Defense

The Botswana Defence Force Air Wing has acquired a second-hand Airbus CAS C-212 light turboprop transport aircraft to replace one similar that crashed in 2017.

Nanosatellite startup AST&Science says Midland, Texas, will be the site of its proposed high-volume North American sat manufacturing plant and corporate HQ.

An industry-wide call for proposals for a small, inexpensive unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for U.S. Army platoons will close on Nov. 18.

Bangladesh to reduce dependence on foreign supplies; Bahrain welcomes two C-130Js; Elbit Asia-Pacific deal; Philippines receive Japanese helo parts.

The Pentagon will present its fiscal 2020 budget request that includes the White House’s mandated 5% spending cut to President Donald Trump the week of Nov. 26.

Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan and U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson disagree over the cost of a U.S. Space Force.

A petition for exemptions from FAA rules governing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) reveals rotorcraft developer Bell plans to use a large commercial multicopter drone, the xFold DragonH, for research and development flying.

The Pentagon has failed its first large-scale audit, but a senior official said the department never expected to pass.

The U.S. Air Force has downgraded two Category-1 deficiencies for the KC-46A Pegasus

The UK Ministry of Defense has reaffirmed plans to order 17 more Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters as part of a three-year block buy currently being negotiated.

IAI's G550 CAEW aircraft pioneered the current worldwide trend of using high-performance fuel-efficient business jets for Airborne Early Warning and other special missions.

Astronics, an Upstate New York supplier of aircraft passenger seat power and other products to the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry, as well as technologies for the semiconductor sector, said it would move away from the latter to focus more on its growing A&D business.

NASA and Northrop Grumman have delayed for a second day the company’s 10th agency contracted resupply mission launch to the International Space Station.

ArianeGroup will look to cut its workforce by 2,300 workers over the next four years as the European rocket company tries to transition into profitable operations of its new Ariane 6 space launcher.

The Watchkeeper unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operated by the British Army is scheduled to achieve full operational capability (FOC) in early 2019.

Elbit Systems has been awarded a $167 million contract from an undisclosed Asia-Pacific country for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to supply aerial ISTAR.

The U.S. Air Force plans to demonstrate a long-range lidar sensor to support the development of requirements for its next generation of ISR systems.

British aerospace and defense pyrotechnics provider Chemring said Nov. 15 that it will divest some explosives business lines in Derby, UK, and Florida.

Why Boeing’s decision to bid three recent defense programs at a loss with a fixed-price development structure is bad news for the industry.

The U.S. Defense Department on Nov. 14 awarded Lockheed Martin a roughly $22 billion undefinitized contract to deliver 255 F-35 aircraft for all three services in the 12th low-rate initial production (LRIP) lot, as well as aircraft for several international customers in Lots 12, 13 and 14.

Spain is taking a “Europe first” approach as it considers the future of its combat aircraft fleets.

NASA and Northrop Grumman have delayed until early Nov. 16 the launch of the company’s 10th resupply mission to the ISS because of bad weather.

A German national study into the country’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS) has concluded that a system of systems with a so-called command fighter at its heart is the best solution for Germany’s long-term combat aviation needs.

The potential new HASC leader says one of his top goals in the next Congress is to “reset” the Trump administration’s $1.2 trillion nuclear modernization plan.

DARPA is looking toward the next generation of ground-based boost-glide hypersonic weapon.