Defense

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With momentum building behind an engine upgrade for the U.S. Air Force’s 1960s-vintage Boeing B-52H strategic bomber, Rolls-Royce has proposed its 16,000-lb.-thrust BR725 turbofan, made in America.

Said to be the result of “technical problems,” the crash occurred during Saudi-led operations against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft collected its final photos of the Saturn system on Sept. 14 as it headed toward a final plunge into the gas giant’s crushing atmosphere.

Honeywell International could downsize the end-markets it serves from roughly eight to five as it unveils the results of its portfolio review in October.

Boeing’s 737-based offer for the U.S. Air Force’s $6.9 billion J-Stars Recapitalization program includes provisions for a larger, more powerful single or dual-sided radar.

The TV7-117ST turboprop engine made its first flight on the Ilyushin Il-76LL testbed from the Gromov Flight Research Institute, in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, on Sept. 12.

Early Japanese F-35s are not meeting targets for local content, the government’s Board of Audit says.

Aerospace and defense is a worthwhile industry to work in, but companies need to sell that to workers with many options.

Boeing, Leonardo DRS and Lockheed are the final contenders for the Air Force’s $16 billion T-X competition, ahead of a down-select this fall.

Aerospace companies compare well in incentives and benefits with tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Apple, according to survey respondents. Photo credit: Boeing

The Raider’s hard landing is blamed on a flight-control software issue, not coaxial rigid-rotor technology, Sikorsky obtains backing to finish the demonstration.

Canada’s potential purchase of F/A-18s receives U.S. approval; Turkey advances S-400 deal with Russia; Bahrain seeks F-16 Viper upgrade, and Indonesia will upgrade its F-16 fleet.

Air Force Lt. Col. Jeremy Renken’s downing of an armed UAV over Syria in June signaled pro-regime forces that the U.S. will not fail to act in self defense.

Boeing does not see the need for manned, radar-carrying battle management aircraft such as the E-8C J-Stars and E-3 AWACS going away.

Science is not the only legacy from Cassini’s 13-year exploration of Saturn.

The jury is still out on what business model and network architecture may thrive in the satellite telecommunications market in the near future.

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will remain closed at least through Thursday while a damage assessment team continues inspections to determine Hurricane Irma’s toll.

The third quarter of 2017 was not kind to Passur Aerospace, with the business intelligence, predictive analytics and big data company recently announcing a 13% drop in year-over revenue.

L3 Technologies has bought Adaptive Methods, a systems engineering company specializing in undersea and antisubmarine warfare services for the U.S. military.

Contrary to previous concerns, astronauts assigned to long-running missions may not have to worry about anemia, a study shows.

Work on India’s first lunar lander is almost complete as the Indian space agency targets March 2018 for its launch as part of the country’s second lunar exploration mission.

Ducommun has completed the acquisition of the corporate parent of Lightning Diversion Systems, a provider of lightning protection systems across the aerospace and defense industry.

AE Industrial Partners, a private equity investor specializing in aerospace, power generation and specialty industrial companies, has succeeded in its acquisition of engineering services group CDI.

U.S Air Force is looking for a new aggressor aircraft to replace the 50-year-old T-38 currently flying mock aerial combat against the F-22 and F-35.