Defense

By Michael Bruno
An analysis from space industry boosters in Washington seems aimed at the future, but really it is a warning about not repeating the past.
Program Management

Boeing has begun working on a new software load that will unlock new operational capabilities for the long-serving F-15C Eagle and F-15E Strike Eagle.
Defense

Saab is ready to take on the special military missions market with its Bombardier Global 6000-based GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft and Swordfish submarine hunter.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Turkish government has signed a letter of intent to purchase up to 24 Hurkus light attack aircraft from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace Industies and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex have signed a memorandum of understanding that will lead to closer cooperation on programs such as the T129 attack helicopter.
Defense

A large piece of qualification hardware for NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System was damaged May 3 in a “Class B mishap” at the Michoud Assembly Facility.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Saudi Arabia has taken the wraps off an indigenous armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The changes could affect the not only the physical performance of human explorers assigned to deep-space missions, but also their performance upon returning to Earth, including responding to possible landing emergencies.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
Leonardo DRS’s Bill Lynn on the company’s prospects for trainer success, the U.S. defense budget and persistent questions about the sale of the company.
Program Management

By Jen DiMascio
Turkey’s new family of missiles, Egypt asks for Archangel border patrol aircraft, Aerojet’s AR1 rocket engine on track to fly in 2019 and CAE to train UAV pilots in the UAE.
Defense

Contractors are learning to use the new president’s blowhard tendencies to their advantage.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Turkish and British governments have ratified their agreements to allow BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace Industries to cooperate on the development of an indigenous Turkish fighter.
Defense

Saab’s beastly-looking anti-ship cruise missile, the RBS15, is to be upgraded and installed on Sweden’s new E-series JAS 39 Gripen and Visby-class corvette.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Australia will increase military spending by 5.6% for the coming fiscal year as it targets a defense budget of 2% of gross domestic product within four years.
Defense

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) this September will hold the first of what officials hope will be a yearly event concerning small UAS.
Defense

As Saab prepares to fly its newest JAS 39 Gripen E-series aircraft some time in the next couple of months, the company still is waging determined international sales campaigns for its in-production C/D model.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace Industries has taken the covers off its T625 twin-engine medium helicopter.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has formed a U.S.-based company, called Airbus Aerial, to bring together commercial satellite and unmanned aircraft remote sensing to provide data collection and image processing services to large and global enterprise customers.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Japan is considering an acquisition of Raytheon BGM-109 Tomahawk missiles, Kyodo news agency says.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
A year after forming a commercial business unit in a bid to expand out of its core defense market, unmanned aircraft manufacturer Insitu has unveiled a revamped suite of remote-sensing and information-processing services.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Logos Technologies’s Redkite sensor has captured and streamed wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) to multiple handheld devices in flight tests on Insitu’s Integrator tactical unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
Defense

Special Operations Command looks to Future Vertical Lift to help win on the battlefield of 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Richard Aboulafia
Improved export and U.S. orders, the T-X competition and a bridge to future fighter aircraft programs have put the Boeing unit in a better position.
Defense

The Swedish Air Force has little interest in any of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation T-X trainer candidates except the Boeing/Saab offer, but is not ready to rule them in or out as potential SK 60 replacements.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force recently demonstrated that the stealthy F-22 Raptor can securely communicate with the F-15C and other legacy aircraft in real-time over an advanced networking pod.
Defense