Defense

Malaysian company hawks Turkish UAV, MDA’s missile-hunting software endeavors, UK company wins Indian border-watch contract, and Mexico cleared to buy Sikorsky MH-60Rs.

DARPA cancellation of an ambitious VTOL X-plane program underlines the challenges facing industry in developing hybrid-electric and distributed-electric propulsion systems

The House Armed Services tactical air and land subcommittee’s markup of the defense policy bill, released April 25, would require the Navy to make several hardware modifications to the F/A-18s to reduce the occurrence of, and mitigate the risk posed by, hypoxia-like physiological episodes.

Prime defense contractor Northrop Grumman continued its “disciplined” no-bid strategy on two Pentagon programs in the first quarter of 2018.

Four European manufacturers of defense electronics are offering a "future-proof" Istar system for Europe's MALE UAV.

The new fighter would begin replacing both the Typhoon and Rafale between 2035 and 2040, the two companies announced at the ILA Airshow here.

Included in the offer to Germany, according to Eurofighter officials, is the integration of additional weaponry and capability building on the Typhoon's Phased Enhancement program.

“E.I.S Aircraft Operations is a high-growth business which provides airborne training at a disruptively low price,” Qinetiq CEO Steve Wadey said.

General Atomics, Phantom Works and Skunk Works have uncloaked their MQ-25A designs as decision time approaches. Here’s what we now know.

Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon have not yet figured out to get past an issue that spurred a suspension of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter deliveries, but the prime contractor’s chief executive said April 24 she is confident they will soon.

The agency cites growing commercial interest and the lack of a service partner with which to transition the technology to a program.

The U.S. Air Force has elevated its safety investigation into unexplained physiological episodes on the service’s T-6 Texan II trainer fleet, appointed a two-star general to lead the effort.

The U.S. Air Force is seeking information on the modernization of the high-altitude drone, and has floated the possibility of additional production orders, “assuming the necessary direction/authorization is provided.”

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is exploring algorithms that can help its command and control systems learn what is a missile flying through the sky and what is benign.

The Department of Defense’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud acquisition is “a building block” toward deploying and evolving artificial intelligence, according to a top official.

A spanner has been produced in zero gravity using 3D-printing of metal powder in a first for additive manufacturing.

Airbus, one of the three companies involved in the four-nation Typhoon program, announced they had submitted their offer to the German defense ministry on April 24 on the eve of the ILA Airshow here.

Airbus says the trials demonstrated MUM-T capabilities to a so-called Level 5 capability, allowing the user onboard the manned aircraft full command and control over the UAS and its payload, including launch and recovery.

The Boeing-led Series A funding round will enable Morf3D, established in 2015, to expand its engineering staff and manufacturing capacity.

One of the trio of small UK companies behind the AUDS counter-drone system deployed by the U.S. Army has sold ground surveillance radars to India for its Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System program.

Aviation Week talks to the head of the Italian Air Force about the JSF and the service's other needs.

Powering unmanned aircraft via laser beam could increase endurance and allow larger payloads, with high-bandwidth data sent back over the same beam.

The former Oklahoma Republican congressman takes the reins of the agency at a critical time, with the U.S. poised to resume human spaceflight, but on vehicles not of its own design.

The company has revealed to Aerospace DAILY work on two designs aimed at the lighter Future Vertical Lift categories, one being a winged compound helicopter with no tail rotor or push propeller.

Under the UK’s Project Guardian, the system will network British radar sites and airfields to generate a dynamic, real-time depiction of aircraft in the airspace under UK control.