Defense and Space

The Chilean air force (FACH) has chosen Sikorsky’s S-70i International Black Hawk to fulfill a requirement for a medium-lift helicopter.

“Poland’s formal request is an important milestone toward becoming the 6th NATO Patriot country and the 14th Patriot partner nation,” Raytheon’s integrated defense systems president Wes Kremer says.

China is developing a new-generation long-range bomber, air force commander Gen. Ma Xiaotian says.

The increased frequency of Iranian and North Korean space launch and ballistic missile tests is driving investment in Boeing’s silo-based interceptors.

Raytheon will cease production of the U.S. Navy’s first networked-enabled air-to-ground weapon in mid-2017 after seven years of assembly.

India successfully conducted the first flight of it homemade Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) on Sept. 6.

NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission rolled out atop its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket to Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral on Sept. 7.

India is preparing to launch an advanced meteorological sat this week, taking a step closer toward enhancing climate prediction and disaster warning tech.

Militaries around the Baltic are reconsidering defense plans, reversing years of cuts, as they view more powerful Russian armed forces with modernized weapons

Airbus Defense and Space has flown the first A400M for the Spanish air force.

NASA’s nine-year-old Dawn mission spacecraft began a spiraling, five-week climb above the dwarf planet Ceres on Sept. 2.

Aug. 17 marked the closing of another chapter in the life of the venerable McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, with the QF-4 full-scale aerial target drone completing its final unmanned mission over White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

The Turkish air force has disbanded three F-16 squadrons following their alleged involvement in the failed July 15 coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Australia will consider accelerated replacement of its Airbus Tigers after auditors questioned a planned sustainment upgrade for the unreliable attack helicopters, even though they have been fully operational for only five months.

Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye design bureau has been authorized to establish a launch base for the Cyclone 4 rocket in North America.

Lockheed Martin and Leidos are serving as the latest examples of how a business unit sale can mess up an expected government contract, just by changing owners in the middle of bidding.

India is working to engage its private sector in satellite manufacturing and double its satellite launch rate, the country’s top scientist says.

British helicopter provider Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore has been chosen as the operator of Northern Ireland’s future air ambulance helicopters.

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

The Pentagon and Air Force still have not released the cost of the weapon known as ICBM-X, but an estimate may be available within months.

Flights of Elbit’s long-endurance Hermes demonstrate potential commercial applications for large UAS in agriculture and infrastructure inspection.

The space infrastructure on which America’s highly networked armed forces depend is resilient but not invulnerable.

Sonic boom and turbulence; origami morphing structures; damage-indicating paint; interior inspection by UAS; Phantom Eye becomes museum exhibit.

With a successful launch and transit, InSight would reach Mars for a landing on Nov. 26, 2018.

The U.S. Defense Department’s acquisition executive has signed off on the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program’s entry into technology maturation.