Defense

How ready are the B-52s today to respond to a crisis, on the Korean Peninsula or elsewhere?

Twelve F-35As from Hill AFB, Utah’s 34th Fighter Squadron are set to deploy to Kadena Air Base, Japan, in early November for a six-month rotation.

The aircraft are being adopted by the Coast Guard from the military for maritime patrol and search-and-rescue missions through an inter-governmental transfer deal directed by Congress in the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act.

Given the challenging global security environment, so the 38-year-old Eagle will fly on, at least for a while.

Prague has requested to purchase 12 UH-1Ys along with engines, sensors, spares and support for $575 million as part of its program to replace its fleet of Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters.

An executive order signed by the president Oct. 20 gives the U.S. Air Force the power to recall up to 1,000 retired airmen, but there are no plans for an involuntary recall.

The expected order for 12 helicopters will help fill a Republic of Korea Navy requirement for 40 new shipborne rotorcraft for anti-submarine and anti-ship operations.

NASA’s second extension of the Dawn probe's mission will allow low-altitude observations of the Texas-sized asteroid Ceres during its close pass of the Sun next year.

The remote sensing spacecraft will launch along with 30 foreign piggyback nanosatellites.

Inmarsat still expects the European Aviation Network (EAN) to be operational by the end of the year, despite an attempt by rival satellite operators to block it.

What the metaphor of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse can tell us about the industry’s future.

Lockheed Martin’s long-range cruise missile is being installed on the F-15E, F-16, B-2 and B-52 combat aircraft.

Canadian drone collision; Boeing autonomy investment; drones over crowds; regional biofuels; unmanned medevac

The two companies have released images showing little except aerial refuel pods attached to mystery aircraft.

The astronauts replaced a poorly focused camera light assembly crucial to cargo spacecraft docking.

The U.S. Air Force’s F-35A made its first appearance on the Korean peninsula this week, a clear sign of U.S. muscle.

Germany and France have taken the next steps in the creation of a joint air transport unit flying the Lockheed C-130J Hercules.

NASA is laying the groundwork for spacewalking International Space Station astronauts to repair vital internal cooling system pumps on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

News network CNN has been approved to fly drones over crowds, becoming the first operator granted a waiver to FAA rules banning flights over people.

The new weapons are intended to counter North Korean artillery bombardment of border areas, including Seoul.

Washington think tank proposes repairing and replacing the military’s equipment; Defense Secretary James Mattis wants a new round of base closures; Santa Monica airport is free to shorten a runway.

A look at the state of play on the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based aerial-refueling UAV, to the U.S. Air Force’s attempt to replace its Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System and its T-X advanced combat trainer program.

Privately owned Blue Origin completed its first successful hotfire test of a full-scale methane-fueled BE-4 rocket engine that is expected to not only power Blue’s fleet of reusable orbital New Glenn vehicles, but also replace the Russian-made engines used by United Launch Alliance boosters.

“No enemy in the field has done more to harm the warfighting readiness of our military than sequestration,” the defense secretary wrote in a letter to armed services lawmakers.

U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command has given the go-ahead for more than 300 Air National Guard-operated pre-Block 40 Lockheed Martin F-16s to be fitted with the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System.