Defense and Space

The country is developing a three-pronged strategy to accelerate the development of hypersonic missiles.

Boeing is generating cash and on the way to meeting key promises made to investors, top managers asserted July 26.

Turkey has launched the production phase of an upgrade program for the country’s long-serving F-16s.

Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting is President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the four-year-old command.

President Joe Biden has tapped Gen. David Allvin to become the next Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.

The contract award is targeted at tests of a nuclear thermal rocket engine vehicle in space by 2027.

Hungary has taken delivery of the first two of 16 Airbus Helicopters H225Ms on order.

Final trials before the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 launcher saw ESA engineers perform an extensive assessment with the combined test model.

Madrid has approved spending on a new fleet of Airbus-built UAS for the Spanish Army and Air Force.

No strangers to extraterrestrial materials, the ARES team at NASA’s Johnson Space Center are preparing to receive materials gathered from the asteroid Bennu.

A long-known V-22 gearbox flaw caused the accident, the investigation found.

Next-generation fighters will be available when Australia searches for a replacement for a squadron of Boeing F/A-18E/Fs in the mid-2030s.

Thales said July 25 it will buy a U.S.-based data and applications cybersecurity company called Imperva for $3.6 billion.

GOVT OF CANADA ordered four new A330 MRTTs in €2.1b deal that includes conversion of five used A330-200s to MRTTs; first delivery is scheduled for 2027 and aircraft are to replace its CC-150 Polaris (A310 MRTT) aircraft for RCAF.

SKYALYNE CANADA was selected by Govt of Canada as preferred bidder for RCAF Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) program; contract is due in 2024.

NASA has selected 11 U.S. companies to develop advanced technologies for long-term exploration of the Moon and space.

The Pentagon is sending additional Patriot and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) munitions to Ukraine.

Raytheon has filed two pre-award protests against the Dual Band Decoy program since May 12 with the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

India’s hunt for a new medium transport aircraft (MTA) has attracted interest from Airbus, Embraer and Lockheed Martin.

Russia’s harassment of U.S. aircraft continues over Syria, this time with an Su-35 fighter damaging an MQ-9 Reaper UAV, forcing it to land.

The U.S. Army awarded Dynetics a $351 million contract in 2019 to produce the first 20 CHGBs, and the deal included an option for a follow-on order.

The UK Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has returned to sea after nine months of repairs.

Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak revealed in May that his government was in advanced talks to obtain early warning aircraft from Sweden.

Ottawa is buying nine MRTT aircraft, which will be designated CC-330 Husky by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).

Italy will send four F-35s to Komatsu air base on the northern coast of Honshu, the Japanese mainland—the first Italian deployment to Japan since the 1920s.