Defense

By Tony Osborne
The first V-model Black Hawk took to the air on Jan. 19, following the installation of the Northrop Grumman-designed cockpit by Huntsville, Alabama-based Yulista Aviation.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters CEO Guillaume Faury says the company still has faith in its H225/EC225 heavy helicopter and is determined to restore confidence in the aircraft for the oil and gas community.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters CEO Guillaume Faury has said that 2016 was as difficult a year for the rotary-wing industry as 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis. And it is unlikely to improve this year.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Hope that reduced integration costs will free up funding for more frequent capability upgrades is behind industry’s willingness to embrace open avionics standards and increased competition, says U.S. Air Force.
Connected Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
In this week’s Washington Outlook: the SpaceX CEO makes a third trip to talk with Team Trump, why the idea of a wall in Mexico needs an adjustment and a look back at what happens when rhetoric meets reality.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. State Department approves Foreign Military Sale requests, Saudia Arabia inducts F-15SAs into fleet, Indonesian president wants to see final A400M accident report, and Raytheon wins fourth full-rate production contract for SM-6.
Defense

As Russia beefs up its military and signals a more aggressive foreign policy, the JSF is essential to guarding NATO's northern flank.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Shark and seal skins, even speed skater’s suits, are inspiring drag-reduction technologies eyed for coating U.S. Air Force transports and tankers to curb jet fuel consumption.
Defense

The Trump administration’s drive toward a 350-ship U.S. Navy bodes well for Raytheon’s space and airborne systems business.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
Development of the Ariane 6 rocket is said to be progressing on schedule for a first flight in 2020.
Defense

California-based Kratos Defense will show off its autonomous combat UAV during a military exercise later this year.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
Malaysia has sent its first Airbus A400M Atlas airlifter back to Seville, Spain, for an upgrade at the manufacturer’s expense.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India has rolled out the first indigenously upgraded Hawk Mk132 trainer aircraft, Hawk-i, which will help provide improved situational awareness and training capability.
Defense

Sudanese President Omar al Bashir signed several cooperation agreements with King Salman of Saudi Arabia during a brief visit to Riyadh last week, reports ch-aviation.
Defense

As the U.S. Air Forces presses ahead with development of a next-generation nuclear missile, a new report says the service must retain the capability of adding multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, or MIRVs, if the strategic balance shifts.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
A new $312 million pretax charge against earnings for the U.S. Air Force KC-46A aerial refueling tanker program is not a material concern, prime contractor Boeing’s leaders said Jan. 25.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
With Britain set to receive its first of nine Boeing P-8 Poseidons in 2019, it will be the first time the two countries have operated the same maritime patrol aircraft since the 1950s.
Defense

Raytheon and its partner, Italian defense company Leonardo, are exiting the increasingly crowded competition to build the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation T-X trainer, citing challenges reaching a “business agreement.
Defense

Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services has launched an internal research and development effort to create a cyberintrusion detection system to be included in the cockpits of military and civil aircraft.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India has decided to buy approximately 57 fighters to operate from its aircraft carriers.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) formally inducted the first Boeing F-15SA (Saudi Advanced) Eagles into its inventory during a ceremony in Riyadh on Jan. 25.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry has disposed of its inventory of its Air-Launched Anti-Radar Missiles, which had been used to suppress and destroy enemy air defenses.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Indonesian approval of funding for transport aircraft is a step toward a planned purchase of A400M Atlases, but will not result in an immediate order.
Defense

An international array of teams remain in the running for top money in the race to the Moon’s surface in the $30 million Google Lunar X-Prize competition.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Lockheed Martin Chairman, President, and CEO Marillyn Hewson said Jan. 24 that she has used her meetings with new U.S. President Donald Trump to explain what the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter prime contractor already is doing to help lower costs on the Pentagon’s largest-ever acquisition effort.
Defense