Defense and Space

New Pentagon undersecretary of defense for research and engineering says the U.S.’s real work of developing hypervelocity weapons systems is just beginning.
Defense and Space

Technology needs to be proven carefully, but the service should not risk losing funds budgeted for a multidomain command-and-control system of networks.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
Boeing’s Leonardo-designed aircraft eclipses Sikorsky to win $2 billion Huey replacement contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Efforts by the U.S. Air Force to “protest-proof” the T-X acquisition program will now be put to the test following Boeing's win.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
House lawmakers who favor establishing a U.S. Space Corps within the U.S. Air Force are dismissing Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson’s memo that cited a $12.9 billion initial cost estimate to establish a separate Space Force service.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Marine Corps has conducted the first-ever combat strike with Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan, the service says.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Air Force’s contract for trainers comes on the heels of Huey replacement and carrier-based UAV wins.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has demonstrated manned-unmanned teaming (MUT) between aircraft in flight trials involving five target drones controlled by a mission commander on a manned command-and-control aircraft.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
The win puts Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s startup in a position to be a key supplier for U.S. military satellite launches.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin has awarded Harris Corporation a contract to supply the next Integrated Core Processor (ICP) for the fifth-generation fighter under a follow-on modernization phase.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
United Technologies appears unlikely to make its own end-of-September deadline for closing the roughly $30 billion acquisition of avionics and cabin interiors giant Rockwell Collins.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
A long-sought fuel efficiency upgrade for the Boeing C-17A moved a step closer to reality on Sept. 27.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Japan’s seventh HTV Kounotori resupply mission capsule arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early Sept. 27.
Defense and Space

Michael Bruno
With the Pentagon’s top research and engineering officials rattling lecterns to focus U.S. industry’s attention on providing more hypersonic weapons and defenses against purported Russian and Chinese advances, companies such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Aerojet Rocketdyne and others are positioning to be players in the market.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Government budgets worldwide for space exploration are expected to grow to more than $20 billion by 2027, according to Euroconsult’s latest report.
Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
The Philippine Navy’s two Leonardo AW159 Wildcat multirole helicopters will be armed with the LIG Nex1 Blue Shark lightweight torpedo as its main anti-submarine weapon, the South Korean company says.
Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
The Philippine Coast Guard has placed an order for an Airbus H145 helicopter, making it the first government customer of the rotorcraft in the country.
Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
Embraer says it will deliver six Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos to the Philippines in late 2019.
Defense and Space

India has developed an underwater drone capable of sending real-time video of ships and underwater structures to assist in a wide range of operations in rescue and defense.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
The mood at the AIAA Spaceplanes and Hypersonics conference was bullish amid growing investment in space infrastructure and hypersonic development. Listen in as our editors discuss their findings.
Aerospace

By Richard Aboulafia
Japan is one of the world’s most important supplier nations, but events this year show that its position faces major challenges.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Politics ensnares India’s Rafale purchase; Israel’s "special tactics" in Syria; Pilatus PC-21 reports to French Air Force; U.S. Marines to buy shipboard UAVs.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
While endorsing NASA’s deep-space exploration plans, Senate panel members urged the agency not to abandon the International Space Station before 2029.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
A USAF probe of a Northrop Grumman RQ-4 crash has faulted procedures that undermined the quadruplex redundancy design of the UAS's onboard navigation system.
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
Boeing’s effort to sell KC-46 refueling tanker to Israel may have received a lift after objections raised by an Israeli company seem to have been resolved.
Defense and Space