Boeing and Northrop have made it through the second round of the U.S. Air Force’s effort to replace today’s 1970s-era LGM-30 Minuteman III with a new Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent.
Boeing and Northrop have made it through the second round of the U.S. Air Force’s effort to replace today’s 1970s-era LGM-30 Minuteman III with a new Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent.
LOCKHEED MARTIN will share in $499m U.S. Air Force contract with five other companies working on Aerospace Systems Air Platform Technology Research program.
The sale of ICBM motors for commercial space launches could offset some of the $17 million that the Pentagon spends each year to store and maintain them, but could disrupt the commercial launch market, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.
The U.S. Air Force is weighing buying a new light attack aircraft to fight terrorists, and the investment would also help retain fighter pilots who are leaving in droves.
With firm orders for 12 of its new SKYe SH09 rotorcraft in hand and letters of interest for about 100 more, Marenco Swiss Helicopters recently began flying its third prototype.
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A pair of NASA jets soared from Houston early Aug. 21 and headed toward Kansas City, Missouri, for a high-altitude observation campaign focused on a rare total solar eclipse.
Heico on Aug. 18 said it will buy AeroAntenna Technology for up to $336.5 million, making up the aerospace electronics and parts provider’s largest single acquisition.
The U.S. Defense Department has test-launched the first tactical version of the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile from a Boeing B-1B “Bone” supersonic bomber.
Rather than restricting the proliferation of UAVs, export restrictions are helping China in its bid to gain a foothold in the market with copycat aircraft.
This new laser weapon represents the next step in the U.S. Army’s advancement of high-energy lasers for destroying enemy unmanned aerial vehicles and protecting troops from incoming rockets, artillery and mortar fire.
Taiwan’s first step toward another indigenous fighter should be a technology acquisition effort, says the defense ministry’s technology agency, which would lead the early stages of the program.
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay System Satellite-M separated from its United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle as scheduled following an Aug. 18 liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) plans to double the production rate of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft through early 2018 as assembly transitions to the more capable Extended Range (ER) version.
BOEING has A$145m ($114m) maintenance contract from Australia for F/A-18A/B fleet, covering ongoing engineering, logistics and maintenance sustainment support.
Industry sentiment in the global aerospace and defense (A&D) supply chain “clearly remains bullish,” according to a midyear A&D review by Mesirow Financial.
