Defense and Space

Retired NASA astronauts Scott Kelly, Michael Lopez-Alegria and Pam Melroy, all former military test pilots and space mission commanders, have been selected for entry into the U S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.

Eleven NASA candidate astronauts completed two years of basic training on Jan. 10 to become eligible for flight assignments.

BAE SYSTEMS, VA agreed to acquire Collins Aerospace's military GPS business for $1.9b and Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios business for $275m

Todd Probert to Group President, Defence & Security, based in Washington, DC, of CAE.

Bell Boeing plans to deliver the first CMV-22B ordered by the U.S. Navy to the HX-21 test and evaluation squadron in early 2020.

Many features of the West’s futuristic vision for a distributed command and control network is already in service by the IDF.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch on Jan. 20 completed the latest spacewalk in a long-running effort to upgrade the space station's solar power generation system.

BAE is expected to pay $1.925 billion for Collins’ GPS business and another $275 million for Raytheon’s radio business

The test is the last major milestone before a crewed flight test to the International Space Station as early as March.

Collins Aerospace will provide critical subsystems for Orion spacecraft crews assigned to resume human exploration of the lunar surface starting in 2024

The air vehicle was lost during the ground-recovery sequence, but Dynetics noted it has four test vehicles remaining.

Pakistan has given Turkey another year to secure export permits for the engines that will power a new fleet of attack helicopters being supplied by Ankara.

After describing the performance of military acquisition officials and defense contractors as a “nightmare,” U.S. Air Foirce Gen. John Hyten on Jan

Leonardo has conducted the long-awaited first flight of its Falco Xplorer unmanned aircraft system. The 1.3-metric-ton, medium-altitude, long

The Pentagon continues to assess whether signing a five-year performance-based logistics (PBL) contract with Lockheed Martin is the most cost

An Ariane 5 placed the Konnect satellite for Eutelsat and India's GSAT-30 into orbit Jan. 16.

The U.S. Navy is conducting an environmental impact study that includes holding hearings in areas near potential sites for dismantling America's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that over the next decade, 3,206 new western fighter aircraft will be built and delivered.

After nearly a decade of development, NASA’s biggest, most complicated launch vehicle is ready for testing.

The U.S. Navy wants to replace the radio-frequency countermeasures and radar-warning receiver systems on its Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets with a new electronic warfare system.

The Israeli Air Force has resumed flying its Sikorsky CH-53 fleet after a six-week grounding.\

UAVOS is developing a heavy-lift, long-range delivery drone based on the Robinson R22 light helicopter.

Ellen Ochoa will be the 34th recipient of the National Space Trophy, presented each year to a U.S. citizen for major contributions to the U.S. space program.

The study is another sign that progress toward Japan's proposed Next Generation Fighter is advancing.

The Russian Navy has displayed a model of a new small missile that may be a direct successor to the Kh-25M and a complement to the Kh-38M.