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Oct 01, 2021
China is in the process of trialing two types of domestically built turbofans on its Xian Y-20 strategic airlifter.
Sep 29, 2021
China lifts curtains on CH-6 UAS at Zhuhai, Airbus begins flight demo of military H175, Pyongyang reports hypersonic missile test, Soyuz crew…
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Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 06, 2021
Boeing on Oct. 6 handed over the 48th KC-46 to the U.S. Air Force, the latest delivery in a year that has seen several missed deadlines due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a lingering problem of foreign object debris inside the tankers.
Oct 06, 2021
The U.S. Air Force will have a shortage of Pratt & Whitney F100-220 and F100-229 engines that power F-15s and F-16s through at least April 2024 as the service focuses sustainment resources on higher priority problems with the F-15 Eagle fleet, a new report says.
Oct 06, 2021
Switzerland’s defense minister has warned that an initiative by political opponents to prevent the country from buying the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter could leave the country without a fighter jet capability.
Oct 05, 2021
The laws of physics are the same everywhere, but the requests of aircraft users, as well as the competences and traditions of aircraft manufacturers,…
Oct 05, 2021
The test marked the first time since the end of World War II that a fixed-wing aircraft has operated from a Japanese warship.
Space
Oct 06, 2021
NASA has reassigned astronauts that were to have flown on the first crewed flight test and first planned operational flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station (ISS) as the company continues to work through a propellant valve issue that delayed a second attempt at an uncrewed test flight.
Oct 05, 2021
The upgrades should help prevent issues encountered during previous flights, including a debris strike that damaged a drogue parachute used during the descent of the Crew-1 mission in May.
Oct 05, 2021
The United Arab Emirates plans to follow its ongoing Mars mission with a second spacecraft, slated to launch in 2028, to explore seven asteroids in the main asteroid belt, culminating with a landing attempt in 2033.
Oct 05, 2021
Russia’s Soyuz MS-19 sprinted from launch to docking with the International Space Station early Oct. 5, delivering film actress Yulia Peresild, producer Klim Shipenko and veteran cosmonaut commander Anton Shkaplerov in the latest of a rapid-fire sequence of missions exposing nonprofessionals to the opportunities and challenges of human spaceflight.
Oct 05, 2021
The stratospheric balloon operator is jumping into the space tourism industry, announcing Oct. 4 it is accepting $500 deposits for its “edge-of-space” trips to an altitude of 100,000 ft.
Missile Defense & Weapons
Oct 06, 2021
Lockheed Martin has delivered a 60-kW-class, high-energy laser prototype for an upcoming demonstration on board an AC-130J gunship, a company official said on Oct. 6.
Oct 06, 2021
Estonia has become the first customer of the Proteus Advanced Systems’ Blue Spear anti-ship missile, opting for the land-based variant.
Oct 05, 2021
The Air Force Research Laboratory will meet this month with industry on Project Kaiju, its recently announced effort to develop new, high-tech countermeasures to protect high-value aircraft in contested environments.
Oct 05, 2021
Turkey’s Roketsan has revealed the development of a guided, small-diameter, air-to-ground missile designed to be fitted to multicopter unmanned aircraft systems and operated by frontline troops.
Oct 05, 2021
The Czech Republic has contracted with the Israeli government for four batteries of the Rafael Spyder ground-based air defense system.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare
Oct 01, 2021
The U.S. Air Force wants its heavy airlifters and refueling tankers to be more connected and is reaching out to industry to see what beyond-line-of-sight data services are available to make that happen quickly.
Oct 01, 2021
Sweden’s military has requested government approval to purchase Saab’s GlobalEye airborne early warning (AEW) platform. Swedish defense officials announced that a formal request to begin an acquisition of the Bombardier Global business jet platform was launched on Oct. 1.
Oct 01, 2021
Sweden’s Saab is exploring and testing a suite of solutions that could aid air combat operations in regions where global navigation satellite systems are being jammed or spoofed.
Sep 30, 2021
The UK Royal Air Force is working with the wind farm industry and the government to develop methods to mitigate the interference caused by wind turbines on air defense radar systems.
Sep 29, 2021
Raytheon has demonstrated a new manned-unmanned (MUM-T) teaming technology in a flight test sponsored by the Strategic Capabilities Office, the company said Sept. 29.
Supply chain
Sep 30, 2021
The Pentagon is seeking industry’s input on supply chain issues in four key areas ranging from weapons capabilities to manufacturing, as well as the health of the defense industrial base, according to a Federal Register notice.
Sep 28, 2021
Aerospace and defense electronics specialist Mercury Systems, which is rejiggering its operations after a string of bolt-on acquisitions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Avalex Technologies.
Sep 22, 2021
Boeing will build a final assembly facility for the Airpower Teaming System (ATS) in the state of Queensland, Australia, to begin serial production of the autonomous unmanned aircraft.
Sep 20, 2021
Paris has recalled its ambassadors from Australia and the U.S. and canceled defense talks with the UK following Canberra’s decision to halt a multi-billion euro submarine procurement from France in favor of a nuclear submarine buy with the U.S. and UK.
Sep 20, 2021
L3Harris Technologies announced plans to grow a classified campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to meet expected business demand from the Pentagon’s “growing and urgent need for advanced, resilient satellites.”
Budget, Policy & Operations
Oct 06, 2021
Switzerland’s defense minister has warned that an initiative by political opponents to prevent the country from buying the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter could leave the country without a fighter jet capability.
Oct 05, 2021
The U.S. has expressed growing concern about the increasing number of Chinese military aircraft incursions near Taiwan.
Oct 05, 2021
The test marked the first time since the end of World War II that a fixed-wing aircraft has operated from a Japanese warship.
Oct 01, 2021
The Pentagon wants to get a better handle on addressing the challenge of climate change, starting with next year’s budget request.
Oct 01, 2021
The 495th Fighter Squadron joins one Boeing F-15C and two F-15E now in the 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England.