Defense and Space

The transformative V-22 is driving requirements for the Marine Corps’ next-generation rotorcraft fleet.

The U.S. Air Force has installed a two-star general to oversee Boeing’s fledgling Air Force One replacement.

Two solar-powered NASA planetary mission spacecraft have achieved recent deep-space milestones.

As global superpowers jostle for influence on the African continent, the U.S. military is having to learn to share Djibouti with China.

The UK and France have signed a deal for the concept phase of the development of a next-generation cruise/anti-ship weapon.

Dynetics and General Atomics move to the next phase of a DARPA program to validate air launch and recovery of multiple small unmanned aircraft called Gremlins.

Aerojet Rocketdyne says there is enough manufacturing work in the ground-bases strategic deterrent missile project for two rocket motor suppliers.

Finland has issued a request for information (RFI) on potential weaponry to arm its new fighter aircraft.

AAR’s win was a blow to gear leader Héroux-Devtek, the Canadian incumbent, according to analysts.

Worldwide defense industry revenues are expected to grow 3.2% in 2017, Deloitte says in its latest global aerospace and defense forecast.

NASA’s Mission Control remotely commanded the International Space Station’s Canadian robot arm to move Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 from the Node 3 Tranquility module to the Node 2 Harmony module on March 26.

The Indian Space Research Organization is carrying out studies to support the “best use of satellite-derived information to develop methodologies” for making predictions about natural disasters.

Japan Marine United has delivered the Japanese navy’s fourth helicopter carrier, right on time after 41 months of construction.

Oil and gas helicopter operator CHC says it is has emerged as an “economically robust and agile competitor,” 10 months after filing for bankruptcy.

Malaysia will probably accept an offer from Japan for surplus P-3C Orion maritime patrollers if it can persuade Tokyo to pay for refurbishment.

Congressional auditors warn that Boeing's KC-46 tanker is in danger of falling even further behind schedule.

Spacewalking astronauts advanced efforts to equip the International Space Station (ISS) with a second U.S. segment commercial crew docking port on March 24.

The U.S. Defense Department wants input from allies and industry on future global wideband satellite communications architectures.

Britain’s Royal Navy has retired the last of its Lynx helicopters.

Engineers at NASA’s Stennis Space Center hot-fire tested an RS-25 developmental rocket engine for the heavy-lift Space Launch System March 23 with an upgraded electronic controller intended to help lift an Orion capsule toward a flight around the Moon.

Russia had another strong year of defense exports in 2016, keeping its second-place spot on the global arms market, although new orders hit a five-year low.

The price of a U.S. Air Force F-35A fell below $100 million for the first time in the latest low-rate initial production lot. But that’s not good enough, the Pentagon says.

Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace is expecting to sign its first export contract with an undisclosed country by year’s end.

Women have made great inroads in aerospace finance and management, but they remain woefully underrepresented on the technical side of the industry.

The two countries will tell each other what they want from a future fighter and what technology they have. Then they will consider studying a joint program.