Defense and Space

Indiana Saab’s on May 8 announced selection of an Indiana site to produce structures and systems for the Boeing T-X trainer.

A planned acquisition of three A-29 Super Tucanos and three AT-6 Wolverines has entered the presolicitation notification phase required for all sole source contracts.

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm three nominees to the Export-Import Bank’s board of directors.

With two major aerostructures businesses—Triumph Group’s and Bombardier’s—being shopped out for new owners, is there suddenly too much of the same “product” in the marketplace?

A group of more than 40 retired national security space officials has stepped up to defend the Pentagon’s proposed Space Force.

Collins Aerospace Systems has unveiled an upgraded, open-architecture autopilot system for unmanned aircraft systems.

BlueBird Aero Systems has received a contract from an undisclosed navy to supply its WanderB vertical takeoff and landing UAS for deployment on patrol vessels.

Israeli intelligence was the basis of Washington’s decision to send an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf.

Space plans to launch dozens of demonstration Starlink satellites as early as May 15 and follow up with at least two more flights of operational spacecraft later this year.

The U.S. Marine Corps has formalized recent plans to add an anti-ship weapon to its mainly land-attack arsenal.

The U.S. Marine Corps is kicking off the first phase of its MUX development strategy and conducting a prize challenge for industry.

For AeroVironment, the partnership offers a chance to widen the market for its short-range, loitering munitions, such as the Switchblade and Black Wing.

India’s Smart Anti Airfield Weapon is expected to be completed by 2020 for induction into the country’s air force.

“I’m not really sure I would call it a policy reversal. We are in a budget process and they call it a budget process for a reason,” Navy undersecretary Thomas Modly told reporters here May 7.

A new appreciation for large, long-range combat aircraft is reshaping global military fleets around a class of new stealth bombers.

The readiness rate for the MV-22 Osprey is at a dismal 52% and will not hit the target of 80% set by former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis “soon enough,” according to the program manager.

The U.S. Navy has defined a mission and an operational concept for a Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter that rules out a joint aircraft development project with the U.S. Air Force.

Research organization Mitre Corp. has developed a concept architecture for commercial space operations that envisions “surface-to-space” traffic management.

The potential Patriot purchase was one of a trio of major Middle Eastern arms deals approved by the DSCA on May 3, valued at just under $6 billion.

Turkey’s Tubitak Sage research and development institute has begun development work on a modular guide bomb that could be fitted with a range of guidance systems and warheads.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship made an early-morning rendezvous with the International Space Station May 6, while the investigation continues into how a Crew Dragon test capsule was destroyed on a test stand in April.

The service seeks to sign contracts in fiscal 2020-2024 for launches that will take place through 2027.

Lockheed Martin’s promised discounts so far fall short of the U.S. government’s expectation’s for a long-sought multi-year procurement contract for the stealthy fighter.

President Donald Trump said on May 3 that negotiations will begin soon on nuclear arms controls with Russia, then later expand to include China in a three-way agreement.