Fear of lost arms sales to Saudi Arabia may have become another new headache for Western defense contractors to manage, but so far, business analysts think companies are relatively safe.
Defense and intelligence computing specialist Mercury Systems has topped the list of recommended stock investments this year from several analysts, but now one short-seller has targeted the company with claims of potential losses to come.
The Israeli ministry of defense will soon release an official request for information for the replacement of the Israeli air force’s (IAF) CH-53 helicopters.
A Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)-led cognitive radio experiment using an external ISS testbed offers potential advances in intelligent wireless comms.
CAE will start delivering a magnetic anomaly detector—a technology commonly used for anti-submarine warfare—to an undisclosed customer by the end of next March.
Smallsat manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies has been awarded the first contract under DARPA’s Blackjack program to demonstrate a low Earth orbit constellation.
The U.S. Air Force says the Oct. 16 crash of a Ukrainian Su-27UB fighter aircraft during a multinational military exercise involved a U.S. service member
Northrop Grumman and Airbus have signed a three-year deal that builds on Orbital ATK’s long-standing composite wing work with the European aircraft OEM.
The U.S. military should stop the aerial refueling of Saudi Arabian aircraft fighting in Yemen, and Congress should not OK most new arms sales to the nation, a Democratic senator says.
Sikorsky and Rheinmetall have signed accords to offer the MH-60R Seahawk maritime helo to Germany as a replacement for the Westland Lynx shipborne helicopters.
Saab has waded into the political spat surrounding the British government’s decision to enter sole-source negotiations with Boeing to buy AEW radar aircraft.
U.S. unmanned-aircraft developer UAVOS has completed initial tests of a 33-ft.-span prototype of its solar-powered ApusDuo high-altitude pseudo satellite.
House and Senate Democrats differ on how the U.S. military should operate in space, and an influential Senate lawmaker is advocating for a combatant command similar to U.S. Cyber Command.
Being able to build and fly as quickly as possible was a key factor in the company’s selection of Wallops, also the home spaceport for Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems’ Antares rocket.
Thales Alenia Space has completed static mechanical tests on the first full-scale photovoltaic (PV) modules for the Stratobus unmanned stratospheric airship.
United Launch Services, Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $967,000,000 other-transaction agreement for the development of a Launch System Prototype for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
