Defense

By Michael Bruno
Honeywell on May 17 unveiled a roughly $100 million corporate venture capital (CVC) effort to invest in early stage, high-growth technology companies that match the Tier 1 provider’s portfolio and software ambitions.
Defense

Europe's space launch industry will roll out a new name at the upcoming Paris Air Show to cap a consolidation that started in 2014.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
The Philippines has yet again reissued a request for tenders for six light attack aircraft it has been seeking since 2012.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Japan’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are accepting proposals from the international scientific community for analysis of tiny samples of the asteroid Itokawa.
Defense

SuperJet International's Board of Directors has appointed Stefano Marazzani new chief executive officer of SuperJet International.
Defense

Boeing is forging ahead with KC-46 Pegasus FAA airworthiness certification in the hopes of getting the aircraft certified for delivery to the U.S. Air Force by year’s end.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
NATO has launched a study into next-generation rotorcraft capabilities that could replace the alliance’s helicopter fleets by around 2040.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Army and Marine Corps are developing requirements for an unmanned aircraft able to carry 300-800 lb. of cargo 20-100 km (12-60 mi.) to lighten the load carried by soldiers.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Boeing is studying a tailsitting vertical-takeoff-and-landing design for the U.S. Marine Corps’ emerging MUX requirement for a long-range, long-endurance expeditionary unmanned aircraft.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Space start-up Rocket Lab is gearing up for the first test flight of its Electron launch vehicle during a 10-day launch window opening May 17.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Japanese acquisition of at least two Lockheed Martin Aegis Ashore installations for ballistic-missile defense looks increasingly likely.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Piasecki Aircraft is pursuing a modular multimission vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle for the U.S. Marine Corps’ emerging MUX expeditionary unmanned aircraft requirement.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft has successfully test-fired a Derby air-to-air Beyond Visual Range missile, a major step toward the aircraft’s Final Operational Clearance.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The six-metric-ton T625 is the result of Turkish program launched in 2013 to locally produce a rotorcraft that could replace hundreds of aging UH-1 Hueys.
Program Management

Marine Corps is touting the stealthy JSF in training exercises in Japan, South Korea, and Alaska.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Nineteen months after the U.S. Air Force banned lightweight pilots from flying the F-35, the service is lifting the restriction.
Defense

Boeing will build its next-generation T-X training aircraft in St. Louis, where it already completes assembly and checkout of the F/A-18 and F-15.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Italian investigators probing the fatal crash of the second prototype AW609 commercial tiltrotor have concluded that faulty logic within the aircraft’s flight control system ultimately led to the accident.
Defense

Amid heightened tensions with China and North Korea, the U.S. Marine Corps is showcasing the F-35B’s warfighting capabilities in exercises around the Pacific Rim.
Defense

The U.S. Air Force has settled on Textron’s Scorpion jet and AT-6 Wolverine turboprop, along with Sierra Nevada and Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano, to face off in a light attack demonstration this summer.
Defense

The U.S. Air Force has settled on Textron’s Scorpion jet and AT-6 Wolverine turboprop, along with Sierra Nevada and Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano, to face off in a light attack demonstration this summer.
Defense

The United Arab Emirates has requested up to 160 new Patriot missiles built by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon in a deal worth up to $2 billion if finalized.
Defense

Boeing is positioning for U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command’s (Usasoc) future H-6 replacement program by offering to upgrade and life extend the current fleet and deliver a new, advanced model based on the company’s AH-6.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India has postponed the launch of its long-awaited Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 3 heavy rocket by one month, to June, to allow more time for prelaunch testing.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett, Kim Minseok
A new single-stage, liquid-propellant missile that North Korea tested on May 14 may fall only a little short of the conventional classification of an ICBM.
Defense