Defense and Space

British aerostructure supplier GKN Aerospace plans to shed 1,000 jobs as it undertakes an international restructuring.

Private equity investor AE Industrial Partners (AEI) announced Sept. 3 that it has acquired Triman Industries, a provider of highly engineered products and services to the global military aftermarket.

Indonesian Aerospace has completed the first flight test of a CN-235 light transport built to test new equipment and capabilities for the type.

There are a lot of questions in the industry, not least of which are the 2020 U.S. elections.

Norway’s Wideroe going electric; AFRL eyes hybrid-electric UAVs; Solid hydrogen for fuel cells; UK to decarbonize; Gliding from the stratosphere; UK waste-to-fuel.

With hundreds and occasionally thousands of exhibitors, small and medium-size enterprises often fail to stand out. Sadly, that is partly self-inflicted.

India plans to unveil the Mark 2 variant of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) in 2022.

The image revealed by the president is annotated, pointing out damage on the north side of the launch pad, support vehicles, a gantry service tower, mobile erector-launcher and trailer.

Airbus and the UK Defense Ministry have withdrawn the Eurofighter Typhoon from Canada’s fighter contest, citing the cost of security concerns and the softening of Ottawa’s industrial technological benefits policies.

The 60,000-ton ship departed the UK on Aug. 30 bound for the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. where British and U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs are expected to embark on the ship in late September.

As part of a campaign of experiments to evaluate directed-energy weapons for airbase defense, precision attack and aircraft defense, the U.S. Air Force is seeking information on systems that could shoot down cruise missiles.

Aerospace and defense training leader CAE will form a joint venture with Directional Aviation Capital’s affiliate Volo Sicuro and take a 50% stake in simulator-based training company Simcom, the companies announced Aug. 29.

The DOD's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is looking to hire an ethicist as the military grapples with applying algorithms to real-world warfighting scenarios.

Tropical Storm Dorian is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane by late Aug. 30 and keep strengthening as it moves toward Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral.

India’s space agency is working with its French counterpart to develop and launch a constellation of up to 10 sats for coastal security and maritime surveillance.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense has proposed making an initial order for Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightnings in the coming fiscal year.

The U.S. Army has awarded two contracts that will help advance the Pentagon’s goal of fielding a prototype hypersonic weapon by fiscal 2023.

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) has started to modify the first five in-service Su-30MKI fighters of the Indian Air Force in its facility in the western Indian city of Nashik to carry BrahMos-A cruise missiles.

“Are we the coolest business in Oklahoma City? I think we're the coolest business in the world.” Kratos Defense & Security Solutions President Steven Fendley shares what’s next with the company’s new Greater OKC operations.

Boeing is doubling down on its metal additive manufacturing venture bet in Morf3D with a new round of funding, the companies said Aug. 30.

As countries await Trump administration decision on Turkey sanctions, moods split between defiance and caution.

The newly formed U.S. Space Command (Spacecom) has agreed with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) that in “higher states of conflict” the nation will respond to the direction of the head of the combatant command, according to Air Force Gen. John Raymond.

Test flights of the T-Heron UAS developed by Israel Aerospace Industries will begin in March, a senior company official says.

The HiDRON stratospheric glider developed by Canada’s Stratodynamics Aviation and unmanned aircraft manufacturer UAVOS has completed a 4-hr. flight.

The U.S. Air Force will install automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) position reporting capability on its fleet of 417 Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers beginning in September.