Saab Grintek Defense (SGD) will transfer its technology to Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) for in-country maintenance of Saab’s Integrated Defensive Aids Suite (IDAS) system in India.
In 1917 Aviation Week’s founding editors issued an urgent warning about the lack of preparedness of the U.S. to fight an air war. Such concerns prompted President Woodrow to take action, resulting in the establishment of NASA Langley.
The head of the F-35 Joint Program Office says the outer wings of 32 carrier-based C-models need to be replaced to carry the Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder, the aircraft’s primary dogfighting weapon.
After almost seven decades of development and testing in high-speed flight, the U.S. finally looked set to become the undisputed leader in hypersonics. What changed? Listen in as our editors discuss.
Financial charges from the delayed U.S. Air Force KC-46A aerial refueling tanker continue to ripple across industry, with refueling system provider Cobham warning it will take $187 million in charges.
The U.S. Air Force is sending its first operational squadron of F-35s to the Pacific this year as part of a theater security package, according to a top general.
Ceres, the largest of the Solar System’s main belt asteroids, shows evidence of surface organics, the carbon-based building blocks for life, according to new findings from NASA’s Dawn mission spacecraft.
Austria has filed a criminal complaint against Airbus Defense and Space and Eurofighter claiming that the companies have been deceiving Austria over its purchase of Typhoon fighter jets.
The U.S. Navy has begun meeting with rocket manufacturers to support Orbital ATK’s development of an extended-range Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile.
Boeing and Lockheed Martin say they will enter the U.S. Navy’s competition for an extended-range, ship-destroying missile for Littoral Combat Ship/Frigate warships.
The UK Royal Air Force has been testing a Northrop Grumman-developed airborne gateway system to covertly pass information between the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Eurofighter Typhoon.
India is showing interest in Rafael’s I-Derby Extended Range (ER) beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, mainly for its indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).
Brazil has decided to decommission its single aircraft carrier, bringing into question the future of its navy Skyhawk fleet and the future development of a naval version of the Saab Gripen.
China’s air-to-air missile arsenal, Taiwan modifying Chingkuo fighter as a trainer, India’s new AWACS aircraft, Orbital wins military satellite contract and a C295W training services contract for CAE.
Gordon Gekko may have been a fictional movie character, but increasingly he seems alive and well in the boardrooms of U.S. A&D companies—and he could be aiming for a corner office near you, too.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) pegs the amount of money needed to modernize the U.S. Cold War-era nuclear arsenal at $400 billion through fiscal 2026, if the Trump administration continues with the planned purchase of new bombers, missiles and submarines.
Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, in coordination with the White House, has ordered a study of what it would take to put astronauts on the first flight of the Orion crew capsule around the Moon, a mission currently scheduled for next year.
With their first Lockheed Martin F-35 squadrons now declared ready for combat, the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps want to speed up the introduction of agile weapons capable of striking fast-moving targets.
Boeing’s civil businesses could contribute to the industrial package accompanying an offer of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets for the Indian navy, the company says.
