In an exclusive interview, Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper lays out a plan for a new way to make a “century series” of aircraft. Aviation Week editors Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson and Jen DiMascio process what that might mean for the military and current manufacturing base.
Infrastructure spending is a hot-button issue ahead of next year’s presidential election. The president may win the issue, for reasons important to A&D.
The House voted 301-123 on Sept. 19 to pass a stopgap continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded through Nov. 21, and the Senate is expected to vote on the measure next week.
Three small U.S. drone manufacturers are mounting a buy-American campaign, arguing that widespread use of drones made in China is suppressing the domestic industry for small unmanned aircraft types and helping to develop Chinese military capabilities.
New Northrop Grumman Chairman, CEO and President Kathy Warden will reorganize her company into four main divisions starting next year, the company announced late Sept. 18.
U.S. Air Force intelligence officials are conducting sweeping reviews of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets from space to the subsurface domains, says Lt. Gen. Veralinn Jamieson, deputy chief of staff for ISR and Cyber Effects Operations.
Northrop Grumman is preparing for the first launch of its Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV), a spacecraft designed to supply propulsion to in-orbit satellites that would otherwise run out of fuel.
The Italian Air Force has signed agreements with industry and academia to explore the potential of launching small satellites from Italian combat aircraft.
Earthquake damage at test range delays plans to demonstrate airborne launch and recovery of unmanned aircraft that would cooperate with manned platforms.
The head of U.S. Air Force Mobility Command has not been briefed on the latest fix to the KC-46A Pegasus cargo restraint devices but intends to meet with Boeing Sept. 30 to discuss the program.
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has announced its U.S. subsidiary iDirect Government has acquired Glowlink Communications Technology, a satellite interference mitigation provider, for $24.3 million in cash.
Inmarsat and its likely new owners announced that on Sept. 16, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) confirmed that its review of the proposed acquisition is complete and that there are no unresolved national security issues in respect of its review.
Boeing and Lockheed Martin, NASA’s prime contractors for the Space Launch System and Orion capsule programs, will face tougher standards for award fees as part of ongoing talks for current and future work on the deep-space human launch system.
Sensing another new-space business opportunity, investment network Space Angels has launched SpaceTalent.org, a free career platform built for the burgeoning ecosystem of companies aimed at or enabled by outer space.
The U.S. Air Force is looking to move roughly $35 billion in the future years defense plan (FYDP) beginning in fiscal 2021 to better align with the National Defense Strategy as part of Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s zero-based review initiative.
DARPA is working to identify alternative locations to test its Dynetics Gremlins unmanned aircraft airborne launch and recovery system after July earthquakes heavily damaged China Lake Naval Weapon Station in California, where flight tests were planned.
