Defense

Japan has begun a program to choose a radar type for its two planned Aegis Ashore batteries, with U.S. government advice featuring prominently in the process.

Qatar has signed a long-awaited order for naval and troop transport versions of the European NH90 twin-engine fly-by-wire helicopter.

Rocket Lab’s first commercial flight of its Electron launcher will include two spacecraft for Spire, a company that operates a constellation of cubesats.

Ceres, the dwarf planet that has been the focus of NASA’s Dawn mission, is apparently still evolving as a water-bearing planetary body.

The Russian military has confirmed that the launch of the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile was a silo ejection test.

Smoothly transitioning NASA’s direct financial support of the International Space Station (ISS) to the private sector by 2025 appears challenged by potential obstacles.

Airbus has produced the first two test assets of OneWeb’s constellation of 900 low Earth orbit communications satellites.

The U.S. Navy is looking for a new digital system to monitor pressure and oxygen levels in the cockpit of its Boeing F/A-18s.

Early leaders in the rapidly evolving electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) market are emerging.

A shakeout is coming in the aerostructures industry over the next 18 months, according to one major provider’s CEO.

A shakeout is coming in the aerostructures industry over the next 18 months, according to one major provider’s CEO.

South Korean moves to establish an army airborne division are raising the possibility of additional orders for such helicopters as Boeing AH-64 Apaches, CH-47 Chinooks and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Surions.

Kratos has been cleared by the U.S. State Department to begin marketing its Unmanned Tactical Aerial Platform-22 Mako to “U.S. ally and partner nations.”

Chinese space industry group Casc is upgrading its Long March 6 space launcher, adding provision for orbital telemetry and third-stage engine restarts, industry officials say.

The Philippines has taken delivery of Boeing Insitu ScanEagle UAVs, boosting its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.

Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology, Inc., and its Carnegie Mellon University partner plan to pursue development of a 2-kg commercial CubeSat rover platform.

The Força Aérea Nacional de Angola (FANA – National Air Force of Angola) took delivery of its first two Sukhoi Su-30K fighters in September 2017 and is due to receive 10 more by early 2018.

The advanced NASA/NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S has achieved geostationary orbit and been redesignated GOES 17.

Support for a low-cost, light attack aircraft to fight terrorists is the strongest it has ever been.

Pilots at the USAF's two F-35 training hubs are suffering from a severe shortage of spare parts and limited capacity to repair those that are broken.

The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency wants to conduct another end-to-end demonstration of Raytheon’s newest exoatmospheric ballistic missile interceptor.

Switzerland’s government plans to give the Swiss public the opportunity to vote on whether the country should buy new fighters and an air defense system.

Robert Lightfoot, who has been serving as NASA’s acting administrator since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, will leave the agency.

Spirit AeroSystems CEO and President Tom Gentile says he is watching what is happening at rival and supplier GKN Aerospace.

Spirit AeroSystems believes new additive manufacturing techniques it is developing could help the company eventually save 70% in costs on aircraft material.