Defense

Lockheed Martin unveils previously classified flying-wing UAV demonstrator that is competing for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial tanker role.

The U.S. Navy is gearing up to declare its F-35C carrier variant ready for war in 2019.

Boeing is reorganizing the firm’s defense business in a move that could benefit its troubled KC-46 tanker.

Japan has reorganized its army to create a central command for the first time since World War II and to establish an amphibious brigade.

Turnaround specialist Melrose Industries succeeded in its hostile takeover of GKN.

The tiny Balkan country will purchase 12 F-16C/Ds from Israel that will undergo a life-extension program prior to delivery.

Lockheed Martin expects to deliver six F-35As to South Korea this year, out of 40 ordered.

The KLJ-7A radar, which features an AESA, will be supplied to Pakistan for the FC-1 fighter, says Hu Mingchun, head of the Nanjing Research Institute of Electronics Technology.

Turkey tests missiles, Poland adds M-346s, UK boosts Brimstone, Puma UAV improved, and China’s new hypersonic tunnel.

Before there was “C2D2,” the Star Wars-evoking acronym for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 upgrade program, there was the F-22 Raptor’s “Scaled Agile Framework.”

Poland has signed agreements with the U.S. government to purchase the Raytheon Patriot ground-based air and missile defense system.

Turkey, short of aircraft pilots since removing many from their positions following a 2016 coup attempt, has asked South Korea to train more.

Darpa is developing ways for humans to work with large numbers of small autonomous air and ground vehicles to perform complex tasks.

Nontraditional defense prime contractor L3 Technologies on March 27 unveiled a five-year cloud computing deal with Microsoft.

Federal information tech provider CACI International has abandoned a last-ditch effort to acquire rival CSRA.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has proposed creation of a Japanese Airbus.

A joint British defense and industry team has been established to study technologies that could pave the way for a future British combat aircraft.

The Netherlands has outlined plans to purchase long-range air-to-ground missiles for its fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.

After years of delays and technical setbacks for Boeing’s KC-46A tanker program, the U.S. Air Force is running out of patience with the aerospace giant.

The British government has waded into the ongoing bidding war between British engineering firm GKN and turnaround specialist Melrose.

Study work is underway on the future primary weapon for the Airbus Tiger attack helicopter.

NASA has been forced to confront another delay in the launching of its planned $8.83 billion, 5- to 10-year James Webb Space Telescope mission.

Thales has entered into a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA to support its development of an unmanned aircraft systems traffic management (UTM) system.

An upgraded version of MBDA’s Brimstone 2 air-to-ground missile will equip Britain’s Eurofighter Typhoon fighters from 2022, Britain’s defense ministry says.

President Trump’s signature on the $1.3 trillion spending bill last week gave the USAF the green light to move forward with re-winging the A-10 Warthog.