Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. State Department has approved the transfer of eight surplus Bell AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Z Venom helicopters to the Czech Republic.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ revenue increased 18.1% year-on-year to $231.8 million in the first quarter of 2023.
Supply Chain

By Helen Chachaty
Five years after a reorganization of its maintenance, repair, and overhaul organization, France’s defense ministry is drawing lessons from the efforts.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach has been tapped to be the next commander of the service’s Air Combat Command.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Estonia has acquired loitering munitions from Israel as part of an effort to bolster the country’s armed forces following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan’s ministry of national defense has revealed that the delivery of the first of 66 Lockheed Martin F-16V fighters will be delayed for nearly a year.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Italian Navy is taking extra steps to ensure the serviceability and reliability of its SH-90 naval helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The resourcing of solid rocket motors has been a key priority for the Pentagon, with the surge of munitions shipped to Ukraine highlighting the limited supply.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Cosmonauts made progress with an upgrade to the International Space Station (ISS) Russian segment’s Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The pacing item to return to flight may be the automated destruct safety system.
Connected Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
The F-35’s hot production line is one bright spot for the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
Iran is preparing its first indigenous light military transport aircraft—Simorgh—for its first flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Stratolaunch is targeting a key separation test of its Talon hypersonic test vehicle before the end of May.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace is developing a family of uncrewed combat air vehicles (UCAV) based on its newly developed Anka-3 platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. has announced it will commit thousands of unguided air-to-ground rockets to Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force’s future ground-moving target indication capability from space will be a scaled-up version of an existing NRO-designed constellation.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Matthew Fulco
Mercury Systems had a respectable fiscal 3Q, but overshadowing the performance was significant pressure on margins tied to slow-moving development programs.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace currently plans to deliver the first three helicopters to Turkey’s military police, the Jandarma, this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
ST Engineering says the Veloce 60 (V60) vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) drone is in its final stage of development and nearing production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkey has named a former air force F-16 pilot as its first astronaut.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwanese uncrewed aircraft systems company Thunder Tiger Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. firm Imsar to develop drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Under the AFWerx contract, Pittsburgh-based Near Earth will develop an architecture that enables autonomous aircraft to operate safely and efficiently.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Kremlin statement is the first report of a strike attempt that reached the center of the Russian capital.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Digital engineering had promised to deliver the trainer within six years of contract award, but problems have conspired to stretch Boeing’s schedule to 8 years.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Chen Chuanren
Strategy of denial also focuses on cyber, space and anti-access, aerial-denial weaponry.
Budget, Policy & Operations