Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
Myanmar has agreed to buy six Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker fighters, Tass news agency reports.
Defense and Space

The Navy continues to evolve and mature the Fire Scout maritime patrol UAV despite a limited number of deployment opportunities on the Littoral Combat Ship.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
VSR700 program will turn a two-seat training helicopter into unmanned observer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
European Union planning demonstration of unmanned technologies, including naval UAVs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Bombardier has made a last-ditch attempt to reopen the U.S. investigation into pricing of the C Series, but may have been misled by reporting on the increased range Embraer is now quoting for the E190-E2.
Defense and Space

Raytheon is preparing for another consequential intercept tests of its newly developed Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 2A exoatmospheric interceptor.
Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
Indonesia is considering the Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-16V, industry sources say, with the Saab Gripen and Dassault Rafale also considered likely candidates.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
The International Space Station's crucial arm received a much-anticipated upgrade during a Jan. 23 spacewalk by NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle.
Defense and Space

Deliveries of Korea Aerospace Industries Surion utility helicopters to the Republic of Korea Marine Corps have begun.
Defense and Space

By Thierry Dubois
The Vulcain 2.1 engine, which will power the main stage of the Ariane 6 launcher, completed a successful first test firing on Jan. 22.
Defense and Space

A squadron of A-10 Warthog touched down at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 19 to join the newest phase of the 16-year war against the Taliban.
Defense and Space

Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan is implementing a series of congressionally mandated measures that effectively strip the U.S. Air Force of much of its space authority, and may develop a roadmap for establishing a separate military department for space activities.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Systems Technology demos a machine-learning approach to maneuvering UAVs on carrier decks by recognizing the same gestures used to direct human pilots.
Aerospace

By Marhalim Abas, Kim Minseok
Jakarta is behind in its contributions to KF-X, known in Indonesia as IF-X, and the finance ministry refused to authorize a payment due at the end of 2017. Photo: Cpl. Casey Gaul/Australian Defense Department
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Byron Callan
The federal deficit and interest rates threaten to constrain the Pentagon’s budget.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
Boeing leverages X-43, X-51 and XB-70 design legacy to challenge Lockheed Martin for future hypersonic strike/reconnaissance role.
Defense and Space

Turkey warned the U.S. before its air strikes against positions in Northern Syria occupied by U.S.-backed forces Jan. 20, Defense Secretary James Mattis says.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Orders and deliveries at Airbus Helicopters took a slight dip in 2017, with the company recording 409 deliveries in 2017 compared with 418 in 2016.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Orders and deliveries at Airbus Helicopters took a slight dip in 2017, with the company recording 409 deliveries in 2017 compared with 418 in 2016.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. State Department has approved a potential but likely sale of Lockheed Martin F-35 to Belgium through the Foreign Military Sales process.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
A UK ejection seat maker has pleaded guilty to breaches of health and safety rules over the inadvertent ejection of a member of the Red Arrows aerobatic team.
Defense and Space

Warthog pilots,have reported nine hypoxialike events since the beginning of fiscal 2017.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
The successful test of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket clears the way for the start of commercial operations later this year.
Defense and Space

As the U.S. federal government prepares for another shutdown, the Pentagon says it must now be ready for a military showdown.
Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
Indonesia has taken delivery of the last two of 24 refurbished F-16C/Ds ordered in 2012.
Defense and Space