Defense

By Graham Warwick
Airbus sees strong potential in an on-demand helicopter booking service incubated within its Silicon Valley outpost A³ and now in beta testing in Sao Paulo.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
Thales has received a 10-year service contract from the French Ministry of Defense worth $1.04 billion for the creation of an aeronautical consumables supply chain.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett, Kim Minseok
A requirement to double the South Korean maritime patroller force is regarded as urgent as North Korea works on a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Marhalim Abas
Malaysia’s military and government have been talking about obtaining new maritime patrol aircraft for a decade.
Defense

Raytheon’s long-serving Tomahawk cruise missile has been the Pentagon’s weapon of choice for day one of a conflict for almost three decades, but in 2014 the U.S. Navy proposed ending production to fund a successor.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko departed the six-person International Space Station early April 10.
Defense

The Tomahawk cruise missiles launched in response to Syria’s latest chemical weapons attack damaged or destroyed more than 20 Syrian fighters, the Pentagon says.
Defense

The odd-looking hybrid electric UAV that Aurora Flight Sciences is building for DARPA could be weaponized and adapted for the U.S. Marine Corps’ “MUX” mission.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Scientists may have unraveled an explanation for the thin atmosphere that seems to come and go from Ceres, the largest of the Solar System’s main belt asteroids.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The FAA has issued its first airspace restrictions that specifically apply only to UAVs.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Roketsan Laser-UMTAS (L-UMTAS)/Mizrak laser-guided missile was fired from the modified first prototype Hurkus-A in a demonstration on a weapon range in central Turkey.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Australia has chosen the Raytheon and Kongsberg Nasams missile system for short-range air defense of deployed forces.
Defense

By Guy Norris
China’s first international hypersonics conference, held in Xiamen, amounted to a coming-out party for the nation’s swift progress in high speed flight research.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Could China’s hypersonic combined-cycle engine be the first to fly?
Aerospace

By Bradley Perrett, Marhalim Abas
Wealthy and well-armed Singapore tends to not to shirk at paying for expensive military equipment. That factor could help the Poseidon as it assesses patroller options.
Defense

The decision not to offer an aircraft for the OA-X demonstration this summer makes it the second major defense contractor in two weeks to opt out.
Defense

Despite Russian claims, Pentagon officials say all 59 Raytheon-built Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles fired against Syria’s Shayrat airfield on April 7 reached their intended targets.
Defense

The strike on Syria's Shayrat airfield was the single biggest Tomahawk cruise missile bombardment since strikes on Libya in 2011.
Defense

As potential adversaries develop advanced counter-space and cyber capabilities, the Pentagon appears to be accepting the reality that war will inevitably extend to space.
Defense

The U.S. Navy wants to buy 130 additional Super Hornets over the next five years for $13.6 billion as part of an effort to beef up its strike fighter fleet.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India will soon supply indigenously-developed lightweight torpedoes to Myanmar in a deal worth about $38 million.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Airbus is stepping up support for partner Indonesian Aerospace as the Asian state company struggles with late deliveries and a military customer dissatisfied with product support.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
In this week's Washington Outlook: Jeff Immelt urges business leaders not to count on government help, ATC reform may not tax GA operators, the NRO seeks more willingness to accept risk and the Air Force and FAA to start space traffic management pilot program.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
In an attempt to get ahead of business trends, Lockheed Martin is combining its civil and commercial space lines of business into one unit.
Defense

The head of U.S. Transport Command says the planned retirement of 59 Boeing KC-10 Extenders may need to be reconsidered.
Defense