Defense and Space

In this week’s Washington Outlook: a look at Trump’s secdef shortlist; a change of plans after Clinton’s loss and potential for public-private partnerships.

Washington aerospace and defense thinkers call on Trump to revive the U.S.’s aging fighter, bomber and helicopter fleets while boosting investments in space, missile defense and the nuclear triad.

Watch video of Raytheon’s swarm-destroying high-power microwave technology, demonstrated at the U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 2013. Details are now being released.

Lockheed Martin and a cast of supporting companies held what the company said was a first-of-its-kind public demonstration of multiple unmanned aircraft systems.

The most important thing the next president can do for defense policy is revivify the debate over fiscal policy and resolve it before submitting a 2018 budget.

Turkish tactical UAVs paired with Roketsan’s mini munitions are now being used to strike Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey.

In this week’s roundup: the U.S. reports $33 billion in foreign sales; Indian council recommends the purchase of 83 more Tejas combat aircraft; Boeing wins electronic warfare upgrade contract; and Indonesia considers Gripen and F-16 fighters.

Two single-seat Marine Corps F/-A-18 Hornets collided off the coast of San Diego, California.

European leaders are cautious over the shape of Trump’s foreign policy.

An Ariane 5 launcher is scheduled to propel four Galileo satellites into orbit on Nov. 17, marking the first-ever quadruple launch for the navigation constellation.

The Western aerospace & defense sector is likely to be in shock for months to come as it tries to figure out what a Trump administration means.

Defense Conseil International, the French defense ministry’s international training company, is planning to expand its helicopter fleet to meet foreign training demands.

India is progressing toward launching its second lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-2, with the start of some ground tests and other events planned in the coming months.

A Denver-based startup is drawing investor attention with plans for a relatively inexpensive mass-produced spacecraft bus that would use a proprietary “isolation system” to enable its use with any payload in its weight class on any launch vehicle.

Turkey has not only managed to field indigenous armed UAVs but has also sent them into harm’s way.

On Nov. 8, the U.S. elected Donald Trump its next president, as well as a Republican House and Senate. Aviation Week editors explain how they think those dynamics will shape the nation’s policy and spending choices in the short term and the long run.

A consortium of BAE Systems and other local partners will play a key role in the support of the F-35 in the Pacific region.

Mars One has signed a takeover agreement in which InFin Innovative Finance AG of Switzerland will acquire all shares of Mars One Ventures, PLC, the British arm of the Red Planet colonization venture.

India’s Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved a proposal to buy 83 indigenous Tejas Mk. 1-A Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for the Indian air force (IAF) at a cost of 500.25 billion rupees ($7.5 billion).

The Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman to build a beam-control system for a self-defense laser it hopes to deploy on fighters.

Earth scientists using NASA spacecraft are turning to small satellites as funding lags for larger platforms.

A consortium of Britain’s Defense Electronics and Components Agency (DECA), BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman has secured a key F-35 maintenance and support contract.

Study looks for weapon to attack ships and land targets in 2030s. But don’t call it a cruise missile just yet.

Boeing has received a U.S. Air Force contract worth $478 million to begin full-scale development of a next-generation electronic warfare suite for operational F-15s called the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System.

Scientists have improved ultraviolet measurements of hydrated mineral movement across the Moon’s daytime side with a recent change to operations of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) instrument.