Defense

Harris will sell its CapRock Communications commercial business for $425 million in cash to SpeedCast International, the companies said Nov. 1.

Boeing’s ordnance shop in St. Charles, Missouri, is set to continue producing the U.S. military’s largest non-nuclear bomb, the 30,000-lb. GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP).

With Brazilian upgrades under its belt, Helibras looks for more work in Latin America.

Repaired U.S. Air Force F-35As are beginning to fly again after the discovery of faulty insulation inside the fuel tanks grounded 15 operational jets in September.

The Pentagon is tasking Lockheed Martin with tackling the international security challenges emerging from the F-35’s internal logistics system.

The FAA has extended through October 2018 its ban on U.S. air carriers from operating in and flying over a large region of eastern and southern Ukraine.

The U.S. Air Force has kicked off a scientific advisory board study that will begin identifying key capabilities needed to fight in the battlespace of 2030.

Avic is presenting its new Cloud Shadow jet and a greatly expanded development of its Wing Loong propeller-driven series at the show, while China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) is displaying the CH-5, a jet-propelled follow-on to its established CH-4.

Virgin Galactic plans to begin glide flights this week of the second, and significantly improved, SpaceShipTwo (SS2) suborbital vehicle.

Air Force Materiel Command still has concerns about the quality of Northrop’s maintenance work on the aging J-Stars jets and may need to expand safety inspections to the entire fleet.

The surface-to-surface Atacms weapon will be adapted for strikes on vessels up to 186 mi. (300 km) off the coast, providing the U.S. Army with its first coastal defense weapon in decades.

The huge friction-stir-welded propellant tanks just coming off the new Space Launch System (SLS) production line in New Orleans could be a source of structure for future space habitats.

In an industry sector seemingly synonymous with delays, cost overruns and unanticipated snags encountered during protracted test programs, Embraer's KC-390 twin-jet military transport aircraft appears to be an exception.

After a partial fleet grounding earlier this year over safety issues, the U.S. Air Force still has concerns about the quality of Northrop Grumman’s J-Stars maintenance work.

The British defense ministry has contracted with Raytheon UK to keep its fleet of Sentinel radar-reconnaissance aircraft in service until 2021.

Helibras president Richard Marelli said the company was “working hard to convince the Brazilian army,” to let the company fit the Hforce generic weapon system to one of the army’s Fennecs.

The next U.S. presidential administration will face major nuclear deterrent challenges, not the least of which will be to understand nuclear myths—which must be avoided—and what nuclear truths must be embraced.

Exercise Bersama Lima 16, held in Malaysia Oct. 4-21, provided the first opportunity for RAF Typhoons to be pitched against the Su-30MKMs of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

South Korean Massive Punishment and Retaliation is a plan to go after Kim Jong Un and other top North Korean leaders if they launch a nuclear attack.

The Pentagon is updating its nuclear triad as Russia and China prepare to field nuclear-capable hypersonic glide vehicles and maneuverable warheads.

Despite potential schedule and cost growth, the service is “comfortable” that Northrop’s B-21 will meet the technical requirements at a reasonable price.

The Hanwha Hyunmu 2 short-range ballistic missile is a likely basis of the submarine weapon that South Korea has reportedly begun developing.

From the SR-71’s “pie panels” to the B-2’s silver coatings and the F-35’s “magic” layer, an up-close look at stealth technology’s materials.

The U.S. Marine Corps hopes to introduce its MUX multi-mission UAV well ahead of the common Sikorsky H-60/Bell Helicopter H-1 replacement it is pursuing under the Army-led Future Vertical Lift Capability Set 3 program.

The 13 CubeSat-class spacecraft set to ride piggyback on the first flight of NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System will serve as pathfinders for future unmanned missions into deep space on the big new rocket, including a Europa mission as early as 2022.