Defense

Swedish aerospace and defense firm Saab has carried out a successful flight test of its JAS-39 Gripen fighter run on rapeseed oil-based biofuel.

India will soon buy more than 100 additional Barak-I missiles from Israel for about 5 billion rupees ($77 million).

India plans to launch five communications satellites by December.

The service must weigh risks posed by a short-term capability gap against moving more rapidly to a modern combat air fleet.

Aurora Flight Sciences builds confidence in its XV-24A LightningStrike high-speed VTOL design with subscale flights showing the configuration can convert between vertical and forward flight.

Aviation Week has won top honors in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.

Britain’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency has formally commenced search-and-rescue operations with the Leonardo AW189.

Andalusia may be best known to most North Americans as a prime Spanish vacation destination, but increasingly, economic development officials want to make it the same for U.S. and Canadian aerospace manufacturers, too.

The U.S. Air Force is researching “cyberimmune system” technology enabled by artificial intelligence.

Gen. John Hyten, who oversees all U.S. nuclear forces, backs arming surface ships with devastating new types of super-fast, long-range missiles.

The government will choose the winner for the $27 billion Future Frigate program next year.

Scientists assigned to NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft have quantified the red planet’s loss of atmosphere to the forces of the solar wind and radiation.

The head of U.S. Strategic Command (Stratcom) says he would consider any use of nuclear weapons against America and its allies by Russia, or any other nation, no matter the explosive yield, a strategic attack.

The chief executive of one of the West’s leading aerospace manufacturers and lessors, General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt, has a message for fellow aerospace, defense and aviation business leaders.

Development of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) C-2 airlifter is complete, 16 years after program launch, says the Japanese defense ministry, declaring the type fit for service.

Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov has completed the first flight of the An-132D light airlifter developed in partnership with Saudi Arabia.

Swedish aerospace and defense firm Saab will develop a new anti-ship missile to equip the next generation Gripen as well as Swedish naval vessels.

Russian Helicopters has delivered the two ship-based Kamov Ka-226T light twin helicopters to a “Russian Security Agency.”

Which new airframe should the U.S. Air Force’s “Compass Call” electronic warfare mission transition to?

Malaysia is not ready to buy the Dassault Rafale, despite a renewed push by France to persuade the country to choose the fighter for a current requirement.

By Oscar Nkala| Six people were killed when a Libyan Air Force (LAF) MiG-21 fighter jet crashed into a house in the Watar district to the south of the city of Tobruk on Wednesday.

BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin have won contracts for training and support of the UK’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighters once the aircraft arrive in the UK in 2018.

The service is re-examining training processes and exploring new programs to retain pilots.

The F-15C may still have an undefeated aerial combat record, but the 38-year-old aircraft could be slated for retirement if the U.S. Air Force decides not to fund a major structural life-extension program.

How the F-15 proposal differs from failed attempts to retire aircraft; another request for regulations; a burning disagreement, and F-35 JPO chief retiring.