Defense

With “appropriate” input from the F-35 international partners, the Pentagon will develop a plan for transitioning the existing F-35 management structure to separate program offices run by the U.S. services that fly the fighter.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
The head of Leidos said April 2 he sees more consolidation in his sector, including the rise of peers.
Defense

The Navy’s F-35C is headed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, in the near future, bolstering the fifth-generation fighter’s ranks in the Asia Pacific.
Defense

The Boeing F-15C may or may not receive the next-generation electronic warfare and self-protection system known as the BAE Systems Epawss.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Drone delivery provider Zipline has introduced a faster UAS as part of an overhaul of its logistics system to speed the supply of blood in Rwanda.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Moog and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences have agreed to co-funded work in support of adapting blockchain technology for additive manufacturing.
Defense

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Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
President of CAE’s Defence & Security Group Gene Colabatistto joins Aviation Week Editors to discuss innovative ways contractors can help combat the U.S. Air Force’s acute pilot shortage, both in the manned aircraft and Remotely Piloted Aircraft community.
Defense

Boeing, General Atomics and Lockheed Martin are vying to win the contract for the unmanned tanker. Cover: Lockheed Martin
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Drone delivery provider Zipline has introduced a faster UAS as part of an overhaul of its logistics system to speed the supply of blood in Rwanda.
Defense

For pilots flying the U.S. Navy F-35C carrier variant, nighttime carrier operations have been made more difficult by a “green glow” that obscures their vision.
Defense

By Jay Menon
Three days after the launch of GSAT-6A, India’s newest communication satellite, the country’s space agency has lost all communications with the spacecraft.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Boeing and Saudi Arabian Military Industries are forming a joint venture for spending and work on MRO services for military aircraft in Saudi Arabia.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate will invest up to $6.5 million in 25 advanced tech concepts to further future human and robotic space exploration.
Defense

By Bill Carey
The USAF has allocated $250 million in its fiscal 2019 budget to equip 20 aircraft types for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast Out position reporting.
Defense

General Atomics says its formidable aircraft design, industry team and institutional agility will help it snatch MQ-25 Stingray from Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Protecting against lightning; connecting IoT via space; supercapacitors for energy storage; Flexible ultrasonic sensor; drone concerns in New Zealand.
Aerospace

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss the unveiling of the tailless UAV and SpaceX’s unique testing strategy.
Check 6

By Guy Norris
SpaceX successfully deployed another batch of 10 of the communication company’s Next satellites into orbit on March 30.
Defense

India’s space agency has signed an agreement with the European Union to become part of a global data-sharing arrangement for Earth observation satellites.
Defense

World View’s multimonth stratospheric balloon could soon be carrying sensors for hunting rogue missiles rather than crispy chicken sandwiches.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The FCC has cleared SpaceX to operate a megaconstellation of small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide global, high-speed broadband services.
Defense

The U.S. government and Lockheed Martin must reduce F-35 costs or customers will have to make “tough decisions,” the U.S. Air Force Secretary says.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Stratospheric balloon startup World View Enterprises said March 29 it successfully closed a $26.5 million Series C round of financing.
Defense

U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson is concerned Boeing is focusing on the commercial side of the house at the expense of the new tanker.
Program Management