Defense

Bell Helicopter plans to add 360-deg. pilot’s vision capability to its V-280 Valor demonstrator this year.

Work is underway on AN-9—the first of 29 F-35As to be assembled for the Royal Netherlands Air Force—at Italy's Cameri facility.

An uptick of activity in the Pacific and in Central Command has forces seeking protective eyewear.

President Donald Trump on June 18 directed the Pentagon to establish a “Space Force” as a sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces.

Airbus has handed over the first public service versions of its H175 super-medium twin-engine helicopter to launch customer Hong Kong Government Flying Service.

So far, so good for NASA when it comes to 2019 U.S. congressional appropriations in support of a White House directive to return to the Moon.

A U.S. DOD decision to transition the Afghan Air Force from the Russian-built Mi-17 to U.S.-made Black Hawk helos has been criticized in a congressional report.

The Polish defense ministry says it is still actively pursuing the purchase of new utility helicopters to replace Soviet-era models, but it says air defense and naval requirements have taken a priority.

India’s national space agency is hoping to launch its next mission—an Earth observation satellite and up to 30 small satellite co-passengers—in August.

Following a restructuring of the Egyptian government’s cabinet, Air Marshal Younes Al Masry has been appointed as the country’s Civil Aviation Minister.

DARPA targets hypersonic defense; USAF wants reusable hypersonics; an unmanned KC-46A tanker? Liebherr/GM team on fuel-cell APU, and UK drone BVLOS milestone.

The trade spat between the world’s largest economies and aviation marketplaces is revving up.

An industry consortium aiming to standardize on-orbit satellite servicing technologies says it has figured out how to work together.

Darpa is tackling the next seemingly unstoppable peril—hypersonic weapons being developed and deployed by Russia and China.

The occasion of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ 75th anniversary celebration on June 14 came during a time of transition for its leadership.

India’s home-developed Rustom-2, a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV meant to strengthen homeland security, will be ready for military deployment by 2020.

Feedback on its initial F135 engine upgrade proposal prompted P&W to include increased power and thermal management capability in its Growth Option 2.0 upgrade package.

A heavily redacted document posted by the Air Force acknowledges an April contract award to develop an air-launched missile.

Northrop has received a contract worth up to $189.2 million to support four RQ-4A Block 10 unmanned aircraft for up to another 42 months.

The German defense ministry has signed off on a leasing arrangement with Airbus to operate the IAI Heron TP medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV.

NASA’s directorates are striving by September to reach a consensus on preliminary requirements for the human-tended Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway.

On its 75th anniversary, we look at the legendary organization’s storied history through the past pages of AW&ST.

The enduring fascination with Lockheed’s Blackbird means that, even 19 years after it last flew, there continues to be a seemingly insatiable appetite for more coverage of this legendary aircraft.

The EU has rejected Britain’s requests to maintain industrial involvement and use the PRS signal of the Galileo sat navigation system after exiting the union.

Satellite and wireless networking services provider Viasat has bought Horsebridge Defense and Security, a support company for deployable secure networks.