Defense

Sciaky says it sold four of its multimillion-dollar EBAM electron beam additive manufacturing machines in December.

AeroVironment has formed a joint venture with Japanese telecommunications provider SoftBank to develop “high-altitude pseudo-satellites,” or HAPS.

The abdication of TransDigm Group’s CFO may not have anything to do with the company's financial situation, but it could add to investor hesitations.

Leonardo has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification for its AW109 Trekker twin-engine light helicopter.

Turkey signed an agreement last month to buy a Russian S-400 air defense system, but Ankara is continuing joint European studies on air defense.

First there were “big-bus” satellites, then nanosats, microsats and cubesats. Now come the advent of “Microns.”

The U.S. Army has tapped Kratos subsidiary Composite Engineering to deliver a high-performance aerial target drone.

Minority- and women-owned businesses saw a drop in DOD contracting during much of the Obama administration, but the dip was far smaller than for all of the DOD's contractors.

Russia’s Energia Corporation seems to have restored the connection with Angola’s first communication satellite, launched from Baikonur on Dec. 26.

An experiment pairing the skills of an ISS astronaut with two technologies succeeded in demonstrating a full microbial ID process in a microgravity environment.

The Islamic State is crumbling in Iraq and Syria, but there is no end in sight for those at the heart of the U.S.-led air campaign against the militant group.

Motion and control tech provider Parker Hannifin and the Justice Department have reached an antitrust deal over the company’s $4.3 billion purchase of Clarcor.

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The main effect of the acquisition is to take pressure off Japan’s Aegis destroyers, releasing them for non-BMD duties.

Turkey has finalized a deal with Russia to purchase the S-400 Triumph (SA-21 Growler) missile defense system, in a move that is likely to irritate NATO allies.

Uncertainty continues to surround France’s bid to sell Rafale fighter jets to Belgium after Paris reportedly offered a fivefold increase in return on investment if Brussels selects the French fighter.

Efficiency, emissions, noise, speed, affordability, accessibility—all challenges ahead for aviation and aerospace.

Nigeria says the U.S. has taken the next steps in approving a long-delayed deal for the African country to purchase 12 Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft.

Ankara has purchased four missile battalions for $2.5 billion and will receive the first delivery by 2020.

Bruce McCandless II, a retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy aviator best known for conducting the first untethered spacewalk, died Dec. 21, 2017, at the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, of California.

Chinese automotive and aviation company Wanfeng has bought the majority of shares in Austria’s Diamond Aircraft, the fourth largest general aviation manufacturer in the world.

A day after Japan opted to study the purchase of F-35B fighters, South Korea is also studying the possibility.

Belgium’s government has given the green light to joining the Dutch-led Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF), a move that will increase the fleet of pooled tanker jets to eight.

The Japanese defense ministry may modify its helicopter carriers to operate the short-takeoff and vertical landing version of the F-35.