Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
Israeli experts have doubts about the capabilities of Iran’s newly revealed fighter aircraft, which appears to be a another copy of the 1950s-era Northrop F-5.
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
Israel’s Rafael has developed a new passive system dubbed Sky Spotter to detect “primitive” aerial weapons like drones, kites and balloons.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Animal Dynamics’ Stork paraglider selected for UK’s last-mile logistics challenge.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
Senators are concerned the military services will abuse other transaction authority, a mechanism Congress approved to bypass the traditional acquisition system.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
United Technologies has bought a predictive analytics boutique as part of the Tier 1 supplier’s corporate push into becoming a software-industrial giant.
Connected Aerospace

By Arie Egozi
The growing demand for VTOL unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is driving Israeli companies both to develop new aircraft and convert existing types for the role.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Mid-way to Mars, key instruments on NASA's Insight lander have checked out, including the delicate French seismometer that forced a two-year launch delay.
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
The Israeli Air Force will have to change its operational patterns while flying over Syria after Turkey receives Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Special Operations Command is moving to expand the availability of UAS to small teams for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
A campaign is said to be underway to get the F-35’s European engine maintenance center moved from Turkey to Israel.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy’s aircrew systems program office intends to host an industry day in late September for a real-time physiological monitoring and alerting system.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has left port in readiness for flight trials with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Electric aircraft developer Bye Aerospace has flown the tech demonstrator for its solar-powered StratoAirNet unmanned and Solesa manned surveillance aircraft.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Russia’s Tupolev has rolled out an upgraded version of its Tu-22M ‘Backfire’ supersonic variable geometry strike aircraft.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
A U.S. Air Force safety investigation board will kick off this week to probe a Northrop Grumman T-38 Talon crash on Aug. 17.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
The propulsion system of China’s planned space station has passed a major test, said Casc, the main supplier to the country’s space program.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
BAE Systems has received a $70.4 million U.S. Navy contract for ALE-70(V) towed decoys for the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
The Israeli radar developed for South Korea’s KF-X fighter is based to a great extent on the operational experience of the Israeli Air Force.
Defense and Space

India’s state-run defense agency has tested the Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) precision-guided bomb and Helina anti-tank guided missile.
Defense and Space

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
What's the commercial viability of hybrid-electric aircraft? Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss electric propulsion and the Pentagon’s new zeal for hypersonics.
Aerospace

By Arie Egozi
Rafael is not giving up on its goal of becoming a manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
Israel Aerospace Industries and electronics subsidiary Elta are expanding their line of special mission aircraft with two new offerings.
Defense and Space

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia’s Tupolev, a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corporation, rolled out the first modernized Tu-22M3M strategic bomber Aug. 16.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
A Grob Egrett research aircraft has begun towing the Perlan 2 glider to higher altitudes in a quest to set a record of 90,000 ft.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Boeing is buying small satellite specialist Millennium Space Systems of El Segundo, California.
Defense and Space