Defense

Cobham hopes the system, when it is fielded, will help the Pentagon collect data needed to identify the root cause of the so-called “physiological events” that have plagued U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots.

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.

So-called concurrency continues to bedevil the Pentagon's ability to afford the F-35, as it will take a lot of work to bring some of the oldest aircraft up to the standard they will need to fight in combat.

Boeing is looking at upgrading the camera systems used for aerial refueling on its new KC-46 tanker because the refueling boom can scrape and potentially damage receiver aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force is aiming to pick one industry team to build a next-generation trainer to replace the aging T-38 by year’s end.

After a summer of scuffles with China along the Tibetan border, India is considering developing a satellite to improve surveillance.

Deal would put Northrop Grumman back in the human spaceflight business.

Boeing’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Program Manager wants to maintain a broad supply base leading up to the downselect for the $5-7 billion development phase in 2020.

MBDA CEO Antoine Bouvier is torn between optimism and worry about the impact of Brexit on the German-French-British missile manufacturer

Companies from across the UK and Europe have secured British defense ministry research funding to develop technologies that could deliver supplies to soldiers on the front line.

Ottawa-based Neptic Design Group will develop an external visual inspection system for the six-person International Space Station.

Development and certification delays mean that the aerial refueling tankers are now piling up at Boeing's widebody aircraft factory in Everett, Washington.

India plans to resume satellite launches by end of this year, as it recovers from the Aug. 31 launch failure that claimed an Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System spacecraft.

The acquisition brings 300 “highly skilled” workers to ManTech, of which 85% hold security clearances, according to Cowen and Co. analysts.

Embattled Triumph Group sold its aerospace metal finishing Embee Division to All Metals Processing of Orange County Sept. 14 for an undisclosed amount.

Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon’s leading contractor by revenue, has taken a stake in Ocean Aero, the San Diego provider of the Submaran unmanned maritime vehicle.

An aerial spraying campaign has resulted in a dramatic reduction in potentially infectious mosquito bites in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

Striker 2 helmet could bring augmented reality into the Typhoon cockpit.

Industry boosters are sensing new life in their push to re-establish the U.S. Export-Import Bank after the White House on Sept. 15 announced nominations for three more members of its board of directors.

Boeing has broken ground on its first production facility located in the UK.

SpaceX recovery teams retrieved the company’s 12th NASA-contracted Dragon resupply mission capsule from Pacific waters early Sept. 17.

Airbus is denying all allegations made by the Austrian government over its 2003 purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon jet fighters.

The U.S. has deployed the General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle armed unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to the southern Philippines.

North Korea’s farthest-flying ballistic missile test, conducted on Sept. 15, demonstrated an ability to reach Guam but may not have fully exploited the range of the weapon that was flown, the Hwasong 12.

Watch as Aviation Week's Lara Seligman joins Thunderbird No. 7 Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, a career F-16 pilot, as he runs through the Thunderbirds’ best-known maneuvers one by one in the skies over the eastern U.S.