Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne
Eastern European governments open their coffers for new defense equipment in response to forceful moves from Russia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Qatar deal was also good news for MBDA, allowing it to secure a long-awaited first export customer for its Brimstone air-to-ground missile.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Thierry Dubois
France’s budget for military equipment will increase in 2018, but critics contend spending for foreign military operations is not being properly accounted for.
Defense

By Jay Menon
The new launch vehicle will have the capacity to orbit satellites of up to 700 kg. Work began on the launcher a few months ago.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
Safran’s CROR concept has to be evaluated long before a commercial program is launched.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Eyeing North Korea, Japan plans spending on Aegis at sea and on land, radars and improved PAC-3 interceptors and command and control.
Defense

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
An indigenous anti-ballistic missile system and imported radar appear to have survived a South Korean defense ministry review.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Australian defense spending is to grow at an annual average of 5.8% in the nine fiscal years ending in June 2026. Equipment spending will surge 7.8% a year.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
After a $50 million refurbishment, Launch Complex 40 is ready to host its first launch since the September 2016 explosion.
Commercial Space

U.S. airlines have been performing strongly of late, but can they sustain high levels of growth in 2018, when faced with rising fuel and labor costs?
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Experiment results on Europe’s Microscope mini-sat have confirmed a key principle in Einstein's theory of general relativity, French space agency CNES says.
Space

By Tony Osborne
New fighter, transports and UAVs are prominently featured in Germany’s defense modernization plans.
Defense

By Maxim Pyadushkin
After a peak in 2016 and continued deliveries of new gear, economic stagnation is forcing reductions in Moscow’s future equipment purchases.
Defense

President Xi’s ambitious goal may become more tangible in 2018, as Chinese UAVs patrol the Pacific and J-20 fighter production picks up.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Incoming CEO Chris Kubasik looks to prove L3 can be the “nontraditional, sixth prime” that Washington and Wall Street seem to be seeking.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
China tests drone collision; Lindbergh goes eVTOL; Northrop’s EW UAV; Dzyne’s vanishing drone; Russian Post UAV trial
Aerospace

By Joe Anselmo
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Boeing stands to lose a golden opportunity to replace Canada’s aging fighter fleet with Super Hornets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

To maintain their edge, aerospace and defense companies will have to learn about emerging companies, allocate research dollars to them and team with them.
Program Management

By Jen DiMascio
After years of study, the service may be on a path to build new satellites by 2029, but the commander of U.S. Strategic Command says that is too slow.
Defense

A scope-clause restriction complicates Embraer’s sales effort on the current E175, but the 70-seat version allows the same number of premium seats.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Boeing’s trade complaint is ill-conceived, breathtaking in its audacity and disingenuous in its arguments.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Bell’s innovation unit showcases designs for cargo drones that combine VTOL flexibility with fixed-wing efficiency.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
Air Force secretary outlines several ways it is moving faster to aquire new technologies.
Defense

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