The SmartGlider weapon family, which MBDA says will be available from 2025, is an unpowered glide-bomb fitted with deployable wings offering a high lift-to-drag ratio.
The launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) was the second for SpaceX in three days. SpaceX then landed the first-stage booster on a barge in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. lawmakers want the U.S. Air Force to sustain or accelerate fielding of its T-X trainer and consider ditching the General Atomics Block 5 MQ-9 Reaper in favor of the company’s newer MQ-9B.
U.S. House Transportation Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) on June 21 introduced a new bill that features a revised and supposedly friendlier approach to moving air traffic control (ATC) out of the FAA.
Oil and gas support helicopter operator Bristow has been forced to undertake a radical restructuring to allow it to better compete in a low-oil-price environment.
The second intercept test of the supersized Raytheon/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Standard Missile-3 Block 2A failed June 21 against a medium-range ballistic missile target.
The European Space Agency awarded the “batch 3” order for Galileo satellites to OHB System June 22 during a contract signing event at the Paris Air Show.
Israel Aerospace Industries maintains its position as provider of weapon systems and capabilities that establish some of Israel’s strategic pillars - yet most of the companies’ revenues come from export.
For at least the whole of the current century, militaries have understood the critical role cyberdefense plays in every aspect of operations. Yet most military organizations appear reluctant to train for network defense outside of specialist cyber units.
Looking toward a future where low-cost drones are increasingly weaponized or used to spy, Israel’s Rafael (Static Display A8) is publicly promoting Drone Dome – a laser that can shoot them down.
Israeli company Bird Aerosystems has teamed with Airbus to develop and field the Airborne Missile Protection System (AMPS) MV on helicopters and aircraft to protect them from the proliferating threat of man-portable air defense systems, or manpads.
Boeing is still negotiating with Qatar on the deal for 36 F-15 fighters, after the U.S. signed a letter of agreement with the Middle Eastern nation June 14.
U.S. Strategic Command chief Gen. John Hyten has lambasted the military, the defense industry and Congress for the U.S.’s seeming inability to deliver new weapon systems quickly and at a reasonable cost.
A House panel has proposed the creation of a separate Space Corps within the U.S. Air Force as well as the development of an intermediate-range, ground-launched missile system to counter Russia.
Aerospace parts and electronics provider Heico said June 20 it acquired Carbon by Design, an upstart manufacturer of composite components for UAVs, rockets, spacecraft and other specialized applications.
Kawasaki’s big light blue P-1 maritime patrol aircraft has taken center stage at the Paris Air Show, marking its debut at a major international trade show, and the first time a Japanese military aircraft has visited Le Bourget.
