The Pentagon's new top weapons buyer hopes to offload day-to-day oversight of most major acquisition programs from the department--with a few exceptions.
Training machines to look for missile-launch sites; Greece considers options for F-16 upgrades; the first GPS III satellite is ready for launch, and Russia’s next airborne early warning aircraft
The Ground-Based Interceptor is the central flight component of the Boeing Ground-based Midcourse Defense system and is topped by the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle.
Eutelsat 172B, the first European-built all-electric satellite, has reached geostationary orbit in just more than fourth months, allowing manufacturer Airbus and operator Eutelsat to claim a new record.
Northrop Grumman subsidiary Scaled Composites has flown its latest experimental aircraft, the Model 401, built for an unspecified “proprietary customer” to demonstrate low-cost manufacturing techniques.
HOUSTON—The U.S. Joint Polar Satellite System is poised to reach full strength for improved weather forecasting, environmental assessments and climate modeling on global scales with the scheduled Nov.
HOUSTON—Four British academic and industrial research institutions have been selected by the UK Space Agency to develop advanced microgravity research experiments for flight aboard the International Space Station (ISS) under a £230,000 ($304,000) U.S.
A new regulation addresses cybersecurity at defense primes and their suppliers, or better yet, the lack thereof, which has led to problems in the past.
The Hellenic Defense Ministry is expected to sign a letter of agreement by the end of this month to modernize its F-16 fleet—a deal that could be worth more than $1.5 billion, according to Greek aerospace officials.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has transitioned exclusively to production of the extended-range MQ-1C Gray Eagle for the U.S. Army after completing production of the 165th and final baseline aircraft.
Raytheon Missile Systems has presented its offering for the U.S. Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires program, a precision-guided missile aptly named DeepStrike.
NASA spacewalking astronauts Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei returned to the outside of the International Space Station Oct. 10 to perform several maintenance tasks.
The Pentagon has selected Lockheed Martin to upgrade the U.S. Army’s long-range artillery rocket to strike moving targets both on land and at sea under an effort run by the department’s secretive innovation office, Aviation Week has learned.
Honeywell International will hold on to its traditional aerospace and defense businesses and may try to grow them through merger and acquisition activity, Honeywell President and CEO Darius Adamczyk said.
Afghanistan will become the first operator of Orbital ATK’s upgraded AC-208II, a weaponized Cessna Caravan, through a $69 million contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force last month.
At least one company believes directed energy could be the future of mobile air defense against incoming rockets, artillery shells, mortar rounds and even small drones.
Indonesia rolled out two new types of helicopters and its latest military hardware in a live-fire display at a civilian port to celebrate the anniversary of its armed forces on Oct. 5.
Special mission operators in harsh environments such as the Middle East will benefit from a new modification to the King Air 350ER currently being tested by Texas-based Blackhawk Modifications.
