Defense

By Graham Warwick
More-electric systems, engine-airframe integration and flight-deck apps are among new research projects to be backed by almost $73 million in UK government funding.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Research into a new class of materials that promise to “revolutionize aircraft construction” is being funded by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has taken a stake in uAvionix, a startup developing miniaturized ADS-B transceivers for detect-and-avoid in UAVs.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Marine Corps plans to test an unmanned, disposable glider that can be launched from a transport aircraft to deliver supplies to ground forces.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Slovenia’s Pipistrel Aircraft has created a Chinese company to produce the Alpha Electro and Panthera electric-powered light aircraft.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
The possible foreign military sale of ordnance, equipment and services worth $415 million for a Singaporean training detachment of Boeing F-15s in Idaho has been OK'd.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL—On Tuesday, after a hiatus of 37 years, the quartet of thrusters at the rear of NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft successfully fired to test if they could keep the probe oriented with 10-millisecond pulses.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
The European Space Agency will invest in a new Vega small satellite launcher and a miniature reusable robotic spaceplane.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Bahrain has formally agreed to purchase 16 new-build Block 70 F-16s.
Defense

The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with a plan to give the F-35A a moving target capability in 2018.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has revealed it has ended serial production of the H120 single-engine light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The private sector is expected to play a big role in sustaining the latest version of the future human deep space exploration strategy for moving humans beyond low Earth orbit.
Defense

By Jens Flottau
Paul Eremenko may have been frustrated with internal resistance to change at Airbus. He was hired in 2015 to run A3, the Silicon Valley-based innovation hub.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
In this week’s Washington Outlook, ex-deputy defense secretary cautions on shorting computing research; costs up for Wfirst Telescope; terrorism a threat.
Defense

Aviation Week’s Pentagon Editor, Lara Seligman, got a behind-the-scenes look at the U.S. air war in Afghanistan from the back of a KC-135 Stratotanker.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s F-35 land base is scheduled to be ready for arrival of the first aircraft next summer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

As the man bridging the gap between military and commercial infrastructure, the commander of U.S. Transportation Command is leading the charge on cyber resiliency.
Defense

Need to go fishing for pirates or smugglers? London-based Horizon Technologies has a signals intelligence pod for that.
Defense

The Turkish government appears to have selected local microwave electronics firm Aselsan for its Stand-Off Jammer program, seeking four aircraft.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
The Philippines finally has confirmed an order for six Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos to fill a light attack requirement.
Defense

By combining multiple power sources, small manned aircraft could fly almost indefinitely, unlocking new potential.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Questions remain about frictionless, delay-free border controls between Britain and EU post-Brexit.
Air Transport

The U.S. military’s air operations center in the Middle East is reaping the benefits of computer software developed by the Pentagon’s Silicon Valley office.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
Qatar comes closer to buying 24 Typhoons, U.S.-Poland discuss missile and artillery deals, India tests BrahMos air-to-ground missile, and Colombia takes delivery of training system.
ShowNews

Boeing’s proposed double-range AGM-84 Harpoon Block II Plus has been launched from an F/A-18 as part of a preliminary flight-test campaign.
Defense