Defense and Space

Experts back idea of carrier-based refueling UAV; McCain presses Obama to stand up to China; U.S. Air Force still working cost growth on GPS ground segment; airlines can apply for flights to Cuba.

Saab wants to re-energize its attempt to join the small club of companies that produce antisubmarine warfare aircraft.

Deliveries of the Eurofighter Typhoon to Saudi Arabia and trading of equipment for the fighter to European customers helped boost revenues for BAE Systems last year.

Amid increased U.S. ship and aircraft patrols in the South China Sea, and with Taiwan flexing more muscle in the region, China has deployed surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) on Woody Island, adding even greater risk to operations there.

The U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division is helping create a virtual cyber testbed ship called USS Secure, designed to make cybersafe warships for Naval Sea System Command.

Orders, backlogs and airline results are the building blocks of the current wall of worry for equity investors.

After evaluating clean-sheet designs for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X trainer requirement, Lockheed Martin decides to stick with Korea Aerospace Industries’ T-50.

After record arms sales in 2015, French military procurement agency DGA is sharpening its spear, with plans to fill 500 new positions by 2019.

If results are to remain strong, aerospace and defense companies must shift from stock buybacks and like to an emphasis on fundamentals.

Triton nears production; Spain to buy Reapers; KC-46A refuels F/A-18; and the U.S. is to sell F-16s to Pakistan.

Elbit Systems is unveiling its latest unmanned system at the Singapore Airshow: the Seagull unmanned surface vessel (USV).

Israel Aerospace Industries has developed a Mission Operational and Intelligence Center for unmanned aerial systems.

Skylark 3, a new member of Elbit Systems’ autonomous mini-unmanned aircraft system (UAS) family, is making its debut at the Singapore Airshow.

The Next Generation Harpy NG uses a new platform based on the Harop suicide drone.

Russian Air Force Yak-152s will have a German powerplant. Prototype’s first flight is expected shortly.

Despite China's apparent ambition to control just about all of the South China Sea, only two of the countries adjoining that body of water are clearly reacting with armament efforts—Vietnam strongly and the Philippines much less so.

Saab wants to re-energize its attempt to join the small club of companies that produce antisubmarine warfare aircraft.

Boeing is urging customers considering ordering the P-8 Poseidon maritime aircraft to move before U.S. Navy contracts for the type dry up this decade, pushing production prices higher.

The world’s most capable thermal vacuum chamber is on track to receive the optical/instrument components of the James Webb Space Telescope for a critical round of early 2017 prelaunch testing.

Asia is showing rising interest in military adaptations of high-performance business aircraft, particularly for maritime missions, Gulfstream says.

Back-to-back launches from Russia and Japan early Feb. 17 deployed a pair of scientific spacecraft for the European and Japanese space agencies that are designed to monitor Earth’s oceans and explore the X-ray universe, respectively.

Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton UAV, built for the U.S. Navy, has successfully completed its Operational Assessment (OA).

The U.S. Navy awarded contracts for work on different surface warships with a potential combined worth of about $3.5 billion earlier this month.

North Korea will continue with missile and nuclear tests, the Pentagon says, but U.S. Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. James Syring says the nation is prepared.

On the sidelines of this week's air show, Aviation Week editors discuss whether Airbus really has the edge over Boeing it claims, and what defense hardware is in high demand in the Asia Pacific region.