Defense and Space

By Thierry Dubois
In a bid for improved aircraft availability, the French minister of the armed forces is reorganizing maintenance contracts for the country’s military aircraft.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
The need for new workers—especially technology-oriented employees—and the difficulty in getting them is the talk of the industry.
Air Transport

By Lee Hudson, Graham Warwick
The USMC is looking to upgrade its Sikorsky CH-53E fleet with a stabilized approach, hover and landing capability for operations in degraded visual environments.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
Development of the UH-X upgrade of the Bell 412 utility helo by Subaru is on schedule, partly thanks to limited development ambitions and specification changes.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has revived a decade-old concept for a new version of the AGM-158 Jassm with potentially five times more range than the original version.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Marine Corps is assessing its potential force structure options to accommodate a light attack aircraft.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno, Lee Hudson
When it comes to the Trump administration’s pending defense industrial base study, do not expect a deep and detailed report for public consumption.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army wants to buy potentially thousands of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that costs about $4,000 each.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Airbus Ventures has invested in a U.S. startup developing a commercial unmanned aircraft capable of flying for up to 2 hr. on batteries only.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
MD Helicopters delivered the first five MD 530F Cayuse Warrior attack helicopters to the Afghan Air Force on Sept. 10.
Defense and Space

India has successfully conducted the first-ever midair refueling of its indigenously-developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick, Tony Osborne
Russian Helicopters has signed contracts to supply 104 Ansat light and 46 Mi-8AMT medium helicopters for air ambulance services across Russia.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
A months-late first flight date for a ducted fan unmanned air system (UAS) designed by a Lockheed Martin/Piasecki team has been reset to October.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
A British entrant into the fledgling urban air mobility business has lifted the veil on its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air vehicle.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
Sikorsky-owned PZL Mielec has delivered an M28 utility transport to the Ecuadorian army, the company announced Sept. 10.
Defense and Space

By Thierry Dubois, Marhalim Abas
The air force’s Pegase mission promoted French aircraft exports, as well as sending a message to China about the South China Sea.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
SAIC is buying Engility for around $2.5 billion, the companies said Sept. 10.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Dawn, NASA’s 11-year, first-ever mission to orbit two relics from the formation of the Solar System’s planets in the main asteroid belt, is drawing to a close.
Defense and Space

India’s state-run National Aerospace Laboratories and New Delhi-based Mesco Aerospace Ltd. are developing a two-seater aircraft for pilot training and surveillance.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $2.9 billion contract modification Sept. 10 for the fourth lot of KC-46A tankers.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Russia’s new-generation agricultural aircraft, the all-composite T-500, has secured its first order, for 10 aircraft, from Russian operator RusAvia.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Boeing is making another new space-related startup investment.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The State Dept. has OK'd the sale to Japan for up to nine Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft for $3.1 billion.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
U.S. officials are pressuring Belgium to decide on a future fighter.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
California-based Viasat has signed a contract with United Launch Alliance (ULA) for an Atlas V flight.
Defense and Space