Defense

Germany and Norway have signed contracts for five Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports.

An Italian Air Force test pilot was killed Sept. 24 in the crash of a Eurofighter Typhoon at an air display.

India’s state-run space agency has begun work on IRNSS-1I, the ninth satellite of the country’s navigation constellation, following the failed launch of a backup satellite last month.

Prime, OEM and Tier 1 aerospace and defense players are buying major rivals, answering the question of how they will grow in the near- and mid-term.

The U.S. Air Force anticipates delivery of the first “cross-decked” EC-37B Compass Call airborne electronic attack aircraft from L3 Technologies in 2021.

The two most serious issues are uncommanded refueling boom extensions and the boom operator’s inability to detect when the probe has missed the receiver aircraft’s receptacle and causes damage.

Sierra Nevada Corp. has offered the first glimpse of its “Freedom Aircraft” prototype, originally conceived for the U.S. Air Force's $16 billion T-X trainer competition.

The Atlantic I will formally end its 45-year career in October in favor of the Leonardo P-72, a maritime patrol version of the ATR-72-600 turboprop-powered regional airliner.

Osiris-Rex, NASA’s first-ever asteroid sample return mission spacecraft, swooped close to Earth on Sept. 22 for a planned gravity assist maneuver on its way to the space rock Bennu.

Inmarsat has chosen Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H-IIA rocket to launch Inmarsat-6 F1 in 2020.

Boeing and Turkey on Sept. 21 announced a new level of commitment to help grow that country’s aerospace industry.

Alessandro Profumo, the new head of Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo, has ordered a management shake-up.

The service considers contracting out initial pilot training to universities and private companies.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: Continued delays could impact precision weapons buys, T-X contract award, new nominees to the Export-Import Bank and the fate of the Space Corps.

This week’s podcast offers a glimpse into the notebooks of Aviation Week editors after a news-rich week at the Air Force Association’s annual meeting.

The $9.2 billion acquisition may test the Trump administration, which has concern over a shrinking defense base and ordered a study and recommendations.

Air Force is looking for “every opportunity” to speed up the next-generation ICBM program.

The retrofitting of more than 200 early versions of the F-35 already out in the fleet with the new configuration of the Martin-Baker ejection seat will not be completed until about summer 2019.

This month U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (Afsoc) will declare operational its most powerful new airborne gunship, the Lockheed Martin AC-130J Ghostrider.

New and legacy federal information technology providers, including many aerospace and defense prime contractors, are finally seeing substantial money flowing toward their cloud-based service offerings.

Haptic foot cues are combined with an augmented reality visual head-up-like display to help the wearer sense the proximity of unfamiliar obstacles.

At least four teams expressed interest in competing for the billion-pound UK contract to provide aggressor training for all three military services.

North Korean missile shows ability to hit beyond Guam; MBDA chief aims for more European defense cooperation post-Brexit; India may pursue satellite to monitor border with China; Canada ups pressures on Boeing.

There are questions about how Doha’s tiny air force will be able to absorb the massive capabilities in which it is investing.

Sierra Nevada Corp. has submitted its “Force Hawk”—upgraded ex-Army UH-60L Black Hawks—for the U.S. Air Force's Huey replacement.