Defense and Space

Germany’s defense minister, Ursula von der Leyen, and French counterpart Florence Parly approved the sign-off of a joint set of requirements drawn up between the two countries during the ILA Airshow here April 26.

Dynetics to demonstrate the airborne launch and recovery of volleys of low-cost UAS under a DARPA program to expand the potential uses of unmanned aircraft.

To defeat near-peer threats, the U.S. must break down traditional barriers between services and hierarchy of command, according to the man charged with building the Army's Multi-Domain Battle concept, Brig. Gen. Mark Odom.

House lawmakers have moved to block the U.S. Air Force’s proposal to kill a planned replacement for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.

Boeing will now submit the resulting data and reports to the FAA for review.

The U.S. Homeland Security and Justice departments seek congressional grant of authority to defend against rogue drones.

“We’re all-in, if we can get that capability at the appropriate cost," the vice chief of the Army says of Future Vertical Lift.

Raytheon is seeing its bottom line rise as the U.S. government turns once again to Cold War-style defense technologies.

The winning engine will replace GE’s T700 in the Army’s Sikorsky UH-60M/V Black Hawk and Boeing AH-64E Apache, and also could power the next generation of clean-sheet military rotorcraft in the lightweight category of Future Vertical Lift.

UTC Aerospace Systems is positioning itself as a key supplier for legacy U.S. Army helicopter upgrades and next-generation, clean-sheet designs.

Bell expects the V-280 Valor to meet all the key performance parameters set by the U.S. Army under the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator initiative “by the end of summer.”

A militarized derivative of the Glasair Aviation Sportsman monoplane, the Huntsman is being actively marketed for “gray zone” operations in places like Central Africa where there are few or no U.S. forward operating bases.

Up for grabs is a potential 90-aircraft order replacing on a one-for-one basis Germany’s Tornado IDS strike aircraft, and the smaller ECR electronic warfare version of the jet.

Boeing has teamed with ten German companies who will provide training, support and sustainment if the Chinook wins Germany’s STH heavy-lift helicopter competition.

Malaysian company hawks Turkish UAV, MDA’s missile-hunting software endeavors, UK company wins Indian border-watch contract, and Mexico cleared to buy Sikorsky MH-60Rs.

DARPA cancellation of an ambitious VTOL X-plane program underlines the challenges facing industry in developing hybrid-electric and distributed-electric propulsion systems

The House Armed Services tactical air and land subcommittee’s markup of the defense policy bill, released April 25, would require the Navy to make several hardware modifications to the F/A-18s to reduce the occurrence of, and mitigate the risk posed by, hypoxia-like physiological episodes.

Prime defense contractor Northrop Grumman continued its “disciplined” no-bid strategy on two Pentagon programs in the first quarter of 2018.

Four European manufacturers of defense electronics are offering a "future-proof" Istar system for Europe's MALE UAV.

The new fighter would begin replacing both the Typhoon and Rafale between 2035 and 2040, the two companies announced at the ILA Airshow here.

Included in the offer to Germany, according to Eurofighter officials, is the integration of additional weaponry and capability building on the Typhoon's Phased Enhancement program.

“E.I.S Aircraft Operations is a high-growth business which provides airborne training at a disruptively low price,” Qinetiq CEO Steve Wadey said.

General Atomics, Phantom Works and Skunk Works have uncloaked their MQ-25A designs as decision time approaches. Here’s what we now know.

Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon have not yet figured out to get past an issue that spurred a suspension of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter deliveries, but the prime contractor’s chief executive said April 24 she is confident they will soon.

The agency cites growing commercial interest and the lack of a service partner with which to transition the technology to a program.