Aerospace
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StandardAero has secured new long-term work supporting Air Force T56s. The ten-year contract covers depot repair and overhaul for engines, modules, and components supporting global C-130 fleets.
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Aerodata has publicly unveiled its AeroForce X MALE aircraft prototype. The German programme targets 40-hour endurance and a 1.3-tonne mission payload, with the current manned prototype due to begin flight testing later in 2026.
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Kratos has secured international orders for GAIA ground station systems. Orbit’s 5.5-metre and 6.1-metre antennas support S-, X-, and Ka-band links across Earth observation, satellite communications, defence, and other space missions.
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Elve has qualified its 100W millimetre-wave amplifier platform for space. The TRL 8 milestone follows flight-like environmental testing under a US Space Force SBIR Phase II contract, with an orbital demonstration planned next.
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Kratos has demonstrated Valkyrie beyond-line-of-sight control during electronic warfare testing. The US Marine Corps flight linked the uncrewed aircraft with F-35s and an F/A-18 while testing an open command-and-control architecture.
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US hypersonic test infrastructure enters a broader modernisation programme phase. Velocity Alliance projects cover specialist engineering, construction, process systems, equipment repair, controls, and other test-facility requirements.
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Eurofighter’s IPA6 test aircraft has now passed 1,000 flight hours. The instrumented Typhoon supports avionics, weapons, flight-control, and refuelling development before changes reach operational aircraft.
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Germany’s first F-35A has entered final assembly at Fort Worth. Finishing and low-observable coating work precede flight and German pilot-training activity in the United States.
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Japan and America have completed their second hosted surveillance payload. QZS-7 carries a US Space Force sensor intended to strengthen geosynchronous space-domain awareness across the Indo-Pacific region.
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Indian developer Kawa has flown its jet-powered Divyastra Mk3 munition. The programme combines an indigenous airframe and turbojet as India expands domestic development of higher-speed uncrewed strike systems.