The U.S. Defense Department is on course to begin a three-year pilot program to charge losers of contract bid protests under a provision of the recently agreed on defense authorization compromise for fiscal 2018.
Japan’s defense technology organization is proposing a five-year research program for an electric laser for missile defense of ships and ground targets.
Approval of the UAE’s request to buy the F-35 hinges on the Gulf nation’s agreeing to take steps to protect the fighter’s sensitive technology and vast data bank of critical information.
LEONARDO signed AW101 agreement with Thailand’s Defense Technology Institute Nov. 8 covering technology transfer and establishment of helicopter MRO facilities in the country if the AW101 wins Thai competitions.
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The major supplier to China’s space program says it is conducting tests in preparation for space launches from a ship starting next year and also plans to fly a spaceplane around 2020.
In developing the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation fighter capability, the service’s No. 2 military officer is backing a return to a “Century Series” model.
Sierra Nevada Corp. plans to conduct a series of progressively higher-altitude drop tests of its Dream Chaser spacecraft following the successful completion of the flight at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Edwards, California.
A top UAE air force general stressed the importance of information sharing between international partners on the battlefield at a gathering of air chiefs around the world, just a day after U.S. military brass confirmed the U.S. is considering selling the network-centric F-35 to Gulf allies.
Russian exporting company JSC Rosoboronexport has built up a defense order backlog worth nearly $45 billion, the company`s director general Alexander Mikheev tells Aviation Week.
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has voted 14-13 along party lines to advance Rep. Jim Bridenstine’s nomination as the next NASA administrator to the full Senate.
The U.S. government is in the early stages of discussions about selling the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the UAE and other allies in the Persian Gulf, according to top brass.
The requirement for hobbyists to register their drones with the FAA looks set to become law after Congress added language to its final version of the fiscal 2018 defense budget.
