Defense

Inmarsat has chosen Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H-IIA rocket to launch Inmarsat-6 F1 in 2020.

Boeing and Turkey on Sept. 21 announced a new level of commitment to help grow that country’s aerospace industry.

Alessandro Profumo, the new head of Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo, has ordered a management shake-up.

The service considers contracting out initial pilot training to universities and private companies.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: Continued delays could impact precision weapons buys, T-X contract award, new nominees to the Export-Import Bank and the fate of the Space Corps.

This week’s podcast offers a glimpse into the notebooks of Aviation Week editors after a news-rich week at the Air Force Association’s annual meeting.

The $9.2 billion acquisition may test the Trump administration, which has concern over a shrinking defense base and ordered a study and recommendations.

Air Force is looking for “every opportunity” to speed up the next-generation ICBM program.

The retrofitting of more than 200 early versions of the F-35 already out in the fleet with the new configuration of the Martin-Baker ejection seat will not be completed until about summer 2019.

This month U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (Afsoc) will declare operational its most powerful new airborne gunship, the Lockheed Martin AC-130J Ghostrider.

New and legacy federal information technology providers, including many aerospace and defense prime contractors, are finally seeing substantial money flowing toward their cloud-based service offerings.

Haptic foot cues are combined with an augmented reality visual head-up-like display to help the wearer sense the proximity of unfamiliar obstacles.

At least four teams expressed interest in competing for the billion-pound UK contract to provide aggressor training for all three military services.

North Korean missile shows ability to hit beyond Guam; MBDA chief aims for more European defense cooperation post-Brexit; India may pursue satellite to monitor border with China; Canada ups pressures on Boeing.

There are questions about how Doha’s tiny air force will be able to absorb the massive capabilities in which it is investing.

Sierra Nevada Corp. has submitted its “Force Hawk”—upgraded ex-Army UH-60L Black Hawks—for the U.S. Air Force's Huey replacement.

Cobham hopes the system, when it is fielded, will help the Pentagon collect data needed to identify the root cause of the so-called “physiological events” that have plagued U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots.

The U.S. Air Force anticipates delivery of the first “cross-decked” EC-37B Compass Call airborne electronic attack aircraft from L3 Technologies in 2021.

So-called concurrency continues to bedevil the Pentagon's ability to afford the F-35, as it will take a lot of work to bring some of the oldest aircraft up to the standard they will need to fight in combat.

Boeing is looking at upgrading the camera systems used for aerial refueling on its new KC-46 tanker because the refueling boom can scrape and potentially damage receiver aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force is aiming to pick one industry team to build a next-generation trainer to replace the aging T-38 by year’s end.

After a summer of scuffles with China along the Tibetan border, India is considering developing a satellite to improve surveillance.

Deal would put Northrop Grumman back in the human spaceflight business.

Boeing’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Program Manager wants to maintain a broad supply base leading up to the downselect for the $5-7 billion development phase in 2020.

MBDA CEO Antoine Bouvier is torn between optimism and worry about the impact of Brexit on the German-French-British missile manufacturer