Defense

The Army is crunching data to prove whether the Lakota is delivering a better aviator.

Aurora Flight Sciences’ long-endurance Orion UAV is hoping to transition from tech demonstration to deployed military system.

Canada Halts CH-148 Flights, Leonardo beefs up the light-attack version of its M-346, Rostec plans to upgrade Russian Iskander missiles and India is developing lightweight torpedoes for export.

Skunk Works conducts flight tests to show how autonomous technology can enable unmanned aircraft to make manned fighters more effective in hostile environments.

Lakota is taking over the training role as the U.S. Army’s single-engine helicopters exit inventory.

Bell Helicopter’s FC-X mockup concept demonstrator is proving to be more than just a talking point.

German startup E-volo has unveiled the Volocopter 2X production version of its two-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) air taxi.

The planned structural modifications will extend the service life of up to 300 F-16 C/D Block 40-52 aircraft from 8,000 to 12,000 flight hours.

Canada halted flights on its CH-148 Cyclones after one of the Sikorsky helicopters experienced a change in its descent rate during a training flight.

NASA has resumed subscale flight tests of a flying-wing aircraft being developed to potentially fly in the atmosphere of Mars.

India this month could finally move forward on a $5.8 billion contract for 800 very short range air defense (Vshorad) systems for the Indian Army.

The UK Defense Ministry plans to restructure the Royal Marines to reflect the need for additional manpower in the Royal Navy.

CAE uses Grob G 120TPs and simulator motherships for an innovative Army training program.

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis says he has personally reviewed U.S. intelligence about an April 4 chemical attack in the town of Khan Shykhun and has no doubts that the Syrian regime is responsible.

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has demonstrated autonomy for unmanned combat aircraft in a manned/unmanned teaming experiment supporting the U.S. AFRL's Loyal Wingman program.

The French and German ministers of defense have signed an agreement for the creation of a binational tactical air transport base in Evreux, France, using Lockheed Marcin C-130J Hercules airlifters.

Airbus sees strong potential in an on-demand helicopter booking service incubated within its Silicon Valley outpost A³ and now in beta testing in Sao Paulo.

Thales has received a 10-year service contract from the French Ministry of Defense worth $1.04 billion for the creation of an aeronautical consumables supply chain.

A requirement to double the South Korean maritime patroller force is regarded as urgent as North Korea works on a submarine-launched ballistic missile.

Malaysia’s military and government have been talking about obtaining new maritime patrol aircraft for a decade.

Raytheon’s long-serving Tomahawk cruise missile has been the Pentagon’s weapon of choice for day one of a conflict for almost three decades, but in 2014 the U.S. Navy proposed ending production to fund a successor.

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko departed the six-person International Space Station early April 10.

The Tomahawk cruise missiles launched in response to Syria’s latest chemical weapons attack damaged or destroyed more than 20 Syrian fighters, the Pentagon says.

The odd-looking hybrid electric UAV that Aurora Flight Sciences is building for DARPA could be weaponized and adapted for the U.S. Marine Corps’ “MUX” mission.

Scientists may have unraveled an explanation for the thin atmosphere that seems to come and go from Ceres, the largest of the Solar System’s main belt asteroids.