Defense

Germany is to move its Panavia Tornado reconnaissance aircraft from Turkey to Jordan after a long-running diplomatic spat with Ankara.

U.S. Air Force F-35As at Luke AFB, Arizona, are still temporarily grounded as a government-industry team works to find the root cause of five incidents of hypoxia-like symptoms on the new fighter in the last month.

The Cygnus resupply spacecraft's mission-ending re-entry took place east of New Zealand just before 2 p.m. EDT, following a successful weeklong demonstration of commercial, multi-mission spacecraft activities away from the space station.

General Electric announced June 12 that Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt will retire this year and be succeeded by John Flannery, current president and CEO of GE Healthcare.

Airbus is testing a permanent solution to the power gearbox (PGB) problems that held up deliveries and affected flight operations of the A400M airlifter last year.

The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon almost $9 million to complete a flight-test demonstration of the latest network-enabled JSOW C-1 configuration.

NASA has issued a draft request for proposals for development of its Quiet Supersonic Transport low-boom flight demonstrator, starting the clock ticking toward first flight of the new X-plane in early 2021.

What if the burgeoning, nearly-two-decade-old CubeSat craze was followed by something bigger? Perhaps something just as if not even more compelling?

Lockheed is planning a series of sensor upgrades to keep the Dragon Lady relevant through 2045.

The U.S. Air Force says flying operations at Luke AFB were canceled on June 9 “to synchronize operations and maintenance efforts toward safe flying.”

“We expect France would be involved,” said Airbus’ head of military aircraft, Fernando Alonso, speaking to journalists here June 9. “It is clearly in our European interest to define one single system available to all."

Portugal looks set to become the first customer for Embraer’s KC-390 airlifter.

Even a 1% fuel savings on the C-17 would save the Pentagon millions of dollars annually.

India’s Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. has delivered the first crown and tailcone assembly for India's upcoming batch of CH-47F Chinooks.

Russian Helicopters Holding is to present the Russain and international audience with a brand new utility helicopter Ka-62.

Hypersonic propulsion has been “around the corner” for decades, but the technology may finally be mature enough for prime time.

The U-2 reconnaissance aircraft could help solve U.S. Air Force’s battlefield communications problem.

Positioning for market rebound, L3’s Strianese aims for 8-10% organic growth and predicts big growth in undersea systems.

Dennis Muilenburg on the New Midsize Airplane, 777X, Bombardier, Trump, Iran, China, Blue Origin and his “audacious” aftermarket plan.

Led by CEO Tom Enders, Airbus embarks on digital and technological transformation that include hybrid and electronic technologies, new manufacturing methods.

Middle East analysts urge White House not to take sides in Gulf nations’ spat with Qatar, despite alleged support for radical groups.

Since MHI is only assembling F-35s, apparently using no domestically made structural parts, the program is not sustaining much of Japan’s skills in fighter manufacturing.

New fund will make the EU the largest defense research investor in Europe.

His Twitter storms are legend, but sometimes it is what Trump does not say that is alarming.

In this week's Washington Outlook: The bill still faces challenges from Democrats, the bizav and general aviation communities and competition from higher congressional priorities.