Defense

The strike on Syria's Shayrat airfield was the single biggest Tomahawk cruise missile bombardment since strikes on Libya in 2011.

As potential adversaries develop advanced counter-space and cyber capabilities, the Pentagon appears to be accepting the reality that war will inevitably extend to space.

The U.S. Navy wants to buy 130 additional Super Hornets over the next five years for $13.6 billion as part of an effort to beef up its strike fighter fleet.

India will soon supply indigenously-developed lightweight torpedoes to Myanmar in a deal worth about $38 million.

Airbus is stepping up support for partner Indonesian Aerospace as the Asian state company struggles with late deliveries and a military customer dissatisfied with product support.

In this week's Washington Outlook: Jeff Immelt urges business leaders not to count on government help, ATC reform may not tax GA operators, the NRO seeks more willingness to accept risk and the Air Force and FAA to start space traffic management pilot program.

In an attempt to get ahead of business trends, Lockheed Martin is combining its civil and commercial space lines of business into one unit.

The head of U.S. Transport Command says the planned retirement of 59 Boeing KC-10 Extenders may need to be reconsidered.

Brazil’s National Bank for Economic and Social Development is opening a credit line for countries wishing to purchase Brazilian defense equipment.

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is prepared to extend her current stay aboard the International Space Station for another three months.

Boeing's Global Services business unit, announced last November, will be operational in July.

Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a $2 billion missile defense deal with India.

Despite ongoing strikes that have forced Arianespace to suspend launches indefinitely, a ViaSat executive says he is "confident we’ll have ViaSat-2 in service by the end of the year."

Money is one of the key reasons the U.S. needs a new military service dedicated to space, says Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.).

The story line behind the aerospace industry’s grand consolidation.

Germany’s battle of the heavy-lift helicopters, India to buy 100 Barak-1 missiles while it looks to replace the type, Malaysia not ready to commit to Dassault Rafale fighters, and Aero Vodochody gets back into the light fighter game.

Air Force not committing to F-15C EW upgrade; Chile to receive Black Hawks; Intel chief watching for new ASAT weapons, and Boeing to deliver C-17 to India.

Blue Origin and SpaceX's plans toward full operational reusability are not all that different.

Aurora Flight Sciences has decided to design and build an improved, military-grade version of its Orion long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft.

Hybrid Enterprises, Lockheed Martin’s reseller of its LMH-1 Hybrid Airship, has signed an agreement to transport bulk liquid helium from sites in Africa.

European missile manufacturer MBDA has carried out air carriage and jettison trials of the new Sea Venom anti-ship missile from a Lynx helicopter.

United Launch Alliance has dropped the price of its workhorse Atlas V rocket by about one-third and will continue to drive down costs amid mounting competition from SpaceX.

A single-seat Lockheed Martin F-16C assigned to the U.S.

A multinational team of researchers studying data from NASA’s Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) satellite believe they have identified two major warnings signs that together trigger destructive space weather events.

India’s state-run space agency has partnered with a local defense equipment maker to develop two spare Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System spacecraft.