Defense and Space

New Aero Vodochody CEO Giuseppe Giordo charts path to aircraft production.

What goes up must come down, but in the UAV market, looks can be deceiving.

In this week’s roundup, a South Korean company agrees to market Israeli-made loitering munitions in the Pacific nation; the Argentinian air force buys a handful of training aircraft; BAE Systems advances microchip technology; and Orbital ATK shows off an extended-range version of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile.

Deals for more F-15s and F/A-18s couldn’t come soon enough for Boeing’s fighter factory in St. Louis, which needs more orders to keep production humming into the 2020s.

The future "KC-Z" tanker could look very different than the large-bodied, commercially derived tankers of today; it could be stealthy, carry missile-shooting lasers, and even fly autonomously.

The Pentagon said the State Department has approved Japan’s request for a foreign military sale (FMS) of four next-generation tankers

The Senate committee that authorizes NASA spending adopted bipartisan language on Sept. 21 that would require the next president to maintain the status quo on major NASA exploration programs, at least initially.

India is working to develop a second indigenous aircraft carrier, IAC-2, as it prepares to induct the first one in the next two years, according to a senior Indian navy official.

A pair of longtime lunar exploration advocates say NASA can set up a permanent water-mining base at one of the Moon’s poles with an innovative adaptation of the agency’s planned heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) and advanced commercial crew vehicles.

NASA ranks second among the largest U.S. federal agencies on two workforce fronts, engagement and global job satisfaction, a survey shows.

Reaction Engines is firming up plans to build a fighter engine-size ground demonstrator of its reusable hypersonic propulsion system.

In record turnaround time, the F-35 program office and Lockheed Martin will begin fixing the 15 F-35 aircraft that were grounded due to crumbling insulation inside the fuel tanks as soon as next week.

Aurora Flight Science’s record-breaking Orion UAV will fly again, but the company has declined to provide details about specific flights and who is sponsoring them as they are still being finalized.

One of five twin-seat TU-2S trainer aircraft assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale AFB, California, has been destroyed in a fatal flight mishap.

Before the U.S. Air Force releases its final request for proposals for the next-generation T-X trainer in December, requirements officers are considering issuing one last draft of the document to industry competitors.

Japan will field unmanned aircraft for air combat and ballistic missile defense in the 2030s, according to a defense ministry technology development road map.

Sikorsky says utilization of its S-92 helicopter has increased by a fifth, due in part to the grounding of the Airbus H225/EC225.

India has developed an advanced guided missile destroyer, which is planned to be inducted into its naval forces in the next two years.

The Mexican air force has ended fast jet operations with the retirement of its Northrop F-5 Tiger fleet.

Orbital ATK has lifted the veil on its extended-range variant of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile.

Lockheed Martin is touting its production-ready T-50A as the lowest risk – if not the lowest cost – solution for the service’s T-X program.

If NASA’s aspirations of reaching Mars with humans are to succeed, policymakers must address a demanding set of requirements, two agency mission architecture veterans say.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James says the new bomber will be called the Raider, in honor of the Doolittle Raiders that fought Japan during World War II.

The U.S. Air Force's B-21 will be called the Raider, in honor of the Doolittle Raiders who took on the Japanese during World War II.

Airbus Helicopters and Denel Aviation have signed a cooperation deal to modernize South Africa’s fleet of Rooivalk attack helicopters.