The National Nuclear Security Administration’s $7.3 billion rejuvenation of the B61, America’s 1960s-vintage thermonuclear bomb, has entered the “production engineering” phase after four years of development work, with the first refurbished unit expected by fiscal 2020.
Building on the success of the government-industry Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) in reducing airline accident rates, the FAA is chartering an Unmanned Aircraft Safety Team (UAST) to address issues raised by growing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations.
South Korean and U.S. officials have begun hammering out details of technological transfers for the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X fighter program, with Seoul seeking knowhow in such fields as avionics integration and twin engine installations.
The Philippines will receive the first of 10 multi-role rescue vessels (MRRVs) from Japan in a month. The first MRRV, BRP Tubbataha, is undergoing sea trials in Japan.
The idea of using laser weapons against ballistic missiles in their launch phase gains traction as the U.S. Missile Defense Agency prepares to select two flying testbed aircraft to carry its low-power laser demo program into the stratosphere.
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is having a difficult time maintaining its traditionally high percentage of research and development spending as the cost of buying, operating and supporting developed weapons claims an ever greater portion of its budget top line.
“I think the future is optionally manned right now,” said USMC aviation chief Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, speaking about the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program
Researchers associated with NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission propose the seasonal thawing of carbon dioxide frost as the mechanism for pervasive gully features on the Red Planet.
South Korea has selected the new Angara 1.2 rocket to lift a high-resolution radar satellite to low Earth orbit in 2020 in a deal that marks the first commercial contract for Russia’s next-generation light launcher.
"Having heard rumors about the B-2, I was absolutely floored when I opened Aviation Week to find a super-detailed foldout of the B-2 rollout. I’ve been a voracious reader of the magazine ever since."
NASA seeks X-plane ideas; Airbus, Dedrone team on counter-UAS; Erickson’s new S-64 rotor blade; NASA tests Pipstrel’s electric propulsion; Skunk Works robot inspects airship hull.
A new breed of microwave-energy weapon designed to systematically fry electronic devices such as computers, radars and radio may be in the cards for the U.S. military arsenal.
The U.S. Army has moved quickly to adopt Special Operations Command’s degraded visual environment pilotage system (DVEPS) as an “interim” brownout solution for its helicopters.
U.S. defense technology and services conglomerate L-3 Communications is nearing the end of a major restructuring effort but increasingly is eyeing new, albeit relatively small, acquisitions, executives said July 28.
For only the fourth time in its 31-year history, the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) has selected a U.S. city to host the organization’s annual Planetary Conference.
U.S. helicopters and tiltrotors landed on an Australian amphibious ship during this summer’s Rim of Pacific (Rimpac) exercise off the Hawaiian coast, showing the two navies can marry their aviation and sea operations during sophisticated drills.
Thales will sell its half share of defense electronics business Hanwha Thales to partner Hanwha Group in a transaction that will strengthen the South Korean company’s leading position in the local defense market.
As nations gear up for potentially testier relationships in and around the Asia-Pacific in the wake of a recent tribunal decision nullifying Chinese territorial claims there, procurement of U.S. military aircraft and components continues to rise in Japan and Australia.
Rescuing people at sea has long been mentioned as a role for the AG600. But a military newspaper adds that it will also be able to carry supplies to islands and reefs.
The image of a U.S. president checking for recent payments as a first response to America’s allies being attacked comes across as neither strong nor smart.
