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• Rachel Jewett
Kymeta has secured a $20 million order from a U.S. Department of Defense branch for 100 Osprey u8 multi-orbit satellite communications terminals. The award expands the company’s defense customer base and provides a defined production commitment for its satcom hardware.
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Boeing says it is prepared to support the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX next-generation fighter program, though executive Steve Parker offered no timeline for the effort. The company’s position signals its intent to compete for a major future naval aviation requirement as the program advances.
Kymeta has secured a $20 million order from a U.S. Department of Defense branch for 100 Osprey u8 multi-orbit satellite communications terminals. The award expands the company’s defense customer base and provides a defined production commitment for its satcom hardware.
Rolls-Royce has completed a decade-long, $1 billion modernization of its Indianapolis engine manufacturing campus, expanding production and testing capabilities. The investment is primarily aimed at supporting the company’s military engine programs and strengthens its U.S. industrial base for defense propulsion.
The Navy’s new request for information outlines two fully functional Combat Collaborative Aircraft prototypes capable of catapult launches, arrested landings and operations directly from aircraft carriers. The aircraft must carry up to 10,000 pounds of external weapons, with a target unit cost below $30 million.
Lufthansa Group continues to view Lufthansa Technik as a core portfolio asset while leaving open a future equity partnership or sale. Separately, Lufthansa Technical Training won Bundeswehr certification for theoretical P-8A Poseidon maintenance training, while Rheinmetall’s LUNA NG received provisional military airworthiness approval for training and testing.
The U.S. Navy has opened its long-anticipated search for a first tranche of Collaborative Combat Aircraft, requesting industry proposals for two fully functional uncrewed fighter prototypes to be delivered within three years. The effort marks the service’s initial step toward acquiring “loyal wingman” aircraft.
Shield AI and GE Aerospace are testing an F110 fighter engine equipped with an off-the-shelf Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle for Shield AI’s X-Bat collaborative combat aircraft. The propulsion project combines a proven engine with thrust-vectoring technology intended to support the aircraft’s development.
All.Space has received a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit focused on increasing production rates for its Hydra satellite communications terminal. The award targets U.S. defense supply-chain capacity, linking satcom equipment demand with efforts to expand domestic manufacturing throughput.
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