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Boeing Makes its Largest Purchase of Blended Neste MY SAF to Be Supplied by...

Boeing has agreed to purchase 7.5 million gallons (over 22,700 tons) of blended Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ in 2024 to support its U.S. Commercial Airplanes business operations in reducing its...

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Safran Continues In-service Support for USCG MH-65 Helicopter Engines

Safran Helicopter Engines has renewed its contract with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to support the Arriel engines powering its MH-65 helicopters. This new 5-year contract will provide in-service...

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Eve Air Mobility and AirX Sign LoI for up to 50 eVTOLs, Service Support, and...

Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) has signed a letter of intent with AirX Inc., Japan’s largest public helicopter air charter service, for up to 10 firm and up to 40 optional electric...

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Kratos Demos Fully Virtualized SATCOM Ground System for US Army Futures...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a technology company in the defense, national security and global markets, and SES, a leader in global content connectivity solutions,...

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New American-Made Lightweight Professional Drone for Inspections and ISR

American drone maker Skyfish will unveil Osprey, at XPONENTIAL Booth 4350, a new survey-grade, enterprise drone that fits in a backpack. Purpose built for infrastructure inspection and ISR, Osprey...

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MD Helicopters Features Industry Disrupting Configurable Avionics and Weapons...

MD Helicopters’ (MDH) (AAAA Booth #1310) new configurable and modular Advanced Integrated Avionics and Weapons System for its scalable military multi-mission TH/AH530 product line is the centerpiece of...

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NASA's Roman Space Telescope's 'Eyes' Pass 1st Vision Test

Engineers at L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York, have combined all 10 mirrors for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Preliminary tests show the newly aligned optics, collectively...

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Estonia Pioneers Instrument for Comet Interceptor Mission Through Prodex

An ESA programme called Prodex has enabled Estonian researchers and industry to join an international mission to intercept and examine a comet entering the inner Solar System for the first time. Prodex...

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RocketStar Unveils Phoenix Eye: A Groundbreaking Advance in Digital Signal...

RocketStar Inc., a pioneering force in aerospace technology, today unveiled Phoenix Eye™, a groundbreaking suite of digital signal processing software. Designed to meet the advanced communication needs...

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NASA to Hoist Its Sail: Solar Sail Mission Gets Ready for Launch

A NASA mission testing a new way of navigating our solar system is ready to hoist its sail into space – not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail...

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ACG Announces Delivery of 1A320neo to SAS

Aviation Capital Group LLC (ACG), a premier global full-service aircraft asset manager, announced the delivery of one new Airbus A320neo aircraft on long-term lease to Scandinavian Airlines (“SAS”)....

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Eelume Partners With Exail to Equip All-terrain AUVs With Advanced Navigation...

Exail, a global leader in subsea navigation, has been selected by Eelume, a leading provider of innovative underwater technology solutions, to supply its Phins Compact C3 Inertial Navigation System...

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Narita Airport Selects RTX to Improve the Travel Experience for Passengers

Collins Aerospace, (NYSE: RTX) an RTX business, has been selected to deploy systems to improve the passenger experience through streamlined processing and self-service kiosks at NARITA INTERNATIONAL...

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AV Enters Teaming Agreement with Parry Labs to Develop Modular Next-Gen LRR UAS

AeroVironment (AV) has entered into an exclusive teaming agreement with Parry Labs, a leader in Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), to architect, develop, deliver and integrate digital engineering,...

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P&WC Marks 500th Pt6 E-series Engine Milestone and More Than 200,000 Hours of...

Pratt & Whitney Canada announced today that the 500th PT6 E-Series engine has rolled off the production line at the company’s PT6 Engine center of excellence located in Lethbridge, Alberta....

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KLM Group Airlines Selects GE Aerospace's Fuel Insight

GE Aerospace, Software as a Service, has announced that KLM Group Airlines (KLM Group), that include KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, KLM Cityhopper and Martinair, has signed up for its Fuel Insight software...

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ACE Program Achieves World 1st for AI in Aerospace

DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program has achieved the first-ever in-air tests of AI algorithms autonomously flying an F-16 against a human-piloted F-16 in within-visual-range combat scenarios...

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Ghost Shark Debuts in Australia

Anduril, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) and Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) are pleased to unveil the first Ghost Shark manufactured...

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BAE Selects Hanwha Defense USA for Modernization Project

BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc. (OSI) has selected Hanwha Defense USA (HDUSA), the U.S. defense subsidiary of Hanwha Aerospace in South Korea, to modernize an existing production building at the...

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Hubble Goes Hunting for Small Main-belt Asteroids

Astronomers recently used a trove of archived images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to visually snag a largely unseen population of smaller asteroids in their tracks. The treasure hunt...

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Argentina - Basler BT-67 Aircraft

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Argentina of Basler BT-67 Aircraft and related elements of logistics and program support...

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AI for Earth: How NASA's Artificial Intelligence and Open Science Efforts...

As extreme weather events increase around the world due to climate change, the need for further research into our warming planet has increased as well. For NASA, climate research involves not only...

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UK's Most Lethal Tank Rolls Off the Production Lines

With advanced armour and devastating firepower, the Challenger 3 boasts an impressive range of state-of-the-art technology, making it the most lethal and survivable tank ever operated by the British...

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Digital Signal Processing Hardware for USSF Satellite C2 System

Mercury Systems, Inc., a technology company that delivers mission-critical processing power to the edge, today announced a production agreement with BlueHalo, the company transforming the future of...

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Red Cat Announces Agreement with Sentien Robotics UAS Hive for Land, Air and...

Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) (“Red Cat”), a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations, announces a partnership with...

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Embraer Signs MoU With AICAT to Improve Cooperation With the Austrian...

Embraer and AICAT (Austrian Industrial Cooperation & Aviation Technology) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance international cooperation in the aerospace sector. The cooperation...

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USSF Extends Partnership with L3Harris to Enhance Space Domain Awareness

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has received an award of option year five of the Maintenance Of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities (MOSSAIC) program. The contract, worth up to $187...

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US Army Awards Electra $1.9M Contract for Powered Wind Tunnel Test of...

Electra today announced a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Army valued at $1.9 million that funds powered wind tunnel testing of Electra’s hybrid-electric short takeoff...

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Kongsberg Secures Contract to Supply Propeller Systems to Damen Naval for 4...

Kongsberg Maritime (KONGSBERG) will supply four shipsets of its controllable pitch propeller systems and associated equipment, including shaftlines. It is the second collaboration between Damen Naval...

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AV's Switchblade 300 Selected for USMC Organic Precision Fires-Light Program

AeroVironment (AV) was selected by the U.S. Marine Corps for the first phase of the Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program of record. AV’s Switchblade 300 Block 20 loitering munition system...

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Rare Sighting of 'Doomed' SOHO Comet During Solar Eclipse

Early on 8 April 2024, a citizen scientist found a comet in images from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). It follows the recent discovery of SOHO’s 5000th comet. But this one –...

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ESA and the EU Agree to Accelerate the Use of Space

ESA will work closely with the EU to use space to improve life on Earth, following an agreement signed today by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher (left) and the European Commission’s...

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Hubble Captures a Bright Galactic and Stellar Duo

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features NGC 3783, a bright barred spiral galaxy about 130 million light-years from Earth that also lends its name to the eponymous NGC 3783 galaxy...

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Work Underway on Large Cargo Landers for NASA's Artemis Moon Missions

Under NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency and its partners will send large pieces of equipment to the lunar surface to enable long-term scientific exploration of the Moon for the benefit of all. NASA’s...

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Update on AUKUS Export Reform Progress

The UK and the US are not only assisting Australia in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, we are working closely trilaterally to strengthen and improve interoperability and innovation in areas such...

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UK MoD Orders More H145 Helicopters

The UK Ministry of Defence has ordered a further six Airbus H145 helicopters as the next step in renewing its rotary fleet and cutting the number of different types in service. The new aircraft will be...

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Hypersonic Innovation Conference 2024

The 3rd Annual Hypersonic Innovation Conference is America's official hypersonics event, featuring many Senior military leaders, acquisition authorities, & technical experts from across industry...

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Spain to Modernise Air Defence Capabilities With New NASAMS Acquisitions

On April 19, the Spanish Armaments Directorate,  Dirección General de Armamento y Material (DGAM), filed a notification of award for the NASAMS modernisation programme. This programme will...

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6th Astute Class Submarine Named Agamemnon at Barrow-in-furness

The Royal Navy’s latest Astute Class submarine has been officially named at BAE Systems’ Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Agamemnon - named after the ancient Greek king - is the sixth of...

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Sailing Among the Stars - Gaia's Role in Discovering Distant Worlds

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered if there are other planets out there beyond our Solar System? This question remained an enigma for scientists until just over 30 years ago. In...

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Successful Airdrop Tests for Oshkosh FMTV A2 LVAD

The U.S. Army Operational Test Command’s Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) recently conducted the final airdrop test of the Oshkosh® Defense FMTV A2 Cargo 6×6 Low-Velocity...

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Driving Innovation: Sigma Defense Expands CJADC2 Capabilities with EWA...

Sigma Defense, a Sagewind Capital portfolio company and leading provider of advanced technology solutions for the defense sector, today announced the acquisition of EWA Inc., a prominent player in the...

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Textron Aviation Special Missions begins deliveries of US Navy Beechcraft...

Textron Aviation today announced it delivered the first two of up to 64 Multi-Engine Training System (METS) Beechcraft King Air 260 aircraft contracted by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on January...

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LM Successfully Transitions Long Range Discrimination Radar to the MDA

The Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) at Clear Space Force Station in Clear, Alaska, completed DD250 final acceptance and was officially handed over to the Missile Defense Agency in preparation...

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CACI Awarded $1.3 Bn Task Order to Provide Communications and IT Expertise to...

CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) announced today that it has been awarded a five-year task order worth a total estimated value of $1.3 billion to provide communications and information technology...

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INTEGRAL E Recieves Permit to Fly

As a positive conclusion of the AERO Friedrichshafen 2024, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has just delivered to AURA AERO the “Approval for Flight Conditions for Permit to Fly” for...

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Greenpoint Technologies Inducts BBJ 787-9 for V-VIP Interior Completion

Greenpoint Technologies, a leading provider of bespoke aircraft interiors and a Safran company, is pleased to announce the induction of a BBJ 787-9 for a full V-VIP interior completion. This marks the...

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Naming of the 4th Submarine for the Republic of Singapore

On 22 April 2024, the fourth submarine in the Type 218SG construction program was named at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems shipyard in Kiel. The 250 invited guests included Boris Pistorius, Federal...

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Smiths Detection to supply Belfast International Airport with 3D X-ray scanners

Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, today announces it is supplying Belfast International Airport with the industry-leading HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX...

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Austal Australia Completes Sea Trials for RAN's Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial

In a noteworthy development within the Australian maritime sector, the collaborative Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT) project has successfully completed Sea Acceptance Trials (including Endurance...

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