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

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

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.

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?

An indigenous anti-ballistic missile system and imported radar appear to have survived a South Korean defense ministry review.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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Readers discuss nature observations and innovation; hypoxia and hypocapnia in cockpit; need for pilots in the cockpit; means for humans to arrive at Mars safely.

Andrew C. Ivers has been appointed corporate senior vice president/president of L3 Technologies’ communication systems business segment, effective Jan. 1. He succeeds John S. Mega, who will become corporate senior vice president of special projects.

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

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

Air Force secretary outlines several ways it is moving faster to aquire new technologies.

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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.

Expansion is not tied to any one particular program but rather to the growth in demand for Boeing and Airbus airliners and in defense work.