Defense

Robert Lightfoot, who has been serving as NASA’s acting administrator since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, will leave the agency.

Spirit AeroSystems CEO and President Tom Gentile says he is watching what is happening at rival and supplier GKN Aerospace.

Spirit AeroSystems believes new additive manufacturing techniques it is developing could help the company eventually save 70% in costs on aircraft material.

Effective Space, a UK-based startup developing a fleet of in-space, satellite-servicing vehicles, plans to launch its first two space drones in 2020.

Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. and muSpaceTech have signed contracts with Blue Origin for launch services aboard New Glenn.

The makers of satellite-enabling systems are announcing new teaming arrangements to tap underserved broadband internet service markets.

Years after abandoning its MMRCA program, India is likely to start a fresh competition to replenish the depleting squadron of the Indian Air Force.

The process of exiting the EU is destabilizing the struggling industry and exacerbating budgetary uncertainties.

Adaptive flight control progresses, Audi joins eVTOL study, Swiss team advances electric propulsion, Marines test resupply hive, and Ford researches UAS.

The U.S. FCC is investigating whether a startup sent four nanosats into space a month after its application to operate them was denied.

While not a firm order, the agreement could lead to Typhoon production being extended into the mid to late 2020s.

The USAF could ask Congress to reprogram funding to buy a light attack aircraft as soon as this year, the service’s top uniformed acquisition official says.

NASA and its European collaborators appear to have scored a second chance with a timely halt to efforts to launch the Mars InSight lander in March 2016.

India’s state-run space agency plans to launch its eighth navigation satellite, IRNSS-1I, by April.

Airborne Tactical Advantage Co.is gearing up for the U.S. Air Force’s Nellis Adversary Aircraft competition, with plans to offer the Dassault Mirage F1s.

KAI has resumed deliveries to Iraq of light-attack aircraft of the T-50 family following partial payment of overdue charges by Baghdad.

The Pop.Up fly/drive air taxi concept developed by Airbus and automotive design house Italdesign has been updated jointly with carmaker Audi.

Alan Warnes takes a look at the changes in lead-in fighter training (LIFT) taking place throughout the Middle East.

Voom, Airbus’ on-demand urban helicopter service, has launched operations in Mexico City, its second market after Sao Paulo.

Industry knows the risk of being targets of retaliation in a global trade war are growing. To them, the only way to win is not to start a fight.

Air navigation service providers increasingly are becoming involved in drone traffic management and remote-tower operations.

Previously announced winners, Philip J. Klass Lifetime Achievement Award recipients and Tomorrow's Leaders also were honored.

USAF is investing in enhancing the ground surveillance capability of the MQ-9, and may even add a more powerful, podded radar in the future.

Did Brexit slow European UCAV development?; Lockheed’s space fence scheduled for operations in 2019; Singapore keeps defense dollars steady and Japan interested in Phalanx weapons upgrade.

The array of nuclear weapons touted by Russian President Putin confirms the U.S. is losing its lead, but the Pentagon says deterrence will prevail.