Defense and Space

President Trump is expected to sign two minibus appropriations bills that include a provision allowing NASA to buy more Russian Soyuz seats to launch U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station.

The Japanese defense ministry has published a new design for the country’s next fighter.

EMBRAER and BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE signed MOU to study potential development of new light military transport aircraft.

BOEING successfully launched the first Starliner space capsule on Dec 20.

Space launch provider Virgin Orbit says it has delivered a flight-worthy LauncherOne rocket to its Mojave, California facility and is poised to

Local production of the Sikorsky UH-60J has suffered the largest cut in the defense budget for the coming fiscal year OK'd by Japan.

Boeing and NASA were working to preserve as many test objectives as possible for the unmanned orbital debut of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner after a timer issue scuttled the capsule’s engine firing needed to reach the ISS.

Boeing fixing KC-46 issues as deliveries continue; Airbus’ MRTT adds orders.

Following a GAO ruling, the Air Force will have to be more strategic in pairing up best offerings for launch service contracts.

From fighters to helicopters, tanker/transports to trainers and special mission aircraft here are more details about key contests.

From environmental pressures to transformational technologies, significant changes lie ahead for the aerospace and defense industry.

Fighter/attack aircraft costs, F-35 and A400M snapshots, combat aircraft to watch and military transport aircraft marketshare.

A look back at aviation and aerospace milestones that occurred over the last 10 years.

Fighter aircraft have never been so in demand since the Cold War, but ambiguity clouds details for the next generation of aircraft.

Private equity investor Main Street Capital Holdings on Dec. 18 said it has created a new company, Compass Precision, to acquire precision metal manufacturers, including in the aerospace and defense sector.

General Electric is by far the world’s largest manufacturer of military engines, with 21,806 in service in 2019, 30.7% of the global market.

France has begun armed reconnaissance missions in Central Africa with its General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air systems.

Private equity investors Main Street Capital Holdings on Dec. 18 said it created a new company, Compass Precision, to acquire precision metal manufacturers.

The U.S. Air Force has named the MH-139A utility helicopter the Grey Wolf.

The Pentagon acquisition executive and her Indian counterpart have agreed to a U.S.-India Defense Technology Initiative.

A Soyuz-2 launcher operated by Arianespace from Kourou, French Guiana, placed five satellites into orbit on Dec. 18.

Honeywell is partnering with iTRACE and SecureMarketing to fight counterfeit activity in the e-commerce market of aerospace products using blockchain tech.

Five months after being sidelined as NASA’s chief of human spaceflight, William Gerstenmaier has left the agency.

Although market research has started to replace the USAF's E-4B NAOC fleet alone, the search continues for a single aircraft that could replace not only the NAOC but also U.S. Navy’s E-6B TACAMO fleet and the C-32A “Air Force Two” executive airlift fleet.

The second of five RQ-4Ds destined for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Force has been delivered to Italy.