A fiber-optic sensor developed for internal medicine could yield vibration-damping data in submarines.

Portability, ease-of-use and reliable links factor into Marine Corps decision to procure inflatable satcom terminal.

Rheinmetall’s new sight for 40-mm grenade launchers offers a high-tech approach to target acquisition.

NASA delays its CRS-2 contract, again. Italy is in line to become the next nation with armed Reapers. The FAA scrambles to create a UAV registration system. And the Ex-Im bank bill nears final passage.

Aviation Week photographer Nigel Howarth recently visited Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego and took the opportunity to photograph the wide range of fixed- and rotary-wing types based there. Miramar is the West Coast's major Marine base, previously home to the Navy and its Top Gun fighter school.

Questions persist about how USAF is going to manage the LRS-B bomber contract despite the big announcement.

The next version of South Korea’s new surface-to-air missile will complement L-SAM in the anti-ballistic-missile role.

We could tell you all about the LRS-B­—and a related secret prototype—but then we’d have to use a cliched quote from a mediocre 1980s movie.