Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold exchanged a pair of external ISS thermal control system components during a May 16 spacewalk.
Defense

By Arie Egozi
The Israeli Air Force has completed the upgrade of its first C-130H after a yearlong modification that extends the aircraft’s lifespan with advanced avionics.
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By Jay Menon
India’s space agency plans to add four backup navigation satellites to keep its indigenous navigation satellite system effective.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command has ID'd 9 key areas where it seeks tech advances to assure a comparative advantage over peer and near-peer foes.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk is to be converted to full-authority digital flight control under a cooperative research and development agreement with Sikorsky.
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By Graham Warwick
Bell’s V-280 advanced tiltrotor has flown in cruise mode, with nacelles horizontal, finishing the transition from vertical to forward flight for the 1st time.
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By Michael Bruno
Aircraft structures and parts provider Triumph Group has divested three more business units as the company’s slogs through a corporate turnaround.
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By Kevin Michaels
Booming demand, tariffs and geopolitics jeopardize aluminum and titanium supply for aerospace manufacturing.
Air Transport

The Air Force has directed a one-day flight pause for units to conduct wing-level safety reviews.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Development of the improved Boeing CH-47F Block II version of the Chinook heavylift helicopter for the U.S. Army is accelerating.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
When the Vulcan rocket debuts in 2020, its Centaur upper stage will be powered by Aerojet Rocketdyne’s’s RL10 engines.
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By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Army is gathering potential requirements for another evolution of the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.
Defense

By Arie Egozi
Fighter aircraft, combat helicopters and transports supplied to Israel from the U.S. are almost immediately being upgraded.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Barely a few years into making significant digital investments, some A&D executives already may be at risk of losing patience with the changes, a study says.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
A Senate bill would block F-35s to Turkey, while House lawmakers could instead delay JDAM deliveries.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Reaction Engine ponders accelerating the schedule as its U.S. test site ramps up and funding builds.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Certifiable flight and ground control software for UAVs that is based on a system developed by NASA for spacecraft has been flight tested by Windhover Labs.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The first launch of Area-I’s Altius tube-launched unmanned aircraft from a special-operations gunship has been conducted.
Defense

Sierra Nevada/Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano and Textron Aviation’s AT-6B Wolverine are in the second phase of the U.S. Air Force’s Light Attack Experiment.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Darpa video shows flight tests of an unmanned-aircraft airborne launch and recovery system conducted by Dynetics in the second phase of the Gremlins program.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Mark Geyer, a former deputy director of NASA’s Johnson Center and Orion program manager, will replace Ellen Ochoa as director of the Houston field center.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Cybersecurity and info assurance are recognized as hurdles to reaching the promises of additive manufacturing, but a new partnership might help A&D industries.
Defense

By Arie Egozi
Orbital ATK and IMI Systems have announced a teaming accord in which Orbital will produce and supply a version of IMI’s 500-lb. MPR500 for the U.S. Air Force.
Defense

Bangladesh’s first communications satellite, Bangabandhu-1, is safely in orbit and sending back test signals following its May 11 launch.
Defense

Alan Warnes spotlights the origins of the Tanzanian Air Force Command and highlights an interesting mix of aircraft being flown.
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