Defense and Space

Navy ISS instrument finds new users, some commercial potential with NASA

Workers and sailors work jointly to smooth U.K. carrier service entry

As the German aerospace industry gathers for ILA, it expects more declines in the defense sector

Richard Yuse President; Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems and vice president of Raytheon Co. Education: Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Northeastern University. Background: Appointed president of Raytheon SAS in March 2010. Previously, he headed Raytheon Technical Services Co. Yuse joined Raytheon in 1976 and has also led the company’s air and missile defense programs.

The Rise and Fall of a Launch Monopoly?

Navy prepares for radar integration on Triton, early deployment in 2017

L-3 takes on Insitu with all-electric, tactical and unmanned APEX

After multiple delays, British Army begins flying Watchkeeper UAV

Pressure builds on USAF to revisit its 36-core guarantee for ULA

NATO’s new command-and-control system is 15 years in the making, and Italy plans to be the initial user

As combat ends, retirements loom and PBL contracts wane, military MRO idles

Demand for IR countermeasures is growing in small aircraft and helicopter markets

Not talking won’t make subs go away

Recent announcements could herald a new wave of strategic deals

Tom Enders is the CEO of the Airbus Group. This viewpoint was adapted from a speech he recently gave to the Atlantic Council in Washington.

U.S. military plans defenses against growing UAV threat

As the first RQ-21As deploy to Afghanistan, the U.S. Marine Corps is eyeing new payload and fuselage options

The results of the 2014 Top-Performing Companies (TPC) study are heartening but troubling: Industry profits soared nearly 10% but the improvements are concentrated among the largest organizations.

Europe is expediting its plan to boost capability of its aerial refueling tanker

Markets meet for high-end bizjets, combat aircraft

Formal rollout of Sikorsky’s CH-53K brings new visibility to the U.S. Marine Corps’ closely held heavy-lift replacement program

Steven Pifer is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former ambassador to Ukraine. Prior to that, he helped negotiate the Budapest Memorandum.

Musk roils launch industry with EELV suit and reports of reusable-launcher success

Troubling trends point to potential problems for industry players who otherwise appear to be firing on all cylinders

Multinational defense programs in the West have become 'a horror' for industry, Enders said