Defense

The requirement for hobbyists to register their drones with the FAA looks set to become law after Congress added language to its final version of the fiscal 2018 defense budget.

In April, the U.S. Navy temporarily suspended some T-45 operations and introduced low-altitude flight restrictions following a spike in reports of hypoxia-like physiological episodes

Switzerland’s Federal Council has given the green light for the country to proceed with a program to purchase new fighter jets and a ground-based air defense system.

The U.S. Justice Department has forced high-profile aerospace and defense acquirer TransDigm Group to dispose of a recently purchased company at a loss, executives disclosed in a surprise revelation Nov. 9.

Turkey-based communications operator Turksat has ordered two satellites from Airbus Defense and Space.

Antonov, the manufacturer some of the world’s largest aircraft has unveiled its smallest.

Aviation Week's Guy Norris was invited to fly on a test flight of Auto-ICAS (Automatic Integrated Collision Avoidance System), the world’s first combined air and ground collision avoidance system for combat aircraft.

The F-35 is a “benchmark” in competition to replace the Tornado, German officials say.

As the Islamic State loses territory, U.S. and Russia must work harder to deconflict air operations in a rapidly shrinking battlespace.

In this week's Washington Outlook: Defense policy legislation skips the creation of a corps, puts the deputy defense secretary in charge of space spending.

Anglo-French UCAV and Turkish TF-X are preserving British fighter know-how.

The U.S. Air Force still hasn’t decided whether to proceed with a “J-Stars 2.0," or whether to buy a light attack fleet for low-threat counterinsurgency operations and combat pilot training.

Airbus has lifted the veil on a new fighter concept that could form the shape of a future Franco-German combat aircraft.

With proposals due by Nov. 20 for the U.S. Air Force’s competitive Launch Service Agreements program, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno says he “doesn’t know” which engine will be used on Vulcan because the rocket firm still hasn’t made that decision.

In the final stretch of the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, air commanders believe sending the F-35 to theater would go a long way toward deconflicting operations between the coalition and Russian air forces.

The U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex has released new details and the first image of the three-stream adaptive fan engine testing conducted with Pratt & Whitney earlier this year.

Uber has signed an agreement to cooperate with NASA on developing low-altitude airspace traffic management to support the demonstrations.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 was due to debut this year, but that schedule is in doubt following an incident during setup of a Merlin Block 5 qualification test in McGregor, Texas, on Nov. 4.

Triumph Group’s long, hard slog to turn around its business remains tough, financial analysts said Nov. 8 after the supplier reported quarterly earnings results.

India has conducted the fifth test of its first indigenously developed subsonic cruise missile, Nirbhay.

On June 5, China's state-owned Guizhou Aircraft Industries Corporation (GAIC) rolled out the first production FTC-2000 Mountain Eagle (Shanying) from its plant in Anshun. As Jon Lake reports, it was a particularly significant moment for Sudan.

Auto-ICAS integration challenge remains for F-16 as ground collision protection speeds up for F-35.

A look at two important pilot safety issues: one, the mysterious causes of hypoxia-like symptoms in pilots. And two, a new technology that could prevent crashes in the air as well as into the ground.

Aviation Week flies next step in combat aircraft collision avoidance safety. Photo: Christoper Higgins/U.S. Air Force

Malaysia has begun exploratory talks with other Hornet operators about buying surplus F/A-18s. Advanced new aircraft are not currently affordable.