Defense and Space

Blank-check company Genesis Park Acquisition has been seeded with $150 million through its initial public offering and is on the hunt for aerospace or aviation services businesses to buy.

Workers at Boeing’s complex in St. Louis, Missouri are now assembling the weapons systems trainer and the operational flight trainer, which are scheduled for delivery to the U.S. Air Force in 2023.

Australia said it will work with the U.S. in developing and testing prototype hypersonic cruise missiles.

Virgin Orbit will make a second attempt to reach orbit with the air-dropped LauncherOne small satellite rocket on Dec. 19, with backup launch windows available later in the month in the event of a delay.

Jacobs Engineering Group has announced its second acquisition in as many weeks that aims to boost the government services provider’s profile in providing advanced technologies of keen interest to national security and other agencies.

Ask the Editors: Pentagon’s Ellen Lord says she is focused on protecting the supply chain and helping the acquisition system adapt.

BUNDESWEHR, Germany ordered 31 NH90 Sea Tigers from Airbus Helicopters for delivery from 2025 to replace German Navy's Sea Lynx Mk88A fleet.

A new head of Air Force Special Operations Command is calling for a "ruthless" divestment of certain functions in order to finance a major restructuring to prepare for conflict with a great power.

Jason Berry to Vice President-Cargo of Air Canada, Montreal.

EMBRAER redelivered first of five modernized E-99 (ERJ 145) AEW&C aircraft to Brazilian Air Force; it updated mission systems and related subsystems

Russia has taken another significant step toward development of its first reusable space launch vehicle.

Nov. 2, 2020, the date that marked 20 years of continuous human operations aboard the International Space Station, also represents an unfolding “wedding of the old and the new,” according to David Brady, NASA’s ISS associate program scientist.

The French Air Force has taken delivery of the first of two second-hand Airbus A330-200s which will be converted into Multi-Role Tanker Transports (MRTT).

Defense officials have said UK plans to develop a laser directed energy weapon are “on-track” despite the program suffering a year-long delay.

The U.S. should be at the forefront of high-capacity power-beaming to lead the technology rather than be dependent on others for it.

The German Navy has turned to private contractors to train pilots for its Lockheed P-3 Orion maritime patrollers.

The British Army has taken delivery of its first two remanufactured AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.

Measurements of ocean heights provide real-time indication of Earth’s changing climate.

In addition to a planned uptick in defense spending in the UK, nations across Europe are planning to overhaul their fighter fleets in the coming decade.

Germany has formally placed orders for 31 NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopters (NFH) to replace its Westland Sea Lynx fleet.

SAP SE and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) on October 28 announced the successful implementation of the SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing

In bringing back samples, Chang’e 5 will demonstrate technology that China will need for sending people to the Moon.

The U.S. Air Force has selected four locations to become home for the C-130J, but a key Democrat on Capitol Hill is condemning the announcement as politicized because one of the bases is located in Georgia where there will be a double runoff election for the U.S. Senate in January.

Chinese-backed Citiking International is appealing a judge’s approval of the sale of One Aviation’s Eclipse aircraft assets to AML Global Eclipse in a bankruptcy proceeding.

Pilot training and simulator leader CAE of Canada is buying the Canadian-based assets of TRU Simulation + Training from Textron for $40 million in cash, the companies announced Nov. 25.