Lockheed Martin has invested $4 million in a small Canadian firm seeking to stand up a first-of-its-kind commercial plant for lipid-to-hydrocarbon tech.
The USAF has not seen more pressure from lawmakers to slow roll weapon sales to Saudi Arabia after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi because relations were already strained, a service official says.
Spain plans to invest €25 million ($28 million) in a two-year study with France and Germany to define an early concepts for the manned fighter component of a Future Combat Air System.
President Donald Trump tweeted that the $716 billion the U.S. is spending on defense in fiscal 2019 is “crazy” and believes he can begin a dialogue to bring a “meaningful halt” to an “uncontrollable arms race.”
Osiris-Rex, NASA’s first-ever attempt at an asteroid sample return, reached the 1,640-ft.-wide near Earth object known as Bennu as scheduled on Dec. 3.
SpaceX marked another milestone in its quest to develop a fleet of low-maintenance, reusable boosters with a third flight of a Falcon 9 booster on Dec. 3.
Airbus Defense and Space has opened an operating base for its Zephyr solar-powered high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft in Wyndham, Australia.
A planned South Korean order for two Elta ELM-2080 Green Pine Block C radars will reportedly give the country coverage against prospective North Korean SLBMs.
The UK has decided to halt talks in pursuing access to the secure elements of the EU's Galileo sat navigation system post-Brexit, and will proceed with developing its own capability.
Private equity firm Liberty Hall Capital Partners said it bought APG, which offers proprietary flight operations software targeted at the aerospace aftermarket.
Hexcel said Nov. 30 it signed a definitive agreement to acquire ARC Technologies, a custom provider of RF, EMI and microwave-absorbing composite materials.
When evaluating whether to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia, the U.S. should think not only about the countries’ recent rocky relationship but also reflect on how long the nations have been allies, a U.S. State Department official said.
The UK has decided to halt talks in pursuing access to the secure elements of the EU's Galileo sat navigation system post-Brexit, and will proceed with developing its own capability.
Cutting defense spending will not close the U.S. government’s spending deficit, and doing so would be a dangerous disservice to U.S. troops and the American people, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Dec. 1 here at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum.
In response to a Nov. 21 item on Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) future business jet work, IAI sent the following official comment: “IAI would like to clarify that it is fully committed to its partnership with Gulfstream and to the G280 project.
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved $655m Foreign Military Sale to Poland of 20 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) M142 Launchers and other related equipment.
South Korea plans to purchase two Green Pine Block C radar warning systems made by Israel Aerospace Industries’ Elta division in a deal worth an estimated $292 million.
