Defense and Space

The new "Space Inspire" satellite is part of a trend toward software-defined spacecraft that also includes Airbus’s Onesat and Boeing’s 702X series.

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is to equip its fleet of eight Beechcraft Shadow tactical intelligence-gathering aircraft with Leonardo’s Miysis directed infrared countermeasure.

Addressing the increasing role of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in maritime operations, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has added new capabilities to the Heron family of UAS, preparing the drone to assume anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions.

Following airframe and engine demonstrators for its next combat aircraft, Japan flies an integrated suite of radar, passive RF and infrared sensors.

The industrial capabilities on which the U.S. defense strategy relies would wither from increasing isolation.

USAF to pack the B-1 with more weapons; Trump fires national security advisor Bolton; Sweden’s defense budget gets a boost; Virtual war game planned for Finland’s fighter contest.

A typical day for Wirsing, a technical program manager, involves the far edges of what is possible in aerospace and defense.

Impatient U.S. lawmakers are threatening to transfer authority and some procurement funding for buying light attack aircraft to U.S. Special Operational Command from the USAF.

Lockheed Martin intends to migrate its F-35 digital support backbone, the Autonomic Logistics Information System, to a native-cloud architecture by year’s end and field it in 2020.

To be sure an emphasis on lunar field geology is not overlooked as NASA races to return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024, NASA is being called on to set a high bar for training in the discipline for its future lunar and Mars astronauts.

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a possible $6.5 billion sale to Poland of 32 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft.

The U.S. Navy is developing an On-Demand Hypoxia Trainer to provide awareness of the condition and is garnering pilot feedback on how to make improvements before it enters the fleet in 2021.

The evolution of the telecommunications satellite industry remains driven by fast growth in data traffic, Euroconsult CEO Pacome Revillon says.

The Indonesian police force has taken delivery of its third Bell 429 light helicopter, completing a contract signed three years ago.

Missile manufacturer MBDA is developing concepts for new short-range air-to-air missiles that could be one of the armaments for the UK’s future Tempest combat aircraft.

The simulated war game, dubbed the HX Challenge, will “verify what the candidates have said and promised in their answers,” the program director says.

Italy looks set to become the second nation to join Britain’s Tempest future fighter development project.

A fire broke out during final preparations for launch of a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIB rocket carrying a cargo ship to the International Space Station for JAXA.

President Donald Trump has dismissed his third national security adviser, John Bolton, a defense hawk who advocated for more DOD spending and to keep troops in Afghanistan.

The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee has advanced the Pentagon’s fiscal 2020 budget request and would provide the Defense Department with $694.9 billion in accordance with the 2019 Bipartisan Budget Act.

The development schedule of Europe’s medium- to heavy-lift Ariane 6 launcher appears to be taking longer than expected.

A Polish company is developing a heliport monitoring system that can warn a pilot of potential obstacles near a landing area before the helicopter arrives.

BAE Systems says it has reached an agreement to purchase British startup Prismatic, a high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) manufacturer.

Budget request proposes setting up a program office and launching development—but does not yet estimate costs for the coming year.

The Sikorsky HH-60W program will meet with U.S. Air Force leadership Sept. 24 to determine if the new search-and-rescue helicopter is green lighted for low-rate initial production, a company executive says.