Defense

Russian Helicopters unveiled an upgraded Mi-28NE Night Hunter attack helicopter at the Army 2018 show in Moscow.

Lockheed Martin reportedly has proposed a F-22 derivative with a new wing and great range for Japan’s requirement for a fighter for the 2030s.

Israel Aerospace Industries is offering an upgrade package for UH-60 Black Hawk operators and armed forces that can't buy next-generation replacements.

MDA has even gone as far as to remove the word ballistic from its mission statement to emphasize a broader missile threat spectrum.

Israel lobbies to maintain F-35 engines; Socom wants a new small UAS; Tupolev rolls out an upgraded Tu-22M, and Lockheed Martin hits a GPS III milestone.

The goal of the European mission is to improve local weather forecasting while enhancing studies of long-term climate change.

Echodyne said the FCC has certified its compact, electronically scanning radar designed for use on unmanned aircraft systems.

NASA’s upcoming ICESat-2 mission promises to place the Earth’s coldest regions, the cryosphere, under unprecedented laser scrutiny from orbit.

Raytheon filed a bid protest with the GAO after the U.S. Navy selected L3 and Northrop Grumman to conduct a tech demo for the low-band frequency of the Next Generation Jammer.

The DOD notified Congress it will use $2.7 million in fiscal 2018 funding to buy counter-unmanned aerial system equipment for coalition partners backing the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan.

Northrop Grumman is to flight test an RF comm link that can provide fiber-like data capacity from high-altitude surveillance aircraft direct to FOBs.

Rafael plans to offer its Spike anti-tank missile for the Australian Army to carry aboard its helicopters.

Indonesia has deployed an Airbus AS 365N3+ Dauphin light helicopter to Lebanon to support the U.N. peacekeeping mission there.

Sat-based surveillance system developer Aireon and the Irish Aviation Authority have started preregistration for the Aircraft Locating and Emergency Response Tracking service.

Israeli experts have doubts about the capabilities of Iran’s newly revealed fighter aircraft, which appears to be a another copy of the 1950s-era Northrop F-5.

Israel’s Rafael has developed a new passive system dubbed Sky Spotter to detect “primitive” aerial weapons like drones, kites and balloons.

Animal Dynamics’ Stork paraglider selected for UK’s last-mile logistics challenge.

Senators are concerned the military services will abuse other transaction authority, a mechanism Congress approved to bypass the traditional acquisition system.

United Technologies has bought a predictive analytics boutique as part of the Tier 1 supplier’s corporate push into becoming a software-industrial giant.

The growing demand for VTOL unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is driving Israeli companies both to develop new aircraft and convert existing types for the role.

Mid-way to Mars, key instruments on NASA's Insight lander have checked out, including the delicate French seismometer that forced a two-year launch delay.

The Israeli Air Force will have to change its operational patterns while flying over Syria after Turkey receives Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems.

U.S. Special Operations Command is moving to expand the availability of UAS to small teams for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

A campaign is said to be underway to get the F-35’s European engine maintenance center moved from Turkey to Israel.

The U.S. Navy’s aircrew systems program office intends to host an industry day in late September for a real-time physiological monitoring and alerting system.