Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus presents upgraded Typhoon with standoff weaponry as a counter to F-35’s stealth.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
While still brash and aggressive, the commercial drone industry is evolving to meet the needs of large corporate customers.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Navy project seeks to extend the reach of explosive ordnance disposal robots by teaming them with unmanned helicopters, enabling airlift and remote operation up to 50 mi.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
Military budget grows fastest in Asia and Middle East, Greece adjusts F-16 upgrade plans, Lockheed fires up fourth SBIRS satellite, and India’s Tejas tests air-to-air missile.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Are government contract officers easing up when it comes to getting more bang for the buck for taxpayers? Not according to the chief executive of Leidos.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Orbital ATK apparently has been on a spending binge of business investments as the closing of the company's purchase by Northrop Grumman nears.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
U.S. truck maker Workhorse Group has joined the ranks of companies flight testing full-size eVTOL aircraft.
Defense and Space

The U.S. Air Force has announced its existing Boeing B-1B and Northrop Grumman B-2A bomber bases as “reasonable alternatives” to host the Northrop B-21 Raider.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has partnered with British UAV developer Prismatic to develop a high-flying competitor to Airbus’ Zephyr UAV.
Defense and Space

The fourth satellite of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System constellation has achieved “first light,” beaming back its first images to Earth.
Defense and Space

A C-130H cargo aircraft assigned to the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed in Savannah, Georgia, on May 2 and “there were fatalities,” the USAF said.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Harris, one of the top 15 suppliers to the F-35, is eyeing more work on the Joint Strike Fighter.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Textron Systems has unveiled a hybrid rotary/fixed-wing vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Intel is carving out a growing niche in the commercial unmanned aircraft market.
Defense and Space

Sierra Nevada Corp. and Textron Aviation have renewed their commitment to the U.S. Army’s Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft (FUA) program.
Defense and Space

By Jay Menon
India’s first indigenously-developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas has successfully test-fired an air-to-air beyond visual range missile.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The EuroMALE unmanned air system is a testbed for multinational cooperation on a fighter jet.
Defense and Space

By Angus Batey
The small, expendable decoy BriteCloud is being deployed on the UK’s Tornado fleet.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Lange Aviation develops a unique fuel-cell-powered surveillance aircraft with long endurance, high redundancy and reliability and low operating costs and emissions.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Dynetics’ victory over General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for the Darpa Gremlins Phase 3 program has given air vehicle supplier Kratos cause for celebration.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Insitu has launched a commercial, exportable and certifiable version of its ScanEagle long-endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
L3 Technologies on May 1 signed a deal to sell its Vertex Aerospace, Crestview Aerospace and TCS businesses for $540 million cash.
Defense and Space

As the U.S. Air Force embarks on a major re-engining of the Boeing B-52H, its leadership is under no illusions about the difficulty of the task at hand.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
A U.S. Navy project to airlift bomb-disposal robots by unmanned helos and remotely operate them is heading toward a key flight demo in June.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
AeroVironment will incorporate vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) technology from a commercial drone developer into its next generation of tactical UAS.
Defense and Space