Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
Japan has grounded its fleet of six MV-22s in response to the crash and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said that the U.S. military should take the same action.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
The announcement had been signaled last March when the military declared that P-8A is the only aircraft in production that meets requirements.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
Ursa Major has closed $138 million in Series D and D-1 funding rounds to help pay for further development efforts of solid and liquid rocket motors.
Missile Defense & Weapons

CANADA selected the P-8A Poseidon as replacement aircraft under its Multi-Mission Aircraft (CMMA) project; it is expected to acquire 16 for delivery starting in 2026. BOEING has now been selected to build P-8A for nine countries.

Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The acquisition of the first batch of 27 retired SH-60s has been approved, with another 79 possibly to follow in future batches.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Thailand’s 2023 Defense & Security exhibition here featured an entirely new security and geopolitical landscape since it was last held a year ago.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
European Council President Charles Michel on Nov. 30 proposed issuing “defense bonds” to investors to help fund the European Union’s common defense needs.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
"Mary was a force of nature with a passion for science, exploration and caring for our home planet," says Bob Cabana, NASA's associate administrator.
Space

By Mark Carreau
An unstable gyro has prompted observations to be suspended from the 33-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, with NASA saying it is working to restore function.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Major technical issues with the behind-schedule Ariane 6 have been resolved and the schedule has been stabilized, ESA says.
Space

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Defense and Space

Erich Fischer, Blaine Pellicore and Matthieu Vigneron
The U.S. will need to make more spacecraft more quickly and less expensively.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is building a road map of technologies for automated aerial refueling that will pave the way for a second-generation MRTT.
Aircraft & Propulsion

EXOSTAR has 2-year UK MOD contract for supplier collaboration services.

Defense and Space

By Matthew Fulco
Mergers and acquisitions activity in the C4ISR market has slowed in 2023 compared to 2022, a new Capstone Partners report says.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
NASA soon intends to lift the curtain on a whole new strategy of turning to America’s private sector for the launch of a lunar lander.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Embraer and Saudi Arabian Military Industries are exploring a potential final assembly line in Saudi Arabia for the C-390 airlifter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
German lawmakers have approved spending for the development of a suppression and destruction of enemy air defenses SEAD/DEAD-capable version of the Eurofighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan’s retirement of the F-5 leaves Thailand and South Korea as the remaining operators of the fighter in the Asia-Pacific region.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren, Brian Everstine
A U.S Air Force Bell/Boeing CV-22 Osprey has crashed into the waters off southwestern Japan, killing at least one of the eight on board.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The first flight of Sirtap—which Airbus says will have an endurance of 20 hr. and be certified to fly in segregated airspace—is planned for 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has attained full operational capability (FOC) for its MBDA Aster 30 SAMP/T surface-to-air missile system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid eSTOL flies; sea-based high-speed VTOL; China’s electric regional; Piasecki’s tilt-duct ARES revived.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey
Helped by international players, the UAE has become a regional leader in space.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Link 16 is a tactical data link used by the U.S. military, NATO, and U.S. coalition partner nations.
Space