Defense

After years of study, the service may be on a path to build new satellites by 2029, but the commander of U.S. Strategic Command says that is too slow.

Air Force secretary outlines several ways it is moving faster to aquire new technologies.

The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer believes the department can reduce the timeline to get new equipment on contract by as much as 50%.

The U.S. National Laboratory portion of the International Space Station is host to a growing commercial research and development interest.

The UK Space Agency announced Dec. 7 it was committing £200,000 ($269,000) for four new business incubators to try to help grow Britain’s space industry.

Even before Dassault delivers the first Rafale fighter to Qatar in 2018, the country has ordered another 12 aircraft.

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will remain aboard the International Space Station for at least another three years under a fixed-price contract.

Raytheon is forming a formal subsidiary for its work in the United Arab Emirates, executives announced Dec. 7.

Already long delayed, the NASA-led, $8.8 billion, 5- to 10-year James Webb Space Telescope mission could face additional schedule setbacks and cost issues.

Global Aviation Technologies will update 19 C-21A jets, the military designation for the Learjet 35A, for the U.S. Air Force.

Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 40 returned to service on Dec 6 after a 14-month repair and refurbishment following an explosion on the pad.

Actions by Congress and upcoming elections could change the direction of defense spending, especially if the balance between Republicans and Democrats shifts.

In this week’s roundup, Israel prepares to integrate Israeli weapons and EW systems on its F-35s, Russia flies fifth-gen fighter with a new engine, India successfully tests Akash missile and Singapore receives approval to buy F-15 equipment.

The U.S. Air Force will seek proposals for basic and applied research into four Grand Challenge areas for its future propulsion strategy.

Aerospace veterans see it coming: the transition of low Earth orbit activities to a commercially dominated landscape.

Spirit AeroSystems plans to add 1,000 jobs and invest $1 billion over the next five years at its Wichita headquarters.

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 appears to have emerged the real winner from Boeing’s rift with Canada over Bombardier’s C Series passenger jetliner.

Adding to the scores of similar projects already in the works, Erik Lindbergh—grandson of Charles Lindbergh and long-time advocate for electric flight—has formed a company to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter took off with a new engine for the first time, according to United Aircraft Corp.

Northrop Grumman has been performing flight demonstrations with a new foldout UAV that could someday drop from the Boeing EA-18G Growler.

Israel wants more Israeli-developed weapon and electronic warfare systems on its Lockheed Martin F-35 Adir stealth fighters.

India has successfully test-launched the newest version of its homegrown Akash supersonic surface-to-air missile.

Internal and external competition and other factors are eroding the lead that this small Middle Eastern state has held since 1985.

Ramifications from the upcoming British departure from the European Union continue to ripple across UK A&D.

Boeing’s first KC-46 Pegasus tanker slated for delivery to the U.S. Air Force made its first flight Dec. 5, and the aircraft won’t be delivered until 2018.