Defense and Space

Airbus has been ordered to pay €104 million ($127 million) over a long-running commercial dispute over the sale of missiles to equip Taiwan’s fleet of Dassault Mirage 2000s.

NASA's Inspector General is critical of the nonprofit organization assigned responsibility for managing research aboard the U.S. National Laboratory portion of the International Space Station.

SpaceX’s 13th NASA-contracted Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station splashed down under parachute in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja, California on Jan. 13.

India’s state-run military aircraft maker HAL is working with Safran Helicopter Engines to establish a unit in Goa for servicing military helicopter engines.

Textron is stretching an ongoing corporate restructuring to include consolidation within the Bell, Textron Systems and Industrial segments.

Delivery of two Korean Aerospace KAI T-50s to the Royal Thai Air Force has been delayed indefinitely after the trainers suffered unspecified technical faults.

The NATO-led effort to build a self-sufficient Afghan Air Force will soon be put to the test.

Thrush Aircraft is considering development of an “optionally piloted” version of its Model 510 agricultural aircraft for aerial surveillance and fighting fires. &

Shares of specialty aerospace and defense electronics provider Astronics skyrocketed as much as 17% in price by midday Jan. 12 after the company raised its sales outlook.

Following years of preparation, civil and military air traffic controllers are working “shoulder to shoulder” at Schiphol-East, the oldest part of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Dutch government announced.

AFwerX-Vegas will have laboratory and prototyping facilities where outsiders can test their concepts.The Air Force says it is particularly interested in new drone technology.

UK investment and turnaround company Melrose Industries proposed a stock-based acquisition that GKN found wanting.

The U.S. Air Force's fourth Space Based Infrared System missile warning satellite is on track to launch next week aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

Leonardo will lead 42 industry and government organizations from 15 European countries on the European Defense Fund’s Ocean2020 unmanned maritime system demo.

The 44.4-meter tall Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C40) lifted off at 9.29 a.m. India time Jan. 12 after a 28-hr. countdown from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is getting a new chief, K. Sivan, popularly known as the “Rocket Man."

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency had been planning to take over Boeing’s position as the lead integrator of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, but has concluded it's not ready yet.

Naval Group and Airbus Helicopters will build an unmanned tactical helicopter demonstrator to be tested aboard a French Navy warship in mid-2021.

Perhaps the most significant change to Japanese military policy will be breaking the iron ratios by which the armed forces share the defense budget.

If the defense budget wins enough support to pass, it would represent an increase of only about 2% over the Obama baseline.

Thirteen improvised systems, each carrying 10 small bombs, were launched against the Khmeimim Air Base. Russian units took control of six and shot down seven.

Virgin Galactic completed a seventh and possibly final glide test flight of the SpaceShipTwo Unity over California’s Mojave Desert on Jan. 11.

Registration to fly drones weighing 0.55–55 lb. (0.25–25 kg) as a hobby was required under a registration rule the FAA issued in December 2015.

Boeing has revealed details of a reusable Mach 5-plus demo vehicle design that could pave the way for a future high-speed strike and reconnaissance aircraft.

Budget paralysis in Washington has claimed perhaps its first victim of 2018, the Wings Over Atlanta Air and Space Exposition.