Defense and Space

Inmarsat still expects the European Aviation Network (EAN) to be operational by the end of the year, despite an attempt by rival satellite operators to block it.

What the metaphor of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse can tell us about the industry’s future.

Lockheed Martin’s long-range cruise missile is being installed on the F-15E, F-16, B-2 and B-52 combat aircraft.

Canadian drone collision; Boeing autonomy investment; drones over crowds; regional biofuels; unmanned medevac

The two companies have released images showing little except aerial refuel pods attached to mystery aircraft.

The astronauts replaced a poorly focused camera light assembly crucial to cargo spacecraft docking.

The U.S. Air Force’s F-35A made its first appearance on the Korean peninsula this week, a clear sign of U.S. muscle.

Germany and France have taken the next steps in the creation of a joint air transport unit flying the Lockheed C-130J Hercules.

NASA is laying the groundwork for spacewalking International Space Station astronauts to repair vital internal cooling system pumps on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

News network CNN has been approved to fly drones over crowds, becoming the first operator granted a waiver to FAA rules banning flights over people.

The new weapons are intended to counter North Korean artillery bombardment of border areas, including Seoul.

Washington think tank proposes repairing and replacing the military’s equipment; Defense Secretary James Mattis wants a new round of base closures; Santa Monica airport is free to shorten a runway.

A look at the state of play on the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based aerial-refueling UAV, to the U.S. Air Force’s attempt to replace its Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System and its T-X advanced combat trainer program.

Privately owned Blue Origin completed its first successful hotfire test of a full-scale methane-fueled BE-4 rocket engine that is expected to not only power Blue’s fleet of reusable orbital New Glenn vehicles, but also replace the Russian-made engines used by United Launch Alliance boosters.

“No enemy in the field has done more to harm the warfighting readiness of our military than sequestration,” the defense secretary wrote in a letter to armed services lawmakers.

U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command has given the go-ahead for more than 300 Air National Guard-operated pre-Block 40 Lockheed Martin F-16s to be fitted with the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System.

Boeing has invested in autonomous navigation specialist Near Earth Autonomy through its venture capital arm HorizonX.

Engineers at French aerospace research center Onera are designing a wind tunnel test model that could pave the way for greater airframe-engine integration in the future.

Hanhwa and South Korea’s defense technology organization are developing an anti-armor missile for the Korea Aerospace Industries LAH light-attack helicopter.

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office says a mystery payload known as Zuma, which is slated to fly on a SpaceX Falcon 9 next month, does not belong to the NRO.

Bahrain has not yet approved a $3.8 billion deal to purchase new F-16s, despite reports that a contract was signed.

Building on an existing partnership, space habitat developer Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance will jointly pursue a plan to put a free-flying Bigelow module into a low lunar orbit as early as 2022.

A more than two-decade effort by NASA to improve the oversight of the agency’s wide-ranging and dispersed Information Technology activities remains flawed, according to a new IG's report.

Northrop Grumman buys SpaceX launch for a U.S. government customer, U.S. State Department clears Greece for an FMS of F-16 upgrades, Indonesia receives Panther helicopters, and Embraer sells six Super Tucanos.

As the U.S. Navy’s Super Hornets reach the end of their planned service life, Boeing is eyeing an exhaustive overhaul.