Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The Nasdaq-listed defence contractor has been awarded an Other Transaction Agreement by the US Space Force to develop scalable sensor technology for detecting and tracking fast-moving threats, part of the service’s space superiority and space control effort. SPACE FORCE TURNS TO LEONARDO DRS FOR SENSOR PROTOTYPE WORK Leonardo DRS has been awarded an Other […]
Collins Aerospace has completed altitude testing of the Enhanced Power and Cooling System, its next-generation power and thermal management system for the F-35. The system was run for several days at mission-representative power levels and pushed to operational limits across a range of altitudes. THERMAL MARGIN AS THE LIMITING FACTOR Collins Aerospace, an RTX
A GE Aerospace nozzle designed in the early 1990s to explore fighter agility, flown on a modified F-16 across 95 sorties and then shelved, has been retrieved, refurbished and integrated with an F110-GE-129E engine to give Shield AI’s X-BAT the ability to take off and land vertically. A QUESTION ABOUT ENGINES, ASKED THIRTY YEARS AGO
GE Aerospace and Kratos have announced that their GEK800 engine has received the United States military type designation F143-ZZ-100 and won an Engineering, Manufacturing and Development contract with the US Air Force as a second-source propulsion system for the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile. A DESIGNATION AND A DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT TOGETHER GE Aerospace and Kratos
Northrop Grumman and Boeing have demonstrated enhanced interoperability between the uncrewed MQ-4C Triton and the crewed P-8A Poseidon in a jointly funded technology demonstration, with Triton’s system responding to a request from the Poseidon by using AI algorithms to collect, process and share maritime intelligence across a standardised interface. A REQUEST SENT BETWEEN SYSTEMS RATHER
Leonardo has completed its involvement in the National Quantum Science and Technology Institute, an Italian national programme funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and NextGenerationEU. The company committed 32 personnel across Genoa, Rome and Florence to work spanning quantum architectures, photonic technologies, device integration and demonstrator modelling. A NATIONAL PROGRAMME STRUCTURED AROUND SPOKES
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has completed construction of its Indiana Payload Integration Facility at Crane, a 68,000-square-foot purpose-built site able to integrate, test and prepare up to six experimental hypersonic payloads simultaneously in support of programmes including the Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities Hypersonic Testbed. SIX PAYLOADS IN PARALLEL, BUILT TO RAISE TEST CADENCE Kratos
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first NH90 Standard 2 to the French Armament General Directorate, a variant of the NH90 TTH developed specifically for special operations. France has ordered 18 aircraft for delivery by mid-2029, to be operated by the French Army Aviation special forces squadron at Pau, with Spain joining the programme in December
ST Engineering’s Digital Systems business has secured new counter-drone deployments in Asia outside Singapore, covering both an air defence application and the protection of multiple critical infrastructure sites, as the Singapore-listed technology and engineering group continues to expand its counter-UAS capabilities across the defence and public security sectors. DEPLOYMENTS SPAN AIR DEFENCE AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration has signed a 10-year Services Support Agreement with Bombardier on behalf of the Swedish Armed Forces, covering two newly delivered Global 6500 aircraft performing multi-role missions including head of state transport, with the agreement announced at Farnborough International Airshow 2026. DECADE-LONG SUPPORT PARTNERSHIP SIGNED AT FARNBOROUGH AS PART OF FLEET
