Defense and Space

Saab is unveiling the GlobalEye airborne surveillance system at the Singapore Airshow, and saying a lot more about its technologies and capabilities than was released at the Dubai Airshow.

To understand the future of air-to-air warfare in Asia, take a careful look at the flying and static displays at the Singapore Airshow.

A Northrop Grumman-led team chosen last year to provide the U.S. Air Force’s first Long-range Strike Bombers (LRS-B) enjoyed a political and financial boost Feb. 16 when congressional arbiters of federal contract protests affirmed the armed service’s decision.

Saab is introducing gallium-nitride (GaN) technology to airborne early warning and control (AEW&C), with a multi-mission aircraft based on the Bombardier Global 6000 business jet that combines aerial, ground and sea surveillance, with signals intelligence as an option.

Charles Elachi, the longtime director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation’s National Space Trophy.

U.K. aerospace and defense company BAE Systems has named Charles Woodburn to take on the newly created role of chief operating officer.

Engineers at Millennium Space Systems have started integrating the spacecraft bus that will host an experimental Overhead Persistent Infrared sensor for the U.S. Air Force.

Using an unmanned aircraft for refueling or tanking missions is a good first step toward more advanced missions for the U.S. Navy, analysts say.

There is growing interest in Aegis Ashore installations on U.S. land and abroad, says U.S. Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. James Syring.

India is planning to deploy electric propulsion technology to power satellites that will allow them to carry more transponders by saving weight on chemical propellants.

National Intelligence Director James Clapper has drawn a new distinction between intelligence satellite images and the intelligence products that are derived from those images.

India is planning to deploy electric propulsion technology to power satellites that will allow them to carry more transponders by saving weight on chemical propellants.

At China’s biggest military parade of recent times last Sept. 3, marking the end of World War II, Chinese President and PLA leader Xi Jinping announced that the PLA will shed 300,000 troops, signaling the start of a long-awaited structural reform of the world’s largest armed force.

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With S-76 and UH-60MU autonomy testbeds flying, Sikorsky looks ahead to flying optionally piloted UH-60A and fielding advanced capabilities enabled by fly-by-wire across the Black Hawk fleet.

Most countries struggle with the usual budget limitations and a broad array of fleet replacement and new aircraft needs. But in the case of Singapore, there is a very interesting capability gap that implies a significant short-term requirement.

Once the development phase of the contract has been completed in 2018, the program will transition into a modernization program worth more than $50 billion, focused on cost reduction.

The need to provide the proper air defense for carrier strike groups is the driving force behind the U.S. Navy’s cruiser modernization plan, which sidelines the ships for some time.

At NASA’s Johnson Space Center, four women – a flight controller, scientist, medical doctor and aeronautical engineer – are simulating the most dynamic phases of a notional 715-day roundtrip mission to an asteroid.

From drone-on-drone interceptors to laser-armed Humvees, a broad range of systems to counter small UAS are becoming available.

Rolls-Royce has cut its dividend to shareholders after profits at the aero-engine manufacturer fell by 12% last year.

German aerospace center DLR is teaming with Stanford University to test solutions to the familiar but often tense communications blackout that occurs when manned spacecraft re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.

Avionics developer Honeywell is applying its cockpit expertise to replacing the windows in future armored vehicles.

By incorporating more capabilities in the redesigned AMP tank round, the U.S. Army will reduce the need for tankers to make multiple ammunition choices based on perceived combat threats.