Defense and Space

A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk is to be converted to full-authority digital flight control under a cooperative research and development agreement with Sikorsky.

Bell’s V-280 advanced tiltrotor has flown in cruise mode, with nacelles horizontal, finishing the transition from vertical to forward flight for the 1st time.

Aircraft structures and parts provider Triumph Group has divested three more business units as the company’s slogs through a corporate turnaround.

Booming demand, tariffs and geopolitics jeopardize aluminum and titanium supply for aerospace manufacturing.

The Air Force has directed a one-day flight pause for units to conduct wing-level safety reviews.

Development of the improved Boeing CH-47F Block II version of the Chinook heavylift helicopter for the U.S. Army is accelerating.

When the Vulcan rocket debuts in 2020, its Centaur upper stage will be powered by Aerojet Rocketdyne’s’s RL10 engines.

The U.S. Army is gathering potential requirements for another evolution of the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.

Fighter aircraft, combat helicopters and transports supplied to Israel from the U.S. are almost immediately being upgraded.

Barely a few years into making significant digital investments, some A&D executives already may be at risk of losing patience with the changes, a study says.

A Senate bill would block F-35s to Turkey, while House lawmakers could instead delay JDAM deliveries.

Reaction Engine ponders accelerating the schedule as its U.S. test site ramps up and funding builds.

Certifiable flight and ground control software for UAVs that is based on a system developed by NASA for spacecraft has been flight tested by Windhover Labs.

The first launch of Area-I’s Altius tube-launched unmanned aircraft from a special-operations gunship has been conducted.

Sierra Nevada/Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano and Textron Aviation’s AT-6B Wolverine are in the second phase of the U.S. Air Force’s Light Attack Experiment.

Darpa video shows flight tests of an unmanned-aircraft airborne launch and recovery system conducted by Dynetics in the second phase of the Gremlins program.

Mark Geyer, a former deputy director of NASA’s Johnson Center and Orion program manager, will replace Ellen Ochoa as director of the Houston field center.

Cybersecurity and info assurance are recognized as hurdles to reaching the promises of additive manufacturing, but a new partnership might help A&D industries.

Orbital ATK and IMI Systems have announced a teaming accord in which Orbital will produce and supply a version of IMI’s 500-lb. MPR500 for the U.S. Air Force.

Bangladesh’s first communications satellite, Bangabandhu-1, is safely in orbit and sending back test signals following its May 11 launch.

U.S. military revenue and earnings are likely to remain strong.

After years of delay, the aerospace giant and its government customer are no closer to an agreement on when the new tanker will be ready for delivery.

In development since 2013, the 4-lb. (1.8-kg) Mars Helicopter will be a second major technology demonstration conducted during the Mars 2020 mission, which is scheduled for launch in July 2020 and a February 2021 landing.

The debut of the newest and final version of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 marks a milestone in the company’s long-term quest to drive down launch costs.

Indonesian Aerospace has received an order for two additional C235 maritime patrollers for the Indonesian Navy, adding to five already ordered.