Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
A shortage of executive talent could be the next big workforce shortfall to hit aerospace and defense, and companies are starting to get worried.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steven Grundman
Figuring out the appropriate NATO defense commitment is more complicated than simple division.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
The dramatic demand to train a new generation of commercial and military pilots is boosting the bottom line of Canada’s CAE.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Boeing late Aug. 13 named Brendan Curran president of Boeing AvionX.
Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
The Philippines Navy has fired its first guided munition, a Rafael Spike ER missile, as part of acceptance trials for the surface-to-surface system.
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a very advanced satellite communication system for attack helicopters.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The German Navy has purchased a pair of Skeldar V-200 rotary-wing unmanned air vehicles for use from its Braunschweig-class corvettes.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
The FAA has granted a two-year certificate of authorization to the Northern Plains UAS test site to fly large drones beyond visual line of sight of the operator.
Defense and Space

India is inching closer to its goal of an armed Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (RUAV) with the successful test flight of a 10-kg (22-lb.) unmanned helicopter.
Defense and Space

By Angus Batey
While records are nice, the flight’s main purpose was to demonstrate significant improvements that will give customers confidence about operational flying.
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio, Lee Hudson
There are many unanswered questions in the Pentagon about the White House’s push to create a sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces.
Defense and Space

The launch of India’s second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, which had been scheduled for October, has been postponed until next year to allow for more testing.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
President Donald Trump has authorized $716 billion in national defense spending by signing the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis now supports creating a sixth U.S. armed service, known as Space Force.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
Northrop Grumman performed a successful fit check for the U.S. Marine Corps of the APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar on a Boeing F/A-18C Hornet in California.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Faster metal 3D printing; Reykjavik drone delivery expands; Pentagon eyes medical delivery drones; DARPA tests fast autonomous scouts.
Aerospace

During a long and fruitful career, including 15 years with Aviation Week, John Morrocco was respected by his colleagues for his thorough work and engaging demeanor.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon has determined the failure of a Standard Missile Block IIA test shot from an Aegis Ashore site in Hawaii roughly seven months ago was due to a faulty rocket component.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
Afghanistan can provide full surveillance of its airspace now that the multilateration system at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul has been restored, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission says.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
The launch of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has been tentatively reset for early Aug. 12, following a scrub late in the initial countdown in response to several issues.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will nearly quadruple the space it occupies at the Grand Sky research and development park in Grand Forks, North Dakota,.
Air Dominance

India’s central auditor is challenging the rationale behind the country’s purchase of eight P-8I Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft from Boeing.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
UK UAV developer Blue Bear Systems Research is to work with Cranfield University to create a corridor through national airspace for BVLOS drone testing.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s $1.6 billion, seven-year Parker Solar Probe mission was developed for the closest-ever reconnaissance of the Sun.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
South Africa’s Paramount Group is looking to establish a “center of excellence” for the Dassault Mirage F1.
Defense and Space