds.

The Raptors from the 27th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, touched down Feb. 12 at Al Dhafra Air Base.

Happenings on the first official day, including engine and MRO news.

The move puts Chris Calio onto the shortlist to succeed Raytheon Chairman, CEO and President Greg Hayes.

After a year’s hiatus, the Indian Space Research Organization returned its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle into service, sending an Earth-observation satellite and two small satellite rideshares into low Earth orbit.

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur who financed and commanded Inspiration4, SpaceX’s first private charter, plans a new venture with SpaceX for up to three more missions, culminating with the first crewed flight of the company’s Starship transport.

The U.S. and British armies are to work together on joint studies on future rotorcraft requirements.

Switzerland says it has completed the first of two phased upgrades to its McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C/D legacy Hornet fleet to ensure the type can soldier on through to 2030.

The UK defense ministry is to investigate alternative technologies for the midcourse guidance of missiles that reduce or eliminate reliance on satellite-based navigation systems.

It is déjà vu all over again for the aerospace world when it comes to Russia, Ukraine and titanium. So what should industry stakeholders take away from the conflict’s potential effects on aerospace’s prospects?