Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
America’s aerospace trade association said it is preparing for “a challenging policy arena in both Washington D.C. and a rapidly changing global environment.”
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
The South Korean air force has accumulated 5,000 flights with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 family of jets.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer and the country’s air force are urging the government to improve export financing to make defense products more attractive to overseas customers.
Defense and Space

By Jay Menon
India plans to launch 83 satellites in a single mission in January—a first of its kind that will set a world record in space technology.
Defense and Space

The SB-1 Defiant trails its main rival, the Bell Helicopter V-280 Valor, in terms of air vehicle assembly, but Team Defiant is still hoping to achieve first flight by the end of 2017.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is adjusting astronaut assignments and training for duty aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett, Kim Minseok
The South Korean Parliament has refused a defense ministry request to spend 30% more on Lockheed Martin F-35 acquisition in 2017 than originally planned.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Shareholders of InFin Innovative Finance AG of Switzerland have approved the acquisition of Mars One Ventures.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has begun a series of self-funded UAV trials in UK airspace.
Defense and Space

By Jay Menon
India this week is set to launch Resourcesat 2A—the country’s latest remote sensing satellite.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Boeing is expected to deliver the first F-15SA (Saudi Advanced) Eagle fighters to the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) this week.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
LONDON—The UK is to spend £100 million ($127 million) with General Atomics to further develop the company’s Certifiable Predator B unmanned air system. &nbs
Defense and Space

UTC Aerospace Systems is expanding its MS-177 "family" to include two hyperspectral configurations with embedded autonomy.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Guy Norris
Virgin Galactic has begun glide flights of the second, and significantly improved, SpaceShipTwo (SS2) sub-orbital vehicle after completing a fourth, and final, captive carriage flight under the WhiteKnightTwo mothership.
Defense and Space

Published requirements for the U.S. Air Force's latest attempt to replace its 46-year-old “Twin Huey” type appear almost identical to the canceled Common Vertical Lift Support Platform.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Safran USA hopes to grow its portfolio of work for the Pentagon but knows it has a hard fight to educate Washington and the defense industry on tapping the American arm of the France-based Tier 1 aerospace and defense provider.
Defense and Space

The U.S. Air Force wants a long-range, stealthy unmanned surveillance aircraft to go places the Lockheed Martin U-2S and Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk can't.
Defense and Space

By Thierry Dubois
The European Space Agency’s member state have agreed to fund €10.3 billion ($11 billion) of €11 billion requested for programs extending from 2017 out to 2025.
Defense and Space

Retired U.S. Marine Corps’ Gen. James Mattis is President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Secretary of Defense, Trump announced late Dec. 1.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
Upgrading the Bell 412 for Japan’s UH-X military program will produce a significantly improved helicopter for the civil market, including a higher gross weight.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Fiscal 2017 U.S. defense budget includes plans to replace Afghan fleet of Mi-17 helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett, Graham Warwick
The latest Chinese air-to-air missile is comparable with a long-range surface-to-air weapon in size and appearance, so its range is probably well over 200 km.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Tailsitting vertical takeoff/landing unmanned aircraft takes shape at Northrop Grumman under DARPA’s Tern warship-based medium-altitude, long-endurance program.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
In this week’s Washington Outlook, outsourcing business seems suddenly unpopular, lawmakers ask for a flyoff between the F-35 and the A-10 and the head of Trump’s NASA transition team is named.
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio, Tony Osborne
From the Middle East, to India, Canada and Europe, our editors take stock of recent deals and announced sales of fighter aircraft, and size up how that will impact upcoming competitions.
Defense and Space