Artificial intelligence, augmented reality and other new digital technologies are infiltrating aerospace and defense businesses faster than expected, a new report claims. Listen in as we discuss how industry is reacting to new technologies.
Kratos has opened a facility at Australia’s main naval aviation base, initially aiming at potential sales of pilotless aircraft, including target drones.
The director of the Navy’s F-35C integration office sees no “showstoppers,” but challenges remain before the service can field the fighter operationally.
DOD spending on major acquisition programs increased 10% in 2017, driven primarily by an increase in weapons buys planned to counter growing global threats.
The U.S. State Department has approved three potential Foreign Military Sales, including a request from Slovakia to purchase up to 14 new Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70/72 Viper aircraft.
Following its participation in Exercise Blue Shield in Sudan and Exercise Red Flag in the USA, the Royal Saudi Air Force undertook a further major training exercise, Faisal-11, in Egypt. Jon Lake reports.
U.S. Air Force mulls bids to ensure at least two commercially viable orbital space transport systems from 2022. Rockets with Russian engines need not apply.
With “appropriate” input from the F-35 international partners, the Pentagon will develop a plan for transitioning the existing F-35 management structure to separate program offices run by the U.S. services that fly the fighter.
The Navy’s F-35C is headed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, in the near future, bolstering the fifth-generation fighter’s ranks in the Asia Pacific.
