Defense

British helicopter operator Babcock will become a launch customer for the Airbus H160 medium twin-engine helicopter.

A rocket that Chinese state space contractor Casc hails as a low-cost space launcher is now due to fly in 2020, a little later than previously expected.

Boeing has begun a three-year program in Australia to develop technologies for autonomous vehicles and deepen its understanding of how to satisfy regulators.

GOES-S was launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral on March 1.

Airbus will build a second commercial helicopter in the U.S. to support a niche emergency medical services (EMS) market.

Lockheed Martin says its future satellite factory near Denver is on track for completion in 2020 as planned.

Terrafugia has revealed details of two hybrid vertical takeoff and landing urban mobility and cargo transport study concepts at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas.

Raytheon has been selected by Lockheed Martin to produce electro-optical distributed aperture systems (EO-DAS) for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.

Lockheed Martin’s high-energy fiber laser technology has scored another success.

What if a warfighter could install an antenna on his F-16 and establish a commercial internet connection?

Darpa’s director has confirmed that the U.S. will flight test operational prototypes of a weapon similar to the Kinzhal air-launched hypersonic strike missile.

Airbus has signed a strategic partnering agreement with Blade, a move it believes will help it better understand the fledgling urban air mobility business.

“I will tell you, as the program executive officer I am not satisfied,” Pentagon F-35 chief Vice Adm. Mat Winter told reporters during a Feb. 28 media roundtable.

France’s armed forces ministry has launched a program to renew the country’s fleet of electronic intelligence aircraft with three special-mission Falcon jets.

India’s indigenous UAS; L-39NG airframe assembly begins; Italian Air Force’s new Predator training system, and Kratos to upgrade C2 system for Boeing satellites.

The first batch of F-35As will replace Japan’s 51 remaining F-4EJ Kai Phantoms. More could replace some F-15s.

Even though the DOD plans to spend over $8 billion on space in fiscal 2019, those in Congress and experts on space and budgeting say the U.S. needs to do more.

The active electronically scanned array radars will soon enter operational service with Marine Air Control Sqdn.-1 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, and MACS-2 of MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina.

India’s indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft has successfully carried out a hot refueling, one of the capabilities highly desired in combat situations.

Robinson Helicopter is stepping up studies of a diesel-powered variant of its R44 light helicopter as part of plans to hike performance and reduce fuel burn.

Era Group has emerged as the second disclosed customer for the Leonardo AW609 commercial tiltrotor.

The 407 GXi introduces Garmin’s G1000H NXi integrated avionics suite and an up-rated version of the Rolls-Royce M250 turbine engine.

Commercial companies are importing dozens of F1s, F-5s and F-16s to meet the Pentagon’s growing demand for aerial combat training services.

The first 20,000-ft.2 facility, located at Spirit’s Wichita headquarters, will support existing customer contracts as well as new work in the global aerostructures market, the company said.

Favorable forecast and range conditions await the launch of the second in a series of four advanced Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, GOES-S.