Defense

By Tony Osborne
A Rapid Capability Office set up by the U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) is to work with Leonardo to further develop its BriteCloud expendable decoy system.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Swift Engineering has completed autonomous marine flight tests on its Swift020 vertical-takeoff-and-landing small unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Lockheed Martin’s Procerus Technologies has introduced an all-weather, military-grade Indago 3 version of its commercial small unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has carried out its first aerial refueling contacts using an automated system, a test which could pave the way for automatic refueling of receiver aircraft.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Inmarsat has launched a satellite communications service for unmanned aircraft using a small terminal developed by Cobham Satcom.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s Aselsan has begun development of an indigenous active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar likely to become the primary sensor of the country’s future fighter.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s Tubitak Sage research institute has unveiled a family of air-to-air missiles which could go onto equip the country’s future indigenous fighter, the TF-X.
Defense

Congress boosted funding for new aircraft by 15%, but overall defense received a meager increase.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aerojet Rocketdyne’s proposed replacement for the Russian-build RD-180 rocket engine, the liquid-fueled AR1, has completed its critical design review.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Technologies, capabilities and knowledge increasingly appear to be coming together in ways that experts believe could address the question of whether life emerged elsewhere than on Earth.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The James Webb Space Telescope’s long $8.8 billion journey from concept to deep space achieved a weekend milestone.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Europe’s proposed regulations on operating UAVs go beyond the FAA’s Part 107 rule.
Defense

The U.S. Air Force’s Boeing-built X-37B reusable spaceplane has touched down in Florida after spending 718 days in space.
Defense

Kratos Defense & Security has settled on names for its two prized combat UAVs, dubbing them “Mako” and “Valkyrie.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Rotorcraft operator CHC Helicopter is now providing all three of Australia’s armed services with search-and-rescue coverage.
Defense

By Jay Menon
After several delays, India is finally expected to conduct the first flight test of the BrahMos-A, the air-launched version of the Indo-Russian supersonic missile, in June.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Embattled aerospace supplier Triumph Group has struck a deal with creditors that could lead to insolvency for its Vought Aircraft unit, whose roots date to the dawn of powered aviation.
Defense

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
The Tactical Ship-to-Land Missile will supplement the larger Hyunmu 3 cruise missile already deployed on destroyers. Unlike Hyunmu 3, it will be entirely under the control of the navy.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Gryphon detects drones for FAA; Marines pick Finland’s Sensofusion; ScanEagle flies on fuel cell; Ligado/Harris team on BVLOS; other UAS news.
Aerospace

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Air Force announced May 6 that it will send the F-35A to the Paris Air Show, less than two weeks after a service spokeswoman and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) told Aviation Week and other news outlets that the fifth-generation aircraft would skip the event.
Defense

The rocket engine battle between the 500,000-lb.-thrust class Aerojet Rocketdyne AR1 and Blue Origin BE-4 is heating up.
Space

By Jay Menon
India on May 5 launched the South Asia Satellite, aimed at meeting the growing telecommunications and broadcasting needs of India and six of its regional neighbors.
Defense

The U.S. Navy program to arm the Littoral Combat Ship/Future Frigate with a long-range ship-killing missile has narrowed to one near-certain entrant and two others on the ropes.
Defense

ForeFlight and Jeppesen are teaming up to offer a broad range of products to business and general aviation, military and airline customers.
Defense

After a one-month closure of Europe’s spaceport in Kourou due to labor strikes in French Guiana, Arianespace has successfully resumed launches.
Defense