British defense firm Qinetiq says it has carried out the UK’s first manned/unmanned teaming demonstration, operating a semi-autonomous multicopter unmanned aircraft system from an Airbus H125 light helicopter.
Guam's current Thaad system will not provide the kind of 360-degree defensive coverage that Guam will need, making the purchase of the land-based system a top priority, PACOM's chief says.
The Air Force Research Laboratory on July 21 awarded a $93.4 million task order to Raytheon to kick-off Phase 2 of the Miniature Self-Defense Munition demonstration program.
The Office of Management and Budget has released its annual heartburn letter for the defense authorization bill that threatens a presidential veto if the measure stands in its current form.
NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken teamed July 21 for their fourth and final planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) over the past month.
Rolls-Royce will supply the engines and infrared suppression system for the Bell V-280 tiltrotor proposal to the U.S. Army for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, the engine manufacturer announced on July 21.
The U.S. Army is testing two quadcopters at Fort Benning, Georgia, with the aim of selecting one later this year as its Short-Range Reconnaissance (SSR) drone.
Safran Helicopter Engines and Germany’s ZF Aviation Technology have signed agreements to take forward the development of a turboprop engine based on Safran’s Ardiden turboshaft.
The modernized version of the Russian Rockot light launch vehicle is gradually taking shape, as the technical design of the new Rockot-M variant is complete, according to Russian media reports.
Hydrogen propulsion could play a key role in a complete rethink of long-haul aviation to reduce its environmental footprint, a study by German aviation think-tank Bauhaus Luftfhart has concluded.
An $862 million contract award ends the year-old mystery over the disposition of F-35As ordered by Turkey since the country's expulsion from the international fighter program.
Fifty-two days after launching a crewed capsule to space on May 30, SpaceX recovered the first stage again during a mission to deliver a South Korean military communications satellite to space
SpaceX is aiming for its quickest turnaround between reflights of a Falcon 9 booster, with launch of a South Korean military communications satellite poised to fly as early as July 20 using the same first stage that carried NASA astronauts into orbit on May 30.
Nationalizing the industrial base to design, manufacture and sustain new fighters and bombers is not currently official Trump administration policy. But the topic dominated headlines last week anyway.
The appearance of a test airframe for the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) ASM-3 this month shows that the Japanese have worked through at least five configurations for the supersonic anti-ship missile.
