The U.S. Air Force’s first operational F-35 squadron is slated to receive its critical 3F software next month, as the service contemplates sending the stealth fighter to the Pacific.
Taiwan’s defense technology agency, with a strong background in military simulation, is working on a system for training several crews operating a variety of helicopters at one time.
European enthusiasts planning to attend the event planned for Sept. 23-24 have been informed by their travel agencies that the show’s preparatory committee has decided cancel it. It is unclear whether the show will go ahead next year.
Microsoft is teaching an unmanned sailplane to autonomously find and use thermals for soaring as part of efforts to develop artificial intelligence (AI) that works in the uncertainties of the real world.
Taiwanese electromagnetic-intelligence equipment supply provider SystemCom expects to sign a memorandum of understanding with the defense ministry’s technology agency that will set the company up for future domestic and perhaps export orders.
Cyber Command unifies, increases industry outreach; San Francisco Airport incident prompts a new safety reminders; and preparing for a government shutdown.
Russian Helicopters’ Mil Moscow design bureau has been contracted by the Russian defense ministry to work on the concept of a high-speed attack helicopter.
A group of drones will do battle this fall as part of a competition hosted by U.S. Special Operations Command and the Pentagon’s secretive innovation office.
United Aircraft Corp. is talking with the Russian military about the possibility of modernizing one its bestsellers—the Sukhoi Su-30SM two-seat multirole fighter.
India has issued its biggest-ever global tender to procure more than 230 new multi-role maritime helicopters, in an attempt to address the growing shortage of helicopters available for deployment on its warships.
Israeli F-35s practice aerial refueling; Russian Helicopters starts work on Mi-38T transporters and produces first Mi-28UB dual-control helo; Cobham to supply KF-X weapons ejectors; Romania’s whopping artillery order.
U.S. Air Force has selected Lockheed Martin and Raytheon to work on a replacement for the aging AGM-86B nuclear-capable cruise missile carried by the B-52.
Computers in spacecraft trade performance for reliability in a harsh environment, but BAE Systems has narrowed the gap between terrestrial and spaceborne processing with its latest generation of radiation-hardened processor.
Flight tests of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B SkyGuardian Predator B variant have expanded to encompass longer-range excursions including initial flights through non-restricted airspace.
Airbus’s Silicon Valley outpost A3 (“A-Cubed”) has selected Near Earth Autonomy to provide landing zone assessment technology as part of the sense-and-avoid suite on its Vahana autonomous single-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will have access to an air base in Western Australia for a further 25 years under an agreement signed on Aug. 21.
