Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry has issued a Request for Information to industry for specialist aerial training services for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
Little hops and huge goals: SpaceX’s Starhopper test flight marks first step on path to next-generation Starship launch family and inter-planetary missions.
Defense and Space

Despite 2019’s bad news, forecasts point to continued growth – at least for now. Aviation Week editors discuss.
Defense and Space

India’s indigenously developed Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will undertake its first flight by year’s end, the country’s top scientist says.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
TyTAN has reduced Typhoon operating costs by nearly 40%; BAE believes it could achieve similar savings on the F-35.
Air Dominance

By Jen DiMascio
Saab flies Brazilian Gripen; India accepts last C-17; U.S. to sell Japan SM-3 Block IIA missiles; Elbit to equip KC-390 with EW system.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighters have touched down in the UK for their first-ever major exercise on British soil.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper remains unwavering that the nation will not allow Turkey to own and operate the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter while it has the Russian S-400 air defense system in its inventory.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is looking at leveraging NASA’s work on hybrid- and turbo-electric propulsion to increase the performance and capability of large unmanned aircraft, including “loyal wingman” vehicles that would support manned fighters.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s IG is calling for swift action by Congress to lift a costly requirement that the space agency use the Space Launch System rather than a commercial rocket alternative to dispatch the Europa Clipper on a $4.25 billion, high-priority planetary science mission.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
L3Harris Technologies has selected Collins Aerospace to provide avionics for the U.S. Air Force’s C-130H Avionics Modernization Program Increment 2 (AMP INC 2) upgrade of 176 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Hercules turboprops.
Defense and Space

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
The South Korean defense ministry will reveal within a few weeks which are the earliest-priority items in a five-year spending plan.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
F.E. Warren AFB near Cheyenne, Wyoming, has elected to continue a license agreement to use the Dedrone detection and tracking system for small unmanned aircraft systems.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
While business outlooks have moderated since start of the year, overall growth still is expected, financial analysts and consultants say in latest forecasts.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Defense Department wants to establish a domestic production capability for alane, a solid fuel that can be used in fuel cells that generate electricity to power a wide range of applications from wearable electronics to aircraft systems.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The DOD will launch a new program to protect intellectual property so that potential adversaries cannot have access to U.S. weapons development information.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX’s 18th NASA-contracted Dragon resupply mission to the ISS departed the six-person orbiting science lab Aug. 27 with a 2,700-lb. return cargo.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
Chinese exhibitors at the MAKS Air Show here unveiled a stealthy-appearing, high-speed drone on Aug. 27 that in the future may function as a fifth-generation target and fill many of the roles of a “loyal wingman.”
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
An Iranian exhibitor unveiled the design for a new subsonic cruise missile at the MAKS air show here on Aug. 27.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s upgraded, unpiloted Soyuz MS-14 crew capsule carried out a successful automated docking at the ISS's Russian segment Zvezda service module late Aug. 26, following an initial aborted attempt early Aug. 24.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
Redesigned vertical tails appeared on a real MiG-35 parked in a static display area, while the UAC exhibit stand displayed a scaled model of the MiG-35 with an extended wingspan.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
BAE’s Tempest factory will say goodbye to jigs and tooling in favor of introducing robots, digital twins and joining methods.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon has identified its first tech area—small UAS—for a new program to connect innovative defense tech startups with trusted sources of funding.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The DOD is continuing dialogue with Boeing on the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent competition although the company announced it would not bid on the effort.
Defense and Space

India’s space agency is in talks with its Russian counterpart about collaboration on semi-cryogenic rocket engine technology for its first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan.
Defense and Space