Looking to 2019 and beyond, stock-pickers are betting fortunes in A&D will diverge again. One group is already suffering as investors move their money.
Seven years after Europe signed the contract to supply the service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft, the system arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Nov. 6.
A Soyuz launcher operated by Arianespace in Kourou, French Guiana, is to place the MetOp-C atmospheric observation satellite into orbit in a bid to further improve weather forecasts.
Studies between the ESA and European smallsat launch firm Orbex concluded that a smallsat launch site in Portugal’s Azores would be economically and technically viable.
An AVIC-owned J-10B testbed demoed in a flying display showed China’s new mastery of extreme aerial maneuverability aided by an experimental thrust vectoring control system.
A new stealth UAV program unveiled at Airshow China could represent a significant step toward the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force acquiring an AEW capability.
A Chinese mining firm has entered the market for supersonic cruise missiles by unveiling ground- and air-launched versions of a ramjet-powered weapon at Airshow China.
Norwegian auditors have criticized Oslo’s procurement of the NH90 naval helicopter over the delays to its service entry, high operating costs and low reliability.
Turkish media has reported that the U.S. manufacturer will provide its F110 turbofan, which normally powers the Lockheed Martin F-16, for the prototypes and possibly a batch of early production aircraft.
The Israeli Defense Ministry is easing defense export rules after greater pressure from Israeli firms that cited growing competition on the global market.
Silicon Valley startup Swarm Technologies, still under investigation by the FCC for launching four prototype nanosats without OK, is getting a second chance.
Bell has selected battery developer Electric Power Systems (EPS) to provide energy storage for eVTOL and on-demand mobility aircraft now under development.
