To shield NASA from partisan attacks, Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) pledged to heed the 10-year reports of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences if he is confirmed.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Export-Import Bank heard an earful of opposition and doubt from senators on both sides of the political aisle Nov. 1.
Indonesia has signed a $77 million contract with Norwegian manufacturer Kongsberg to supply the Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System medium range air defense system.
Turkish Aerospace Industries has unveiled two new rotary-wing programs that could emerge once the company has completed development of its T625 utility helicopter.
One former F/A 18 pilot says: “I just remember looking around the airplane thinking, man, I’m not completely certain I know how to fly this airplane anymore.”
The companies involved in the Eurofighter consortium are partnering to offer the creation of two innovation centers in Belgium if the government selects the Typhoon as the country’s future fighter.
Airbus could face financial penalties from the U.S. government over apparent inaccuracies in its filings to the U.S. State Department over International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
As Northrop Grumman bows out of one U.S. Navy aerial refueling initiative, the MQ-25 Stingray, it is showing progress on another, for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.
Aerospace and defense electronics provider Harris said Oct. 31 that it recently won a $34 million follow-on contract for a new, classified space business offering.
Startup Advanced Tactics Inc. has switched its focus from a fly/drive military truck to the commercial autonomous cargo and air taxi market and unveiled the smaller AT Transporter.
Israel’s Tactical Robotics Ltd. is fitting a more powerful engine to its Cormorant unmanned cargo and medevac aircraft as it progresses toward first deliveries planned for 2021.
The Pentagon does not have enough capacity to repair F-35 parts in a timely manner because the establishment of repair capabilities at the military depots is six years behind schedule, congressional auditors have found.
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s protest over the U.S. Army’s now-terminated Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft competition has advanced through the GAO, with a decision expected by mid-December.
The 3,000 mi.-range combat drone that Kratos is developing for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has moved through the critical design review phase and remains on track for first flight in mid-2018.
The Royal Australian Air Force is buying 72 F-35 Lightning IIs and wants to practice with those aircraft against realistic threats, which Kratos sees as a "large opportunity" for their target drone business.
Malaysian private aviation company Sapura Aero has taken delivery of an MD Helicopters MD 600N, the first helicopter without a tail rotor to be operated in Southeast Asia.
