Defense

In a further step toward making the takeover of Zodiac Aerospace a reality, Safran has appointed Hélène Moreau-Leroy director of the Zodiac integration project, the Paris-based company announced Jan. 8.

India is moving ahead with its plans to develop a multi-layered ballistic missile defense (BMD) system.

Robert Lightfoot, NASA’s longest serving Acting Administrator and a force in advancing spacecraft propulsion, will receive the 2018 National Space Trophy.

Russia’s defense ministry says its forces thwarted a mass UAV attack in Syria.

The U.S. Air Force is looking at leveraging virtual reality and artificial intelligence to transform pilot training.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Jan. 5 unveiled a 700-p.

The “pseudo-foreign military sale" is funded through the Pentagon’s Afghan security forces account.

New L3 Technologies CEO Chris Kubasik is wasting little time trying to grow the New York-based aerospace and defense company’s international work, announcing Jan. 4 that L3 is setting up advisory boards staffed with local industry experts in Australia, Canada and the UK.

As Russian pilots leverage the close quarters of the air campaign in Iraq and Syria to gather intel on U.S. operations, one U.S. aircraft could be vulnerable to prying eyes—the F-22 Raptor.

NASA’s GOLD mission is poised to demonstrate a new kind of agency “ride share” science strategy as it lifts off atop an Ariane 5 rocket in late January.

Legacy U.S. defense contractors are expected to make significant cash infusions into their pension funds under the new tax law in the U.S.

Boeing, through its subsidiary Aviall, has announced Aviall’s leadership role in supply chain management for the production of the Advanced High- Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft (AHRLAC), developed by Paramount Group.

Collaborations that focus on shared opportunity, growth and progress are critical for global security, said Lockheed Martin’s CEO at the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi today.

India’s space agency will kick off the new year on Jan. 10 by launching its Earth observation satellite Cartosat-2 series along with 30 other foreign sats.

Orbital ATK’s NGL received another boost this week, with the rocket manufacturer entering into a Crada with the USAF.

Aurora Flight Sciences is flying high after securing a $48 million contract from the USAF to develop a certifiable version of its long-endurance Orion UAV.

Modularity, reuse, flexibility and architectural evolution are essential concepts for SNC in the challenge to develop a concept for a Deep Space Gateway.

The completion of the ISS Design Certification Review for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner brings the ULA Atlas V rocket a step closer to human spaceflight.

Airbus will cut the production rate for its A400M airlifter to ensure what it calls a “sustainable future” for the aircraft.

Boeing is still working to fix three deficiencies related to the refueling process of the KC-46 that must be resolved before the tanker can enter service.

Two of the most widely used military UAVs may soon be available with new propulsion system options that will significantly extend their endurance.

Airbus is taking the Polish government to an arbitration tribunal over Warsaw’s conduct in canceling a multibillion-dollar contract for multimission helos.

India has approved the purchases of precision-guided bombs from Russia and Barak missiles from Israel in deals worth a total of about $270 million.

The Joint New Air-to-Air Missile will feature a seeker using gallium-nitride semiconductor material.

The Israeli Air Force is beginning to accept the inevitable use of tactical unmanned aircraft by the ground forces in border regions.