Defense and Space

General Electric on Sept. 6 announced plans to acquire two European suppliers of additive manufacturing for $1.4 billion.

Thales and satellite operator SES have signed two intertwined agreements to offer a new connectivity service over the Americas, claiming “optic fiber-like” speed.

U.S. Air Force Space Command is exploring how to defend its current space assets and make new ones more responsive, operationally focused, disaggregated and survivable.

The U.S. Air Force is about 500 fighter pilots short of its total requirement.

Blue Origin will test an escape system next month on its New Shepard rocket that can propel the crew capsule to safety if the booster has a problem, the company says.

A curious device designed to guide U.S. air-to-ground munitions when satellite navigation aides are being disrupted will soon enter flight testing on the Boeing GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb.

India-based Tata Advanced Materials Ltd (TAML) has been contracted by Boeing to provide composite interior closeout panels for the P-8 aircraft.

There are key differences between the defense spending cycle that consensus believes will unfold in 2016-20 and prior cycles.

Announcement of the new bomber development is a further sign that China is seeking to project force beyond ranges necessary for immediate national defense.

Turkish government changes recruitment laws to let the air force to solve pilot crisis and recruit officers before they graduate from college.

What you need to know going into the Air Force Association’s annual air and space symposium.

Nearly two months after the attempted coup in Turkey, the Turkish air force is facing a severe pilot shortage. Our editors describe the unfolding events there, as well as the U.S. military’s thoughts on training pilots worldwide. Plus, what military officers in Baltic countries are thinking about air power.

The U.S. Navy can move ahead with low-rate production of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton after the $14 billion maritime surveillance UAV program cleared an acquisition hurdle known as Milestone C.

First flight of the spaceplane, named VSS Unity, is expected within days.

Ten months after achieving first flight of the CH-53K, Lockheed Martin-owned Sikorsky has delivered and flown all four aircraft required for developmental test.

Airbus Group and crowdsourced design specialist Local Motors have launched the second phase of a collaboration on cargo-delivery unmanned aircraft systems.

TransDigm Group is continuing its supply chain roll up and said Sept. 6 it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Young and Franklin and its subsidiaries, including Tactair Fluid Controls, for $260 million in cash.

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $132.6 million contract to build a pair of KC-130Js Hercules tankers for the French air force.

Donald Trump said Sept. 7 that he wants to build a U.S. Air Force of at least 1,200 fighter aircraft.But there is a problem with Trump’s proposal.

NASA’s efforts to develop its Orion crewed spacecraft are following a course punctuated by safety, cost and schedule risks, the agency’s inspector general says.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the country’s latest weather satellite, Insat-3DR, on Sept. 8.

U.S. Air Force’s top uniformed acquisition officer is trying to cut costs and maintain schedules during a major overhaul of top aircraft programs.

In this defense roundup, India’s Light Utility Helicopter, Spain’s first A400M fly, Poland may seek Patriots and a Predator B could get European certification.

Three International Space Station crewmembers returned safely to Earth late Sept. 6.

Almost two years after the DOD awarded Lockheed Martin the latest F-35 contract, the firm is still waiting on the funds needed to build the next fighter jets.