Successor of the U-2 spy plane, the unmanned TR-X will eventually have a stealthy shape and skin, allowing it to penetrate deep into enemy territory.

Whether business activity comes to a plateau, soft landing or hard crash, manufacturers will not take notice until order cancellations or deferrals tick up to historical rates or beyond.

This week's Washington Outlook column discusses Raytheon as a big donor in the New Hampshire and Arizona Senate races, Shuster's tight race in Pennsylvania and SpaceX and Blue Origin’s Washington ties.

As U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command toasts delivery of the first Ghostrider gunship equipped with a 105-mm cannon, it now hopes to ride the air branch’s “Highway to HEL” by funding a high-energy laser demonstration on an earlier-model AC-130W.

A North Korean ballistic missile shot will encourage moves in Tokyo to strengthen defenses with imported U.S. systems.

Dividing the industrial impact of a U.S. presidential election used to be easy. Not anymore; 2016 is raising questions and making for strange bedfellows.

Program execution is re-emerging as a make-or-break factor for companies as the focus shifts from selling to delivering across A&D.

U.S. aerospace and defense companies explicitly plan less around any individual political leader nowadays and more over macroeconomic and sector trends.