Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson, Graham Warwick
Release of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft solicitation puts the U.S. Army’s requirement for an armed scout at the front of its rotary-wing needs.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
Boeing fears that a major CH-47 upgrade could be delayed as the U.S. Army looks for budget savings.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace and defense suppliers have a “very bullish” outlook, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Ken Herbert and his latest supply chain survey.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
An accident investigation team identified an issue with the jet’s fuel tube, which is a common component across all three variants of the stealthy fighter.
Defense and Space

By Thierry Dubois
Dassault has issued a “clarification” to confirm that Rafale aircraft parts will be delivered by year’s end as part of agreed offsets.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
In hypersonics, it is hard to know which is going faster, the hype or the reality. But increasingly, investors could be betting on the latter.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
Pieces of the complex U.S. hypersonic development jigsaw are coming together as the Pentagon places reliance on heritage design for common-boost glide concept.
Air Dominance

By Mark Carreau
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) is urging NASA and other organizations involved in the search for life beyond Earth to embrace an approach that recognizes a broader range of scientific and technical disciplines and participants with a stake in the effort.
Defense and Space

India has test-launched a short-range Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile, giving another boost to the country’s evolving ballistic missile defense system.
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio
Shut out of the competition is SpaceX, although this doesn't necessarily mean it will be out of the running for future national security launches.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
The U.S. Justice Department announced Oct. 10 that it arrested and indicted a Chinese security officer earlier this year for alleged economic espionage and trying to steal trade secrets from “multiple” U.S. aviation and aerospace companies, including GE Aviation in Ohio.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Boeing has underperformed and overspent in its contractual efforts to develop and produce the first core stages for NASA’s SLS, an agency IG audit says.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Satellites, Earth imagery, geospatial data and analytics provider Maxar Technologies said Oct. 9 it is speeding up its domestication into the U.S. from Canada and expects to complete the process in January 2019.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
Pentagon leadership is working with the U.S. Army to ensure the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) strategy is “realistic.”
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
TransDigm Group’s proposed $4 billion acquisition of rival Esterline Technologies could cement the former in the pantheon of top-tier Western aerospace and defense suppliers and aftermarket providers.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
United Technologies Chairman and CEO Greg Hayes has made further comments in support of a potential breakup of his multi-industrial conglomerate.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
Development by IHI and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency of the Epsilon solid-propellant space launcher is moving rapidly from one major revision to the next.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Argonne National Laboratory is creating a center to evaluate potential UAS design options, including battery technologies and hybrid architectures.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
AeroVironment has teamed up with Washington-based Aerovel to enter the small tactical unmanned aircraft systems market to compete for a U.S. Army contract for a new fleet of Group 2-class UAS.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Aeralis, a British startup looking to develop a new-generation jet trainer, has begun crowdfunding to support the development of a concept demonstrator it hopes to display at a London defense show in 2019.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s decision to consider a single-source purchase of Boeing’s E-7 airborne early warning platform is being driven by concerns that the existing capability provided by the Boeing E-3 Sentry could soon be outmatched.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The milestone comes before the pending civil certification of the jet-powered, tactical tanker-transport aircraft by Brazil’s civil aviation authority, which is expected “very soon.”
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 300th Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system interceptor.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $164m U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Field Support Contract.
Defense and Space

Jim Wininger and Mike Goldberg
Five rules for portfolio-shaping.
Defense and Space