The Islamic State is crumbling in Iraq and Syria, but there is no end in sight for those at the heart of the U.S.-led air campaign against the militant group.
Motion and control tech provider Parker Hannifin and the Justice Department have reached an antitrust deal over the company’s $4.3 billion purchase of Clarcor.
Turkey has finalized a deal with Russia to purchase the S-400 Triumph (SA-21 Growler) missile defense system, in a move that is likely to irritate NATO allies.
Uncertainty continues to surround France’s bid to sell Rafale fighter jets to Belgium after Paris reportedly offered a fivefold increase in return on investment if Brussels selects the French fighter.
Nigeria says the U.S. has taken the next steps in approving a long-delayed deal for the African country to purchase 12 Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft.
Bruce McCandless II, a retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy aviator best known for conducting the first untethered spacewalk, died Dec. 21, 2017, at the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, of California.
Belgium’s government has given the green light to joining the Dutch-led Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF), a move that will increase the fleet of pooled tanker jets to eight.
JPATS LOGISTICS SERVICES LLC has $2.2b U.S. Air Force contract for Joint Primary Aircraft Training System T-6 contractor operated and maintained base supply services.
Embattled TransDigm Group will sell its recently acquired Schroth Safety Products seat belt provider to the business unit’s own management and a private equity investor.
The U.S. is entering the second year of growth in its defense budget as it reorients to counter strategic threats from a nuclear-armed North Korea and challenges from China and Russia.
The Korea Aerospace Industries LCH-LAH civil and military helo is on track for prototype assembly in 2018 after the conclusion of the critical design review.
The owners of Piaggio Aerospace are investing $302 million in order to stabilize the business and complete the development of the P.1HH Hammerhead UAS.
The Airbus-built GOCI-II ocean color imaging instrument has completed four months of testing at the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) test facility in Daejeon, South Korea.
The No. 1 and No. 3 makers of large commercial aircraft, Boeing and Embraer, are in talks to formally align, although the Brazilian government appears to be the main hurdle, the companies and financial analysts said Dec. 21. The basis of any combination remains “under discussion,” the companies said in a joint statement, and it would have to be approved by the Brazilian government and regulators, the two companies’ boards and Embraer’s shareholders.
