Harking back to the U.S. Navy scout-carrying airships of the 1930s, SAIC and ArcZeon propose an airship carrier concept to extend the reach of small- and medium-size unmanned aircraft.
The fixed-price development contract Boeing offered to win the KC-X competition over Airbus in 2011 continues to haunt the company as its pre-tax losses for development top $2 billion.
Boeing late July 21 announced after-tax charges totaling $2.1 billion, including $393 million on the U.S. Air Force KC-46 tanker and $847 million on the 787.
The U.S. Air Force is contemplating pursuing a low-end, light attack “OA-X” aircraft to augment the A-10 Warthog in a close-air support role, while simultaneously aiming for a more robust replacement, dubbed “A-X2,” down the line.
A full-scale prototype of Facebook’s stratospheric solar-powered unmanned aircraft, designed to provide Internet access in remote regions, has entered flight testing in South Africa.
The first aircraft equipped with the Advanced Display Core Processor II took to the skies over Eglin AFB in Florida for the first time on July 8, successfully completing a 2-hr. 53-min. test flight.
The U.S. Marine Corps has taken an unusual approach to backfilling their front-line squadrons to cover delays to the F-35B: the Corps is raiding the boneyard to bring some retired fighters back into service.
Lockheed Martin says it recently conducted a successful controlled flight test of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (Lrasm) surface-launch variant from the Self Defense Test Ship at Point Mugu Sea Range, California.
Facing an F-16 production gap next year but anticipating new international orders, company officials decide not to shut down the F-16 line in Fort Worth.
Although Lockheed Martin remains committed to selling 100 fighters to Turkey, analysts warn that turmoil in the Turkish military may limit Ankara's ability to buy defense equipment.
Protracted negotiations between the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin over the next batches of F-35s are weighing on the company’s cash flow, with Lockheed forced to use internal funding to pay suppliers that have already begun work on the lot 9 and 10 jets.
Last weekend’s NATO summit had its security provided, in part, by ground-based air-defense equipment and personnel from the Norwegian air force, which deployed Nasams (Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System) teams to Poland.
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 4 USS Coronado proved it can fire a Harpoon over-the-horizon (OTH) missile, but the ship shot missed the target, says Cmdr. Scott Larson, vessel commanding officer.
Blue Origin has found its design for a one-chute-out landing of its New Shepard capsule worked as planned, and SpaceX is negotiating for a customer to ride a used Falcon 9 launch vehicle to orbit, as the two companies’ efforts to lower the cost of launch by reusing spacecraft gain steam.
The ninth NASA-contracted SpaceX Dragon resupply mission capsule rendezvoused with the International Space Station early July 20, moving within range of the orbiting science laboratory’s outstretched Canadian-built robot arm.
Lockheed Martin has reiterated its commitment to delivering 100 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Turkey after a failed coup, but several analysts warn that the country’s major defense procurement programs could be at risk.
British parliamentarians have overwhelmingly approved the replacement of the U.K.’s fleet of ballistic missile submarines and committed to a continuous at-sea deterrent capability.
Leonardo Helicopters—formally AgustaWestland—is planning to test fly an active rotor blade system as part of a U.K.-based rotary-wing technology research program.
The U.S. and Singaporean navies are upping the sophistication ante during this year’s 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (Carat) exercise that will advanced aerial and surface-ship antisubmarine drills.
Nuclear weapon watchers agree that the U.S. and NATO must review their forward deployment of B61 nuclear weapons to Turkey in the wake of a failed military coup.
Boeing’s Training Systems and Government Services is moving ahead with construction of a Boeing KC-46A virtual learning center at McConnell AFB in Wichita, besting five rivals to claim a $45.3 million, seven-year Pegasus maintenance training system deal.
