Supply Chain   Missile Systems & Strategic Weapons   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Asia-Pacific (APAC)  
Reuters • Heejin Kim, Hyunjoo Jin

Five killed, two injured in explosion/fire at Hanwha Aerospace rocket propellant plant in Daejeon

Five people were killed and two others injured after an explosion and fire struck a Hanwha Aerospace facility in Daejeon, South Korea, during operations tied to rocket propellant production. Authorities are investigating the causes of the blast at the propellant-mixing center.

Also: ANI News Agency, CNA and 15 more
2026-06-01T06:49:11.464699-07:00
Supply Chain   Missile Systems & Strategic Weapons   Defense Budgets & Spending   Defense Industry & Major Contractors  
DefenseNews.com

Pentagon’s ‘innovative commercial models’ cited for increased missile production | Defense Dollars

By DefenseNews.com: Lockheed Martin’s president of missiles and fire control talks about how the company is expanding production under the DoD’s increased drive for more munitions.

Also: AirForceTimes and Military Times
2026-06-01T06:11:50.345679-07:00
Leadership   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Boeing  
FlightGlobal • Greg Waldron

How Steve Parker has recast Boeing’s defence business

By FlightGlobal: Steve Parker has spent nearly two years stabilising Boeing's defence business. He says the hard work is paying off. After nearly two years leading Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), Steve Parker says that key focus areas are customers and programme execution, and that keeping abreast of the details is essential.

2026-06-01T03:31:28.940609-07:00
Europe   North America   Military Aircraft Procurement   Orders   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Policy & Regulation  
FlightGlobal • Craig Hoyle

Romania orders two extra Leonardo C-27J transports for civil contingency missions

By FlightGlobal: New assets will be employed during tasks including disaster relief. Leonardo has secured a follow-on contract from Romania to provide another two C-27J tactical transports, with the new assets to be employed by the nation’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.

2026-06-01T01:45:33.006187-07:00
Satellite   Space Force   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space   Space Policy & International Cooperation   Space Defense & Militarization  
Breaking Defense • Theresa Hitchens

SpaceX wins $4.16B Space Force contract to detect airborne moving targets

By Breaking Defense: "While this OTA agreement establishes initial SB-AMTI capability, the Space Force anticipates issuing multiple awards in the coming year ," the service said today.

Also: Defense Scoop, Reuters, Bloomberg, SpaceNews.com, Aero-News, Air & Space Forces Mag, keeptrack.space, interestingengineering.com, The Verge, insidedefense.com, Times of India, TechCrunch and 10 more
2026-05-29T10:10:15.681121-07:00