SAMI Composites has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to develop a Composites Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Riyadh. The Composites Manufacturing Centre of Excellence forms part of SAMI’s efforts to develop a sustainable and self-sufficient defense industries sector in Saudi Arabia, in line with the Saudi Vision 2030 goal of localizing more than 50%Read More

Airbus has successfully delivered its first full-size wing prototype or ‘demonstrator’ through its Wing of Tomorrow program to help mature next-generation wing technologies. The completion of the first of three fully composite wing demonstrators marks the integration of more than 100 different component and manufacturing technologies that include an all-new industrial assembly system, and whichRead More

Congress has passed the first NASA authorization bill in more than five years, formally extending operations of the International Space Station and backing NASA’s Artemis exploration effort. The House passed on a 243–187 vote July 28 the “Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act,” a day after the Senate passed the billRead More

The privately funded Polaris Program is planning its first crewed launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft in December, a mission that will include the first spacewalk on a private mission. Jared Isaacman, the billionaire who organized the Inspiration4 private astronaut mission that spent three days in orbit in September 2021, announced the Polaris ProgramRead More

F-35 owners and operators will soon benefit from lower ownership costs and increased efficiency and sustainability as Honeywell and Aeronamic sign a licensed service center agreement to create a depot in the Netherlands. The long-term agreement will cover the European market and bring significant benefits to both current and future owners and operators of theRead More

Saudi Arabia’s World Defense Show is already planning for the next edition, which is set to take place from 4-8 February 2024. As part of the enhancement initiatives to address the high demand, WDS organizers are reviewing potential expansion plans to include a third exhibition hall offering Participants additional exhibition space, to compliment the twoRead More

The first six students from the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) have completed phase IV of the Advanced/Lead-In to Fighter Training program at the International Flight Training School (IFTS), launched a year ago at the 61st Wing of the Italian Air Force base in Lecce-Galatina, Italy. Founded in 2017, the IFTS project is a partnershipRead More

Communications satellite operator SES announced recently it completed the acquisition of DRS Global Enterprise Solutions, a business acquired from Leonardo DRS for $450 million. DRS GES will be part of SES Government Solutions, based in Reston, Virginia. The acquisition was announced in March. Before it was sold to SES, DRS GES was a business unitRead More