Defense and Space

The company is unveiling concepts for six weapons and effectors that could equip the Franco-German Future Combat Air System and Britain’s Tempest.

The company has revealed that it included two of the Bombardier Global 6000 biz-jet-based platforms in its January bid.

“The missile was successfully launched,” a senior DRDO official said June 14. The aim of the mission was to “prove a number of critical technologies for futuristic missions.” However, he did not say whether the mission met the objectives.

The move, detailed by Thales on June 14 just days before the Paris Air Show, follows the decision by French armaments agency DGA to integrate the new avionics suite into the new Airbus H160M Guepard (Leopard) utility helicopter.

As well as re-baselining elements of the program, the amendment also partly lifts a heavy financial burden from Airbus’ shoulders that Airbus' previous CEO said resulted in the airframer taking on a “lopsided” share of the risk.

Airframers and engine manufacturers keen to avoid the errors that afflicted multinational A400M and Eurofighter programs.

Officials used a ruler and protractor to assess terrain, not realizing their satellite pictures exaggerated height.

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Top-level A&D consolidation is going on afterburner, with the proposal to merge Raytheon and UTC. Will there be more of the same?

Growing support for the U.S. military’s F-15EX acquisition plan highlights global trend on diverse

MBDA is looking for a bigger say in the next-generation of European fighters with advanced concepts that could arm them.

The service quietly slashed the budget for the Next-Generation Air Dominance program by 50% amid a shift to a new development strategy.

The U.S. Air Force has conducted the first captive carry test flight of the DARPA-Air Force Research Laboratory-developed Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) hypersonic demonstrator.

NASA’s Ames Research Center predicts the next solar cycle, beginning in 2020 and reaching its max point in 2025, will be the weakest in the last 200 years.

The House Armed Services Committee unanimously adopted establishing a sixth armed service by a voice vote June 13 after debating for less than an hour.

Saab has withdrawn from the Swiss fighter contest just days before the company’s Gripen E was due to arrive in the country for flight evaluations.

The €300 million ($335 million) order, announced June 13, covers 13 aircraft, and brings the number of aircraft ordered by Italy to 18.

Swiss helicopter developer Kopter Group has picked up the pace for testing for its SH09 single-engine light helicopter.

The Network for the Sky (NFTS) system will provide a high-speed network for combat and support aircraft, UAVs and helicopters, Airbus says.

Singapore has demonstrated its capacity for independent weapons development by introducing into service what it calls an advanced armored vehicle.

Sikorsky wins $542 million VH-92A contract; New Zealand to buy C-130Js; Lockheed delivers GPS interim ground system; Malaysia plans 2021 aircraft buys

A long-abandoned requirement for the F-35 could be revived by certain customers.

U.S. House members are deepening their opposition to the Trump administration’s use of emergency authority for the export of $8 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Unmanned aircraft system specialist AeroVironment said June 11 it acquired Pulse Aerospace, a developer and supplier of small, vertical-takeoff-and-landing UAS, for $25.7 million in cash.

Another element of a U.S. Air Force plan to save money during the KC-46 sustainment phase has proven unrealistic, the GAO says in a new report published on June 12.