Defense

Aviation Week Staff
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Defense

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army’s new Amazon.com-like website for drone acquisition is challenging industry business models and supply chains.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon’s strategy to acquire 340,000 drones by the end of next year requires industry to scale production up while driving prices down.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Ottawa is trying to modernize its military, strengthen its industry and forge closer ties to Europe with its surprise airborne early warning and control pick.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Cockpit autonomy provider Merlin completed the critical design review for applying autonomous software on Lockheed Martin C-130Js flown by U.S. Special Operations Command.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
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Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Brian Everstine
Lawmakers are again pressing the U.S. Air Force to find ways to keep the aging A-10 attack jet in service long-term.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. Navy depot delivered the first Lockheed Martin F-35 upgraded with a generational avionics improvement in May.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Israel Aerospace Industries says it has added edge-based artificial intelligence processing to its decentralized airborne OPAL battle management network.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin said June 4 that it completed a final ground test of a U.S. Army surface-to-surface missile project before the government sent a stop-work order.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bill Carey
Gogo says its SD Government business has received a $7.5 million contract from the NOAA to provide comms services for the agency’s Lockheed WP-3D “hurricane hunter” aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
France has conducted tests of the Airbus H225M Caracal helicopter in a counterdrone role using onboard machine guns.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A UK government decision to wrestle financial control of the Global Combat Air Program away from the defense ministry may place the trinational fighter program on firmer financial footing.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
DARPA is exploring options for installing tactical high-energy laser systems on Collaborative Combat Aircraft and ground vehicles for self-defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first phase of flight testing a major upgrade to the KC-46’s remote vision system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Final assembly of Airbus’ Super Puma in Romania looks set to be revived.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Michael Bruno
Spurred by unprecedented U.S. and international demand for missiles, Honeywell Aerospace is “aggressively expanding capacity” to boost supply of key components.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By William Garvey
Now 75, the company trains tens of thousands of pilots, technicians and professionals from business, commercial, military and government aviation every year.
Maintenance & Training

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin is ready to begin production of the future interceptor, with design review and full test expected this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
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Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
The head of Honeywell Aerospace asserted the Tier 1 aerospace supplier and defense prime will no longer be handcuffed in its investments, supply chain management and acquisitions.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
Taiwan Validates GPS-Denied Drone Navigation System
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Tony Osborne
The Finnish Air Force is set to finalize a decision on a replacement for its long-serving multimission Gates Learjets this month.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Bashi pilot vehicle interface is at the heart of the U.S. Air Force’s goal to introduce collaborative combat aircraft in operational service by the end of the decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has dramatically raised the cost ceiling for its next-generation trainer after a request for proposals spurred doubts.
Light Attack and Advanced Training