Defense

Embraer will refine its eVTOL urban air mobility design based on industry and public feedback after unveiling its initial concept at the Uber Elevate summit.

Small aerospace and defense supplier Ducommun is halfway through a $20-22 million corporate restructuring.

The Israeli Air Force has employed the Lockheed Martin-made aircraft across the Middle East.

Britain is looking to step up its role as an international space power not only commercially, but militarily too.

President Donald Trump on May 24 signed a space policy directive overhauling regulatory requirements for U.S. commercial space launches, remote sensing spacecraft and other ventures in Earth orbit and beyond.

The debut launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will not count toward the seven successful flights required by NASA before it clears the new booster to fly astronauts, the agency said on May 23.

Move over “The Last Starfighter.” A new online game could revolutionize the way the U.S. Air Force finds and recruits young pilots.

India’s national space agency is targeting the launch of the GSAT-11 communication satellite for June.

Austria-based aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft has completed the first flight of its DART-550 turboprop trainer.

Israel’s Tactical Robotics has conducted the first “mission-representative” demo of its Cormorant VTOL UAS for the Israel Defense Force.

Orbital ATK’s Cygnus resupply capsule successfully berthed to the International Space Station’s U.S. segment Unity module early May 24.

German industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp, which has aerospace and defense businesses worldwide, may be the latest aerospace and defense player to become the target of an activist shareholder well known to the sector.

Malaysia has frozen defense contract negotiations and may defer acquisition programs following a change of government on May 9.

The Dutch-led team that examined the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 says the surface-to-air missile system belonged to Russian armed forces.

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has resumed drilling rock after more than a year’s hiatus.

The UK government is providing £10.7 million ($14.3 million) in funding toward two research programs led by Rolls-Royce.

Lockheed AEHF satellite test; Indonesia wants eight more Apaches; India tests BrahMos life extension; Northrop upgrades Japan’s missile warning infrastructure.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told a U.S. Senate CJS subcommittee that he intends to work through lingering cost and schedule obstacles facing the JWST.

Aerojet Rocketdyne plans to test fire the main engine for Boeing’s Phantom Express spaceplane 10 times in 10 days in June.

Boeing and the U.S. Navy are working to add an automatic ground collision avoidance system to the F/A-18 strike fighter in the hope of saving pilot lives.

Piaggio Aerospace’s P.1HH Hammerhead unmanned air system (UAS) has completed flight tests using a beyond-line-of-sight communication system.

BAE Systems’ Advanced Hawk development aircraft has achieved many of its goals. But interest from India, its primary potential customer, appears to have waned.

Sikorsky’s second S-97 Raider has completed ground testing and is planned to fly in June.

Iridium Communications and possibly China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System will have the chance to offer satellite-based safety services to mariners.

The U.S. Navy has ordered Saab Sea Giraffe naval radars for the Philippines Navy under Foreign Military Sales arrangements.