A chronic shortage of parts and labor drove Boeing executives on Oct. 26 to report $2.76 billion in new reach-forward losses in the third quarter across five fixed-price development programs in the Defense, Space and Security (BDS) division.
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China’s Sichuan Tengdun Science and Technology Co. has performed first flight of the Twin-Tailed Scorpion D, which it claims as the world’s first large-scale four-engined uncrewed air system (UAS).
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Startup Quantum Space is targeting October 2024 for the launch of the first in a series of spacecraft to provide space situational awareness (SAA), host customer payloads and perform other services in cislunar space.
Global air transport is being battered by a myriad of new problems: looming recessions in the U.S. and Europe, a pumped-up U.S. dollar, high inflation, fast-rising interest rates and a supply chain crisis.
Embraer envisions autonomous business jet and commercial Cislunar satellite targeted for 2024 launch. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.
The U.S. intelligence committee has warned that Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to have a military capable of seizing Taiwan by force within five years. Whether the nation will meet that goal is an open question.
But Aviation Week Defense Editor Steve Trimble and Senior Analyst Matt Jouppi will discuss the massive ramp up in development and production of Chinese aircraft. Peoples Liberation Army, Navy and Air Force have been steadily accumulating new fighters, trainers and helicopters by the hundreds – while quietly developing next-generation strategic and tactical bombers as well.
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