Leonardo DRS’s Bill Lynn on the company’s prospects for trainer success, the U.S. defense budget and persistent questions about the sale of the company.

Congressional appropriators unveiled a $1.2 trillion omnibus spending bill on May 1 to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year, including $593 billion for the military.

SpaceX launched its first satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, the classified NROL-76, on May 1.

More than 25% of widebody backlogs are from Middle Eastern orders and a slowdown for the Gulf carriers could have ramifications for the aerospace sector.

Liteye Systems and Orbital ATK are pairing their technologies to turn the Boeing AH-64 Apache’s 30-mm chaingun against unfriendly UAVs.

Smooth development of the 737-9 is a key part of Boeing’s competitive strategy against the Airbus A320neo family.

Testing on Boeing 787-10, the longest and final stretch derivative of is twinjet family, is a bit ahead of schedule, as the program enters the first phase of stability-and-control evaluation.

Rapid advances in electric propulsion—driven by the automotive industry—are fueling visions of aircraft taking over from cars for the daily commute and short-haul trips.