Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
L3 Technologies said Jan. 25 that its executives in charge of strategy and development and the company’s Electronic Systems business unit will be changing, and that the latter will be reorganized.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace Industries have signed a long-awaited agreement in which the UK company will assist TAI in the development of an indigenous fighter.
Defense and Space

By Jay Menon
India has successfully tested the indigenous cryogenic engine for the upper stage of its heaviest rocket, the GSLV Mk. 3, inching closer to boosting its capability to launch heavier satellites into orbit.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Testing large tiltrotors; DLR’s big freight drone; Sikorsky advances autonomy; nacelles for next-gen turbofans; and other news.
Aerospace

Shiv Aroor
An effort to break up HAL’s lock on the aerospace business hits a bureaucratic slowdown.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Jay Menon
India’s space agency readjusted the orbit of its landmark Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) to avoid the spacecraft experiencing a long-duration eclipse of the Sun that would have drained its solar batteries.
Defense and Space

It is the most sizable KC-46 order to date, bringing the total number of production aircraft on contract to 34.
Defense and Space

The U.S. Air Force’s once-crowded $16 billion T-X trainer competition is beginning to look more and more like a price shootout between Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
Defense and Space

While Lockheed Martin has proved it can successfully deliver aircraft from the production line, the company has yet to show it will have a reliable system in place to support the aircraft on “day two," Norwegian military officials say.
Defense and Space

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russian jet maker MiG Corp. has started flight tests of MiG-35, the latest iteration of its famous MiG-29 Fulcrum light fighter.
Defense and Space

The new U.S. defense secretary has ordered a review of whether an advanced Super Hornet can provide a "competitive, cost-effective, fighter aircraft alternative" to the F-35.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Harris will sell its government IT services business for $690 million in cash to an affiliate of Veritas Capital.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has dropped a plan to build a civil version of its C-2 military airlifter.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The first V-model Black Hawk took to the air on Jan. 19, following the installation of the Northrop Grumman-designed cockpit by Huntsville, Alabama-based Yulista Aviation.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters CEO Guillaume Faury says the company still has faith in its H225/EC225 heavy helicopter and is determined to restore confidence in the aircraft for the oil and gas community.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters CEO Guillaume Faury has said that 2016 was as difficult a year for the rotary-wing industry as 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis. And it is unlikely to improve this year.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Hope that reduced integration costs will free up funding for more frequent capability upgrades is behind industry’s willingness to embrace open avionics standards and increased competition, says U.S. Air Force.
Connected Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
In this week’s Washington Outlook: the SpaceX CEO makes a third trip to talk with Team Trump, why the idea of a wall in Mexico needs an adjustment and a look back at what happens when rhetoric meets reality.
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. State Department approves Foreign Military Sale requests, Saudia Arabia inducts F-15SAs into fleet, Indonesian president wants to see final A400M accident report, and Raytheon wins fourth full-rate production contract for SM-6.
Defense and Space

As Russia beefs up its military and signals a more aggressive foreign policy, the JSF is essential to guarding NATO's northern flank.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Shark and seal skins, even speed skater’s suits, are inspiring drag-reduction technologies eyed for coating U.S. Air Force transports and tankers to curb jet fuel consumption.
Defense and Space

The Trump administration’s drive toward a 350-ship U.S. Navy bodes well for Raytheon’s space and airborne systems business.
Defense and Space

By Thierry Dubois
Development of the Ariane 6 rocket is said to be progressing on schedule for a first flight in 2020.
Defense and Space

California-based Kratos Defense will show off its autonomous combat UAV during a military exercise later this year.
Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
Malaysia has sent its first Airbus A400M Atlas airlifter back to Seville, Spain, for an upgrade at the manufacturer’s expense.
Defense and Space