Defense and Space

The U.S. will withhold F-35s from Turkey if the country accepts an advanced Russian air defense system, the DOD says.

Production of one of the most famous training helicopters is on the verge of being restored after a near decade-long hiatus.

The ESA is preparing Lagrange, a solar weather observation mission devised to warn against hazardous coronal mass ejections, for submission to ESA’s ministerial council.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, the first new human spacecraft for orbital flight since the space shuttles, returned from a six-day demonstration mission on March 8.

A British pilot accused of the manslaughter of 11 people who died at the Shoreham Airshow in 2015 has been found not guilty by jurors.

BAE has completed an upgrade for Australia’s Hawk trainers that has prepared the aircraft for possibly 21 more years of service.

An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter jet crashed in western India on March 8 after a reported bird strike, a Ministry of Defense official says.

Although Boeing has similar objectives for the Airpower Teaming System unveiled in Australia, the XQ-58A is designed with a very different philosophy.

The Airpower Teaming System is a fighter-like unmanned aircraft specifically designed to be exportable globally.

Four members of Congress say the DOD bypassed normal procurement procedures to propose buying new F-15X fighters in the fiscal 2020 budget request.

An upgraded version of the GBU-69/B Small Glide Munition (SGM) used by U.S. Special Forces aircraft has emerged.

A week after Boeing unveiled a loyal wingman mockup in Australia, U.S. drone manufacturer Kratos completed the first flight of the XQ-58A Valkyrie.

A Japanese helicopter operator has entered an agreement with Leonardo Helicopters to examine the potential use of tiltrotors in Japan.

Has Airbus really lived up to its potential? And is the group healthy enough today to guarantee that it will still be around 50 years from now?

MD Helicopters will fight for FARA contract; India’s milsat plans; Israel’s customized F-35 upgrades, and the end of the line for U.S. Marine Corps Prowlers.

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has prepared a list of Israeli-made weapons and other systems it wants the F-35 Adir to carry.

NASA’s Mars InSight lander has paused efforts to pry into the planet’s subsurface with the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) for about two weeks.

India will launch three defense satellites over the next six months aimed at boosting the strategic communications and networking potential of its military.

Boeing is laying groundwork for a possible sale of T-X trainers to Canberra, briefing the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on the type.

Having won an Australian armed-drone competition, General Atomics urges the customer to buy the latest MQ-9 version.

MD Helicopters has revealed it has entered the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) technology demonstration contest with a platform that will use the company’s NOTAR anti-torque system.

The U.S. should withhold F-35s from Turkey if the Eurasian member of NATO accepts delivery of an advanced Russian air defense system, the head of U.S. European Command told Congress March 5.

After two years away from operational service, including 18 months of overhaul and upgrade, the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier has left Toulon, France, for a wide-ranging mission.

Raytheon, now the second company on the TBG program after Lockheed Martin, has released a new artist’s impression of its concept.

Switzerland’s Kopter Group plans to carry out helicopter assembly in the U.S. by moving into a Louisiana facility originally built for Bell.