Defense

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Boeing has cleared the final hurdle to deliver the first KC-46 aerial refueling tanker to the U.S. Air Force in late October.

The demolition paves the way for startup Moon Express, a lunar cargo delivery company, to take over the historic launch site.

Leonardo DRS CEO Bill Lynn maintains the company’s T-100 is the lowest-risk solution for the U.S. Air Force's $16 billion T-X program.

The military has a vision for a battlefield knitted together by sensors that scoop up and analyze data and spread it from ground to air to space and back again.

Northrop Grumman Chairman and CEO Wes Bush will give up the latter title at year’s end, handing the corner office to current Northrop COO Kathy Warden.

Grown in size, the KF-X has arrived at a weight category halfway between the Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning.

The U.S. Air Force search for a T-X trainer is headed toward a decision by the end of summer.

Some of this advanced—but unrealized—capability that Japan is seeking could come from the radar that will detect and track targets and guide interceptors to them.

Scientists have reported the first evidence of a celestial object creating cosmic rays, extremely high-energy protons that permeate space.

The White House wants James Morhard, currently deputy sergeant of arms for the U.S. Senate, to join former U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) in running NASA.

Leonardo and Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) have signed agreements to collaborate on Leonardo’s new AW249 attack helicopter.

ArianeGroup has inaugurated the production line for the nozzles of the P120C solid propellant booster, which will be used on the Ariane 6 and Vega C launchers.

L3 Technologies is acquiring two cybersecurity companies.

The prototype General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAV has touched down on the eve of the Royal International Air Tattoo after a milestone Transatlantic crossing.

NASA and Essity are developing a deep-space spacesuit undergarment to help astronauts counter post-mission health concerns from low blood pressure.

The hot subject at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Propulsion & Energy conference was electrification—of aircraft, spacecraft and even the surface of the Moon.

Singapore is in the market for advanced aircraft for sea surveillance; its neighbors mostly want to add simpler types.

Growing U.S. and international interest in low-cost counterinsurgency aircraft has prompted the development of new aircraft derivatives of existing types.

Bratislava will purchase 14 F-16Vs, the Slovak defense ministry announced July 11, making it the first European nation to operate the F-16V.

The upgraded helicopters will add new capability into the U.S. Army’s special operations fleet and mark the start of a CH-47F/MH-47G Block II production line expected to continue into the late 2020s.

Northrop Grumman hopes the Fire Scout's debut at the Royal International Air Tatoo will help build awareness of the platform’s capability as European navies consider rotary-wing UAVs for their warships.

Rocket Lab plans to add a second launch site for its small-satellite booster Electron and expects to decide from among four U.S. spaceports in August.

NASA needs to firm up contingency plans in case SpaceX or Boeing requires more time to get their commercial space taxis certified for crew ferry flights to the ISS, a GAO report says.

L3 Technologies has acquired Applied Defense Solutions, an aerospace engineering, software development and space situational awareness company for $50 million.