Defense and Space

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Defense and Space

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Defense and Space

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Greece is set to become the first European export customer for the Dassault Rafale, announcing plans to order 18 aircraft as part of a modernization of its armed forces.
Defense and Space

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The Klimov Co., a subsidiary of Russia’s United Engine Corp., plans to finish development of a new RD-93MA turbofan for the Sino-Pakistani JF-17 single-engine fighter next year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
Boeing’s MQ-25 carrier-based unmanned refueling test asset is out of commission because of “water intrusion,” according to a U.S. Navy official.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has begun to hunt for a new medium-range air defense system to replace its Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System II.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. Air Force has revealed that its United Arab Emirates counterparts have used their Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning platform in a major exercise.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Samuel Archer
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Defense and Space

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense and Space

Russia’s United Engine Corp. has launched development of its first hybrid-electric powerplant. St. Petersburg-based subsidiary Klimov, which
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
As industry ranks are decimated, OEMs and top-tier companies already are worried about losing too many talented workers.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Saab’s new air-launched decoy missile leans heavily on Finnish telecommunications expertise.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
In Northrop Grumman vision, next hunter-killer aircraft could operate very differently from the MQ-9, as USAF ponders future operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

John Reing and Miguel Smart
Aerospace companies are mapping strategies to meet both employee and business needs in an uncertain future.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The company is offering a family of UAS that includes advanced and inexpensive systems.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
Mars exploration advocates tackle racism and diversity.
Space

By Joe Anselmo, Jen DiMascio, Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. Army’s new MQ-1 payload; Northrop wins $13 billion for next ICBM; MH-60 floorboard fix; and U.S. Marines’ UK carrier exercise.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
NASA on Sept. 10 released a solicitation to buy 50-500 grams of lunar regolith, at a price of $15,000-25,000, a mission not for science but to set the legal precedent for owning resources extracted from the Moon and other bodies in the Solar System.
Space

By Jen DiMascio, Lee Hudson
With the commercial aviation manufacturers and suppliers still reeling from COVID-19, Eric Fanning, president of the Aerospace Industries Association
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
A non-nuclear explosive prototype has rolled off a nuclear weapon assembly line in Texas to keep planned deliveries of the B61-12 on track for fiscal 2022.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
While the cause of the Aug. 10 cable break that damaged the National Science Foundation’s Arecibo Observatory (AO) in Puerto Rico has not been determined, efforts are underway to establish the scope of repairs, the cost and the schedule.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Army has received letters of interest from eight undisclosed international partners for its Future Vertical Lift effort aiming to modernize the service’s aviation portfolio.
Budget, Policy & Operations