Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Competition could also spark renaissance for single-engine IFR-capable helicopters for commercial use.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Iranian military officials unveiled what they claimed was a new medium-range ground-launched cruise missile to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Islamic Republic.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
Putin directed Shoigu to begin adapting the launch system of the Kalibr cruise missile for ground forces and developing land-based hypersonic ballistic missiles with a medium- and intermediate-range capability.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The $517 million contract preserves GE’s role as the dominant U.S. supplier of turboshaft engines for current and future military helicopters.
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
A German and an Israeli company on Jan. 29 signed a teaming agreement to offer commercial Lunar Surface Access Service.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
Photos posted on Twitter show bureau officials posing with a DJI Phantom on a table, while another small quadcopter is shown in a plastic bag.
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
The Israeli Defense Force’s long-term plans call for buying missiles to add firepower to ground units if the Air Force’s firepower is limited.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
A keel beam corrosion scare earlier this year caused the USAF to briefly ground 396 KC-135s for a fleet-wide inspection that identified 15 affected aircraft.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
“We’re very confident about our aero outlook for 2019,” Honeywell Chairman and CEO Darius Adamczyk said Feb. 1.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected the Atlas V for the 2021 launching of Lucy, a 12-year mission to explore the Trojan asteroids that accompany Jupiter as it orbits the Sun.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. and Russian militaries will be free to develop ground-launched, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic and cruise missiles after Aug. 2.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Germany has excluded the F-35 as a potential replacement for the Panavia Tornado and shortlisted both the Eurofighter and Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
UK lawmakers warn that the affordability gap in the country’s defense spending plans could widen to $20 billion if it does not bring its planning under control.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Northrop Grumman saw higher 4Q 2018 revenue from a black program in its Manned Aircraft business unit, but expects 2019 revenue for the program and unit to be flat.
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio, Lee Hudson
After the delivery of the KC-46A tanker, the service is looking to detach itself from future, platform-centric plans. Listen in as our editors discuss.
Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
Malaysia has begun a quest to purchase light combat aircraft (LCA) and unmanned surveillance and attack aircraft.
Defense and Space

In the service’s second air accident in a week, an Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 trainer has crashed in the south Indian city of Bengaluru, killing two pilots.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force chief of staff discusses plans for the future force and the services’ light attack experiment.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy should acknowledge a new cost overrun and a schedule delay on the Sikorsky CH-53K development program to fix multiple design problems, the Pentagon’s top weapons tester says.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $14.9 billion contract to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding to finalize a two-ship aircraft carrier buy.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. defense budget expert says proposals to dramatically increase the size of the USAF and Navy should be sacrificed for higher spending on modernization.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Raytheon is seeing astronomical growth in classified military orders, but it could also spur some near-term disappointment with investors and financial analysts.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Some clever repurposing of a navigational device on NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is helping scientists unravel the mysterious past of Mount Sharp.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
Boeing delivered two more KC-46 tanker aircraft to the U.S. Air Force on Jan. 31, less than a week after handing over the first two jets, the company said.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Two pioneering U.S. and Japanese sample return missions now closely surveying two near-Earth asteroids are paying wide-ranging dividends.
Defense and Space