Defense

Orbital ATK apparently has been on a spending binge of business investments as the closing of the company's purchase by Northrop Grumman nears.

U.S. truck maker Workhorse Group has joined the ranks of companies flight testing full-size eVTOL aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force has announced its existing Boeing B-1B and Northrop Grumman B-2A bomber bases as “reasonable alternatives” to host the Northrop B-21 Raider.

BAE Systems has partnered with British UAV developer Prismatic to develop a high-flying competitor to Airbus’ Zephyr UAV.

Jihadi militias sweeping across Iraq during 2014 and 15 saw many Middle Eastern government leaders breaking out into a sweat. As a direct result, several countries are now equipping their militaries to take on such armed groups, while at the same time lessons are also being learnt from the on-going conflict in Yemen. Alan Warnes reports.

The fourth satellite of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System constellation has achieved “first light,” beaming back its first images to Earth.

A C-130H cargo aircraft assigned to the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed in Savannah, Georgia, on May 2 and “there were fatalities,” the USAF said.

Harris, one of the top 15 suppliers to the F-35, is eyeing more work on the Joint Strike Fighter.

Textron Systems has unveiled a hybrid rotary/fixed-wing vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS).

Intel is carving out a growing niche in the commercial unmanned aircraft market.

Sierra Nevada Corp. and Textron Aviation have renewed their commitment to the U.S. Army’s Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft (FUA) program.

India’s first indigenously-developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas has successfully test-fired an air-to-air beyond visual range missile.

The EuroMALE unmanned air system is a testbed for multinational cooperation on a fighter jet.

The small, expendable decoy BriteCloud is being deployed on the UK’s Tornado fleet.

Lange Aviation develops a unique fuel-cell-powered surveillance aircraft with long endurance, high redundancy and reliability and low operating costs and emissions.

Dynetics’ victory over General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for the Darpa Gremlins Phase 3 program has given air vehicle supplier Kratos cause for celebration.

Insitu has launched a commercial, exportable and certifiable version of its ScanEagle long-endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS).

L3 Technologies on May 1 signed a deal to sell its Vertex Aerospace, Crestview Aerospace and TCS businesses for $540 million cash.

As the U.S. Air Force embarks on a major re-engining of the Boeing B-52H, its leadership is under no illusions about the difficulty of the task at hand.

A U.S. Navy project to airlift bomb-disposal robots by unmanned helos and remotely operate them is heading toward a key flight demo in June.

AeroVironment will incorporate vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) technology from a commercial drone developer into its next generation of tactical UAS.

Key aerospace and defense supplier TransDigm is signaling a relatively new era with a new CEO and potential tweaks to its merger and acquisition (M&A) strategy.

Aerospace and defense supplier Arconic descended into turnaround territory after a financial update that spurred a nearly 17% drop in its stock price.

Boeing, through its subsidiary Aviall has announced Aviall’s leadership role in supply chain management for the production of the Advanced High- Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft (AHRLAC), developed by South Africa's Paramount Group.

As Qatar surprises many analysts with its order for the Eurofighter Typhoon, Jon Lake explains why the procurement strategy makes sense.