Defense and Space

A Portuguese company’s plans to buy Embraer KC-390 airlifters has shone a light on the leasing world’s new target: providing aircraft to global militaries.

Airbus Helicopters is preparing to ramp up production rates of its H175 super-medium and H225 heavy helicopter.

After fitting a railgun to the bow of a ship, the People’s Liberation Army is pointing to an apparent slowdown in development by the U.S.

Suburban drone delivery, turbine power for UAVs, automating track inspection, wind-resistant quadrotors and rolling composite parts.

Portugal’s Skytech sees military leasing of Embraer KC-390 as future business model.

Arianespace has unveiled the results of an investigation into Ariane 5’s “trajectory deviation.”

Boeing has been selected as one of the potential suppliers for Canada’s future fighter aircraft.

Swedish airframer Saab has rolled out the first of three GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft destined for the United Arab Emirates.

An ejection seat manufacturer has been fined £1.1 million in connection with the death of a member of the British Red Arrows aerobatic team.

Funding requests on multiple budget lines for fiscal 2019 show how the U.S. Defense Department is moving to boost investment in hypersonic weapons and defenses.

The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with the BLU-136/B, a 2,000-lb. bomb designed to wreak havoc without leaving behind unexploded ordnance.

SpaceX put an advanced radar-imaging spacecraft known as Paz into orbit for Madrid-based Hisdesat and then dispatched two prototype websats.

South Africa’s Paramount Group says a newly announced U.S. version of its Mwari multimission aircraft is aimed at a wide range of potential missions.

Beechcraft King Air 350s modified by Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) could form the basis of the Kuwaiti Air Force’s first dedicated airborne surveillance fleet.

Aerojet Rocketdyne's RS-25 rocket engine throttled up to its highest thrust level yet—113% of its original design level—during a 260-sec. test firing.

Astronomers are incensed to learn that the Trump administration is moving to cancel the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).

The Pentagon’s proposed reintroduction of a nuclear sea-launched cruise missile is not expected to happen for another “seven to 10 years,” the department says.

The U.S. Air Force hopes to get its T-6 Texan II trainers back in the skies by Feb. 26 with some interim measures in place to ensure pilots are not breathing potentially toxic air during flight, as engineers continue investigating what is wrong with the aircraft’s oxygen system.

The Saras light transport aircraft has completed its second test flight in two months, rekindling hopes of a revival of India's civil aircraft program.

Bell Helicopter has dropped the term “Helicopter” from its name in a radical rebranding.

Sikorsky has begun final assembly of the U.S. Air Force’s first future Combat Rescue Helicopter, the HH-60W, in Stratford, Connecticut, the company says.

UK researchers prepare to fly an unmanned aircraft that uses pressurized air for flight control, a technology BAE Systems believes could help existing aircraft.

Indonesia finalizes deal for Su-35s; Finland looks to boost ship defenses; India’s indigenous operating system, and a new competition for GPS satellites.

The now-funded requirement for up to 650 engines to reengine the 76-strong B-52 fleet will be one of the largest military engine upgrades since the KC-135R.

In the run-up to the Air Force Association's annual air warfare symposium, Secretary Heather Wilson says the service is looking to pivot from the counterterrorism fight in the Middle East to preparing for a potential clash with China.