Defense

India has increased its defense budget to 2.74 trillion rupees ($40.8 billion) for the fiscal year beginning April 1, an increase of about 6% over the previous year.

A UK-developed large quadrotor that can fly unmanned or manned is being flight tested by the U.S. Army as it develops requirements for a future joint tactical aerial resupply vehicle (JTARV).

Russia’s TsAGI central aerohydrodynamic institute has conducted low-speed wind tunnel testing of an integrated wing/body concept for a heavy transport aircraft.

The USA's satellite solutions provider Kymeta says the Middle East is shaping up as a key market for its mTenna high-throughput satellite connectivity terminal for which aviation grade solutions are expected by the end of the decade and commercial solutions will go to market in Q2 this year.

Jon Lake looks at the Sikorsky S-70i helicopter as it continues to make inroads in the Middle East region.

Sukhoi and MiG benefit from Indian orders. But competition from U.S. and other Western nations is growing.

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India’s defense budget increases by 6%; IAI system provides electronic protection for avionics; a new drone database; Boeing’s latest tanker contract.

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Analysis of a meteorite of Martian origin confirms the now-cold and desert-like Red Planet was volcanically active for at least 2 billion years, a research effort shows.

Defense Secretary James Mattis has directed his deputy to develop a supplemental budget request for fiscal 2017 that increases the Pentagon’s topline funding as well as long-term plans to build a “more lethal” force.

The U.S. Marine Corps’ top aviator says he believes a side-by-side review of the F/A-18 Super Hornet and the F-35 will validate the need for the fifth-generation Joint Strike Fighter.

Northrop Grumman has bowed out of the competition for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation training aircraft.

The U.S. Army and Air Force are awarding contracts to address an urgent operational need for counter-UAS systems.

Bell is planning to end production of its Model 206L LongRanger single-engine light helicopter later this year.

A British spending watchdog says there are high risks to the UK’s plans to spend £178 billion ($224.9 billion) on new defense equipment over the next 10 years.

The Israeli company is optimistic about its growth plan, despite increased global competition.

The top Norwegian defense company believes its Joint Strike Missile would enhance Norway’s maritime patrol capability.

The British Navy is enthusiastic about Wildcat performance, even before the rotorcraft receives some finishing touches

The engine maker has appointed new leaders of its military and commercial engine divisions.

The U.S. Air Force wants to grow from 55 fighter squadrons today to 60, with an uptick in enlisted personnel from 317,000 this year to 350,000 over an unspecified period.

The U.S. Air Force is filling in the details of a plan to study what commercial-off-the-shelf designs might be a good fit for a possible light-attack fleet.

As Norway looks to modernize its maritime patrol fleet charged with hunting Russian submarines in the North Atlantic, Kongsberg is looking to equip the nation’s new P-8 fleet with its Joint Strike Missile (JSM).

The U.S. Air Force has flicked the switch on a $203 million contract option with Sikorsky for five additional HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters.

Honeywell Aerospace is investigating ways to make its synthetic vision systems “more robust” following a June 18 incident in Australia involving a medevac Pilatus PC-12 outfitted with the company’s Primus Apex integrated avionics suite.