Defense

China has confirmed that its Chang’e 4 mission to the far side of the Moon will be launched this year, setting December as the specific target.

Boeing is preparing the KC-46A tanker for the start of initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) in 2019.

U.S. truck maker Workhorse Group has completed flight testing of the first proof-of-concept (PoC) version of its SureFly “electric helicopter.”

The first of six Airbus A330 MRTTs for the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) arrived on Aug. 14, two weeks before the service’s 50th anniversary.

A Philippine Air Force Hercules C-130T airlifter has been converted into a maritime patroller with two surveillance kits donated by the U.S.

F-22’s Poland deployment; Lockheed wins Next-Gen OPIR contract; Inside Israel’s networking warfare plans and the first firing of the Philippine navy missile.

Turkey threatens to look for allies elsewhere as it wrestles with unrest at home and spat with U.S. deepens.

Malaysia continues to grow as a low-cost aerospace supply chain node, as well as a potential marketplace for business aviation and commercial transport.

Two spacewalking cosmonauts trekked through a planned 6 to 7 hr. of science and technology activities outside the International Space Station on Aug. 15.

It’s our mission to provide safer ejections for aircrew of all sizes. That’s why we equipped the ACES 5® ejection seat with advanced restraint systems and innovative technologies for safer descents.

The U.S. Air Force has deployed F-22 Raptors to Poland in what is the largest deployment of fifth-generation fighters into Eastern Europe yet.

Turkish Aerospace (TAI) is gearing up to offer its Anka medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned air system to Indonesia.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Aeolus satellite mission promises to become the first to provide low-altitude Earth wind profile data on a global scale.

The U.S. Navy opened an Innovation Hub (iHUB) this month at the Naval Air Warfare Command Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) in Patuxent River, Maryland.

The USAF has awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.9 billion contract to make three next-generation missile warning satellites destined for geosynchronous orbit.

A shortage of executive talent could be the next big workforce shortfall to hit aerospace and defense, and companies are starting to get worried.

Figuring out the appropriate NATO defense commitment is more complicated than simple division.

The dramatic demand to train a new generation of commercial and military pilots is boosting the bottom line of Canada’s CAE.

Boeing late Aug. 13 named Brendan Curran president of Boeing AvionX.

The Philippines Navy has fired its first guided munition, a Rafael Spike ER missile, as part of acceptance trials for the surface-to-surface system.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a very advanced satellite communication system for attack helicopters.

The German Navy has purchased a pair of Skeldar V-200 rotary-wing unmanned air vehicles for use from its Braunschweig-class corvettes.

The FAA has granted a two-year certificate of authorization to the Northern Plains UAS test site to fly large drones beyond visual line of sight of the operator.

India is inching closer to its goal of an armed Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (RUAV) with the successful test flight of a 10-kg (22-lb.) unmanned helicopter.

While records are nice, the flight’s main purpose was to demonstrate significant improvements that will give customers confidence about operational flying.