Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
Making an accommodation for defense, homeland security and law enforcement missions, the FAA has added an exception to its pending requirement that aircraft constantly transmit their position by automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) Out.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin will modify the F-35 weapons bay to accommodate a very long-range, anti-radiation missile.
Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
The helicopters will be used to transport troops and equipment for ongoing operations there, Royal Malaysian Navy Chief Adm. Reza Sany said.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
President Donald Trump announced July 22 that Democrats and Republicans have agreed on a two-year budget and debt ceiling deal “with no poison pills.”
Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
Indonesian Aerospace will accept a Philippine order for six NC212i transporters next month, the company says.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
Modernized fighters will have the BAE DEWS electronic warfare system and, probably, almost certainly, AIM-120s and AIM-9s.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture of OneWeb and Airbus Defense and Space, officially opened a highly automated spacecraft manufacturing facility on July 22.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army has mandated that all five bidders must use the GE Aviation XT901 turboshaft engine in their designs for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program’s competitive prototypes.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force is conducting market research and intends to host an industry day in August for the aging Boeing E-3 Sentry.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
The Ministry of Defense in Tokyo has revived the possibility of the Mitsubishi Electric AAM-4B air-to-air missile equipping Boeing F-15s slated for upgrading.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
The Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft traveled to the ISS Russian segment Zvezda module July 20.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The two countries have a signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that paves the way for joint studies firming up mutual requirements and establishing the industrial base for a potential future acquisition program.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Though he was a gifted military and test pilot and aeronautical engineer, Neil Armstrong’s role in the historic Apollo 11 landing drew a level of attention and scrutiny the then 38-year-old, small town Ohio native shunned as much as possible.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
JAXA and Toyota have begun a three-year collaborative research program with the goal of launching a fuel-cell-powered, long-range rover to the Moon in 2029 as part of Japan’s contribution to an international space exploration effort.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
U.S. Air Force Space Command Director of Operations and Communications Brig. Gen. DeAnna Burt is defending Gen. John Hyten's nomination to be the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
"The work we have done today verifies our models and shows that the physics we are talking about—the basis of what we are trying to do—is sound," Lockheed Martin Skunk Works VP and General Manager Jeff Babione says.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
The news comes as Virgin Orbit nears the first powered test flight of its LauncherOne rocket.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
Lockheed Martin’s ambitious plans to develop a compact fusion reactor to provide clean nuclear energy remain on track according to the company and are set to move to the next stage with the completion this year of a scaled up, more powerful test reactor.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
Virgin orbit, which is starting work on the sixth LauncherOne rocket, says its role in Artemis will be “to launch satellites built and operated by other team members, with the first launch coming as soon as late 2020.”
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
British F-35 squadron assessed the fighter's global support chain and networks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent solicitation invites bids on the weapon system’s engineering and manufacturing development phase and includes five production lot options to manufacture and deploy the weapon.
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio
“This is the latest of many provocative and hostile actions by Iran against vessels operating in international waters,” Trump said July 18.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The UK's broad plans to expand the country’s access in space so far do not include building a bespoke global navigation satellite system akin to the U.S. GPS system.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
Trump’s backtracking comes one day after the U.S. announced it is officially removing Turkey from the F-35 program because of the nation’s purchase of the S-400.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The UK is elevating the role of its 11-year-old Joint Forces Command, which was charged with shaping and overseeing joint operations for a new era of “gray zone” conflict.
Defense and Space