Aerospace
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The Royal Australian Navy will field PteroDynamics’ P4 Transwing VTOL UAS for autonomous maritime logistics, adding a compact ship-to-shore resupply aircraft to the growing market for uncrewed fleet support systems.
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GE’s XA102 review shifts adaptive propulsion toward demonstrator production, validating design, manufacturing processes, supply-chain readiness, and digital engineering work under the U.S. Air Force Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion programme.
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Collins Aerospace is expanding Florida production for radar security systems. The $26.5m Largo investment adds engineering and factory capacity for aviation surveillance, secure communications, and multi-domain defence systems.
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The USAF wants more EA-37B aircraft for electronic attack capacity. The proposed expansion would deepen demand for missionised business jets, electromagnetic warfare payloads, software-defined upgrades, and specialist integration work.
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Britain’s P-8A force is moving closer to sovereign torpedo integration. Planned Sting Ray Mod 1 flight trials will test the physical integration path from UK lightweight torpedo production to RAF maritime patrol operations.
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India’s scramjet programme has moved deeper into long-duration propulsion testing. DRDO’s latest combustor run strengthens the engineering base for hypersonic cruise missile development, with active cooling, fuel chemistry, thermal coatings, and advanced manufacturing now moving closer to flight-relevant maturity.
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Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider Combined Test Force has completed a planned 180-day test cycle in 73 days, highlighting the role of digital engineering, integrated test planning, and production discipline in the US Air Force’s next-generation bomber programme.
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Kratos has selected Odon, Indiana, as the site for Project Helios, a hypersonic aerothermal testing facility intended to expand US material evaluation capacity and bridge laboratory development with fielded high-speed systems.
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US Marines and Philippine Navy personnel have tested the Firestorm Tempest drone during Balikatan 2026, adding a modular unmanned aircraft and distributed production model to the Indo-Pacific’s expanding littoral warfare toolkit.
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Indonesia will receive 12 Bayraktar Kizilelma unmanned combat aircraft from 2028, giving Baykar its first export customer for the jet-powered platform and placing unmanned fighter production, sustainment, and carrier-compatible operations at the centre of Jakarta’s future airpower planning.