Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
Aircraft modification company Field Aerospace is leading an industry team that will upgrade U.S. Air Force T-1A Jayhawk twin-engine jet trainers.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Lockheed Martin is considering new approaches to financing and deals in order to secure new business for the C-130J Hercules.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The Chilean air force (FACH) is set to take delivery of the first of a new batch of S-70i Black Hawks this summer.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
SANTIAGO, Chile—Leonardo has been contracted to supply the defensive aids suite for Britain’s new fleet of 50 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.
Defense and Space

By Molly McMillin
Spirit AeroSystems has opened its second Center of Excellence for the fabrication of complex commercial and military aircraft parts.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
U.S. Air Force mulls bids to ensure at least two commercially viable orbital space transport systems from 2022. Rockets with Russian engines need not apply.
Commercial Space

With “appropriate” input from the F-35 international partners, the Pentagon will develop a plan for transitioning the existing F-35 management structure to separate program offices run by the U.S. services that fly the fighter.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
The head of Leidos said April 2 he sees more consolidation in his sector, including the rise of peers.
Defense and Space

The Navy’s F-35C is headed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, in the near future, bolstering the fifth-generation fighter’s ranks in the Asia Pacific.
Defense and Space

The Boeing F-15C may or may not receive the next-generation electronic warfare and self-protection system known as the BAE Systems Epawss.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Drone delivery provider Zipline has introduced a faster UAS as part of an overhaul of its logistics system to speed the supply of blood in Rwanda.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Moog and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences have agreed to co-funded work in support of adapting blockchain technology for additive manufacturing.
Defense and Space

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Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
President of CAE’s Defence & Security Group Gene Colabatistto joins Aviation Week Editors to discuss innovative ways contractors can help combat the U.S. Air Force’s acute pilot shortage, both in the manned aircraft and Remotely Piloted Aircraft community.
Defense and Space

Boeing, General Atomics and Lockheed Martin are vying to win the contract for the unmanned tanker. Cover: Lockheed Martin
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Drone delivery provider Zipline has introduced a faster UAS as part of an overhaul of its logistics system to speed the supply of blood in Rwanda.
Defense and Space

For pilots flying the U.S. Navy F-35C carrier variant, nighttime carrier operations have been made more difficult by a “green glow” that obscures their vision.
Defense and Space

By Jay Menon
Three days after the launch of GSAT-6A, India’s newest communication satellite, the country’s space agency has lost all communications with the spacecraft.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Boeing and Saudi Arabian Military Industries are forming a joint venture for spending and work on MRO services for military aircraft in Saudi Arabia.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate will invest up to $6.5 million in 25 advanced tech concepts to further future human and robotic space exploration.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
The USAF has allocated $250 million in its fiscal 2019 budget to equip 20 aircraft types for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast Out position reporting.
Defense and Space

General Atomics says its formidable aircraft design, industry team and institutional agility will help it snatch MQ-25 Stingray from Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Protecting against lightning; connecting IoT via space; supercapacitors for energy storage; Flexible ultrasonic sensor; drone concerns in New Zealand.
Aerospace

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss the unveiling of the tailless UAV and SpaceX’s unique testing strategy.
Check 6

By Guy Norris
SpaceX successfully deployed another batch of 10 of the communication company’s Next satellites into orbit on March 30.
Defense and Space