Defense and Space

The Pentagon has sent a legislative proposal to Capitol Hill that anticipates establishing a Space Force headquarters in fiscal 2020 comprising 200 people for about $72 million.

Berlin’s STH program is set to choose between Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook and the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion to replace its aging fleet of 70 licence-produced Sikorsky CH-53G Stallions.

Space stalwart Maxar Technologies has decided to cut 4% of its staff, drop marquee brands in a restructuring, and keep its geostationary satellite manufacturing business.

The International Court of Justice has called upon the UK to cede its control of the British Indian Ocean Territories (BIOT), the site of the U.S. airbase on Diego Garcia.

BAE’s improved EW system; Japan plans 2020 UAV demo; Israeli Air Force beefs up Heron TP, and the U.S. Army’s radar "sense off."

Though SpaceX’s upcoming Demo-1 mission will be an uncrewed test flight, the opportunity to move small amounts of cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS) will not be wasted.

The U.S. Air Force has paused deliveries of KC-46 tankers from Boeing after discovering foreign object debris on aircraft that were set for delivery.

Strike Fighter Squadron 147, the “Argonauts,” will be the Navy’s first unit to deploy with the F-35C.

Sikorsky is prepping for the first flights of two fully assembled HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRH) in mid-2019.

Nanosatellite hopeful Sky and Space Global may yet make good on its payment obligations to manufacturer GomSpace, but it did not come in time for GomSpace’s latest quarterly report.

The Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber is making progress in development despite previously disclosed problems, a senior U.S. Air Force official said Feb. 28.

BAE Systems has upgraded its ASQ-239 electronic warfare system with new hardware that reduces its size and power requirements, as well as replaces obsolescent components.

Portugal’s air force has selected Collins Aerospace to upgrade its C-130H Hercules flight decks, the company announced Feb. 27.

For the first time, the U.S. Air Force carried out a forward air refueling point (FARP) operation from the MC-130J Commando II to the F-35A Lightning II.

USAF leaders stopped short of endorsing the service’s budget request to buy 80 Boeing F-15X fighters on Feb. 28 at the Air Warfare Symposium.

Tucson, Arizona-based based World View Enterprises has announced the appointment of new CEO Ryan Hartman, former president and CEO of Insitu.

The Italian government is set to save the Piaggio P.1HH Hammerhead UAV program using money set aside for the development of the more advanced P.2HH program.

Italy’s decision to integrate the far-flying MBDA Meteor on the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning is improving the missile maker’s chances with Australia.

The Japanese Coast Guard plans to hold a demonstration in 2020 to assess surveillance drones, an industry source said.

A Russian Soyuz rocket has ent the first six satellites for OneWeb’s planned 600- to 900-member broadband constellation into orbit.

Lockheed Martin will soon deliver the first Legion pod with an infrared search and track sensor for the USAF F-15C fleet, company officials said Feb. 27.

Democratic lawmakers who pushed for a Pentagon inspector general’s review of aerospace and defense supplier TransDigm Group’s work for the Defense Department appeared to accept its conclusions but indicated they will try to keep the spotlight on all military spare parts providers.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 and NASA’s Osiris-Rex missions are writing a new chapter in the exploration of Solar System bodies.

Boeing’s Airpower Teaming System (ATS) escort-drone program is in part an answer to China’s attempts at threatening valuable and vulnerable support aircraft behind enemy fighters.

Astrobotic, the 12-year-old, Pittsburgh-based space robotics company, has announced European and U.S. pathways to future commercial lunar surface operations.