Defense

U.S. Marine Forces Japan has suspended Bell-Boeing MV-22 flying operations after one of its assigned tiltrotors, worth about $80 million, crash landed in shallow waters off the coast of Okinawa due to a midair refueling mishap.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Juno mission spacecraft soared close to Jupiter for a third time Dec. 11 with all but one of eight science instruments and cameras gathering data on features hidden below the planet’s colorful cloud tops.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Italian air force has taken delivery of the first two of four maritime patrol derivatives of the ATR-72-600 regional airliner.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
The aerospace and defense supply chain stands at another inflection point for companies, especially at lower tiers. Many face pressures to grow or get out, analysts and executives say.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India’s state-run space agency has partnered with an Indian defense company on the construction of new navigation satellites—part of a broader effort to engage with the country’s private sector.
Defense

During the Kenyan leg of her visit, Armed Forces Minister Penny Mordaunt met with the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Defence, Raychelle Omamo, to discuss the UK and Kenya's long-standing Defence relationship, and the pair spoke with influential women working in the Kenyan security sector.
Defense

Sens. Cochran and Wicker lend Republican clout to the company’s low-risk entry for the U.S. Air Force T-X trainer competition under a Trump presidency.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Boeing plans to move the headquarters of its defense operation from St. Louis to the Washington, D.C., area in January, basing top executives just a short walk away from their Pentagon customer.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Astronauts teamed with NASA’s Mission Control to grapple and berth the sixth Japanese-launched resupply mission capsule with its 4 1/2-ton cargo to the six-person International Space Station early Dec. 13.
Defense

The deadly midair collision between a Lockheed Martin F-16CM and Cessna 150M over South Carolina last year shows just how difficult it is for small aircraft to spot each other and deconflict under see-and-avoid rules.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Germany has received its sixth A400M, delivered in the latest tactical standard allowing it to operate from unprepared grass runways and perform low-level flight operations
Defense

Boeing Defense has completed its first major cockpit overhaul of the E-3A airborne early warning and control aircraft and returned it to NATO in Germany for acceptance and eventual operational service.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Estonia’s air force is hoping for funds to purchase surplus PZL-Mielec M-28 Skytruck light transports from the U.S. Air Force to meet an urgent need for utility aircraft.
Defense

Djibouti's Ivory Jet Services will add a maiden Dassault Aviation Falcon 900 to its fleet next year, reports ch-aviation.
Defense

Lockheed Martin is aggressively marketing its PZL subsidiary's M28 Skytruck to African customers looking to replace existing An-28s, Airbus C212s, and even Mi-17 helicopters. Jon Lake reports.
Defense

The U.S. missed several opportunities over almost 70 years to expand hypersonics into research and development of operational systems.
Emerging Technologies

SpaceX says the demonstration flight to the International Space Station with two crewmembers has been delayed to give engineers more time to complete their investigation into a Sept. 1 pad explosion.
Defense

The Mississippi congressional delegation supporting Raytheon’s T-100 bid for the U.S. Air Force T-X next-generation trainer program has been bolstered by President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Space company Rocket Lab is targeting the start of test flights for its Electron launch vehicle from its New Zealand facility early in the new year.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Three major F-35 players saw their stocks drop sharply Dec. 12 after President-elect Donald Trump slammed Lockheed Martin’s Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) for “out of control” costs on Twitter.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
A Japanese utility helicopter program may be close to revival following an inquiry into the navy’s handling of the process.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s New Frontiers planetary science program has settled on six possible mission themes as it seeks principal investigator-led mission proposals.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Mars One, the first publicly traded venture to propose the colonization of another planet, has its first major investor, the Hong Kong-based investment firm World Stock & Bond Trade Limited.
Defense

Airbus’s C295W triumphs in Canada over Leonardo C-27J and Embraer KC-390 in the fixed-wing SAR competition.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Extra sets electrifying record; transforming UAV launched; DARPA wants swarm tactics; NASA steers sonic booms; hydrogen filling stations for UAVs.
Aerospace