Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky completes Nomad 100 initial flight tests for DARPA EVADE program
Sikorsky has completed initial ground and flight testing of its Nomad 100 uncrewed aerial system under DARPA’s Early VTOL Aircraft Demonstration program.
Team Tempest reports progress on UK Combat Air Demonstrator, Excalibur trials and GCAP engine work
Team Tempest partners have reported progress across key technologies for the UK’s Future Combat Air System and its role in the Global Combat Air Programme.
Qarbon Aerospace returns to F-22 Raptor program with composite structures contract for fleet sustainment
Qarbon Aerospace has won a contract to produce composite structures for sustainment of the F-22 Raptor fleet.
HENSOLDT joins Boeing’s German MQ-28 Ghost Bat industry team with sensor and mission-system support for Luftwaffe CCA bid
HENSOLDT has joined Boeing’s German MQ-28 Ghost Bat industry team after the companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Farnborough International Air Show.
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BAE Systems unveils Brontanax Collaborative Combat Aircraft for UK Storm Fighter programme [VIDEO]
BAE Systems has unveiled Brontanax, the UK’s first uncrewed autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Saab and Embraer prepare Gripen production expansion in Brazil with framework for 20 additional fighter aircraft
Saab and Embraer have signed a Heads of Agreement that could expand Gripen fighter production at Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto industrial complex in Brazil.
Boeing readies first CH-47F Chinook Block II for the UK as export production of upgraded heavy-lift helicopter advances
Boeing has released three images showing progress on the first CH-47F Chinook Block II heavy transport helicopter for the United Kingdom.
BAE Systems wins £708 million contract extension to advance GCAP and Tempest combat air technologies
BAE Systems has received a £708 million contract extension from the UK Ministry of Defence to advance sixth-generation combat air technologies.
Stratolaunch tops 10 Talon-A hypersonic flights as reusable aircraft targets lower-cost U.S. and commercial test capacity
Stratolaunch said its Talon-A aircraft completed more than 10 hypersonic flights. The company says the reusable vehicle can reduce barriers to testing.
MBDA and GA-ASI plan SPEAR integration on MQ-9B and Gambit 6 to expand allied uncrewed stand-off strike options
MBDA and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate SPEAR precision strike weapons on GA-ASI aircraft.
Rolls-Royce awards £100 million contract for new Bristol future combat air facility
Rolls-Royce has selected McLaughlin & Harvey for a contract worth more than £100 million to build a new customer-funded facility at its Bristol site.
Canada joins GCAP as first observer nation, gaining access to UK-Italy-Japan future fighter programme and industrial framework
Canada has joined the Global Combat Air Programme as its first Observer Nation, giving Ottawa formal access to a UK, Italy and Japan-led sixth-generation fighter project.