Defense

The Pentagon has approved the release of Raytheon’s over-the-horizon Standard Missile-6 for international sales, the company announced Jan. 10.

After a remarkable 12-year boom, world aircraft industry output growth sputtered to a halt in 2016.

Want to get on the radar of the relatively new head of Lockheed Martin’s $100 million venture capital effort? It might be easier than imagined.

Airbus Defense and Space and Leonardo have secured £680 million ($826.4 million) worth of support contracts from the UK defense ministry.

NASA must likely alter its risk mitigation strategy for spare parts as the agency pursues its human Mars exploration ambitions, experts say.

India has signed a satellite launch technology agreement with France to improve cooperation on future space launchers and an upcoming lunar rover mission.

The T-X and J-Stars competitions are finally underway, but who will respond and who is all talk?

Under a contract announced last week with Babcock Mission Critical Services, the French air force will use the Pilatus PC-21 turboprop at an intermediate phase of fighter pilot training.

MD Helicopters will begin delivering six MD 530G light scout attack helicopters in March, filling a Malaysian army requirement of more than two decades.

LYON, France—Three members of the French government have reiterated their support for the country’s aerospace industry, in what sounds like a response to complaints about plummeting public research funding from the industry lobbying group Goupement des Industries Francaises Aeronautiques et Spatiales (GIFAS).

Aircraft and space systems parts and electronics provider Ducommun will welcome a new chief executive Jan. 23, with United Technologies Corp. (UTC) alumnus Stephen G. Oswald taking over as CEO and president.

The Philippines has reissued a request for tenders for six light attack aircraft to replace long-serving OV-10 Broncos, emphasizing economy and sustainability.

France ordered more AASM Hammer precision-guided air-to-ground munitions from Safran Electronics & Defense on Dec. 29 that will include improved production processes.

Britain’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has developed a smartphone app which could analyze laser events with aircraft and provide law enforcement agencies with the information they need to prosecute offenders.

India is set to conduct a launch escape system trial later this month, verifying the rescue systems for future human spaceflight missions in case of an emergency.

Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy talks to Aviation Week’s editors about its cyberbusiness and transformational technologies.

The U.S. Air Force and Boeing are making progress in their development of a guidance kit for the B61-12 nuclear bomb.

Two Joint Strike Fighters caught fire in 2016, the latest version of the logistics system is delayed, and the final warfighting software still has problems.

Whether you agree with our selection of Carter, Kendall and Work or think it was a bad choice, we’d like to hear why.

Top U.S. officials revamped acquisition of weapons, engaged non-traditional companies and pushed for new technologies and thinking in the Defense Department.

U.S. Air Force kicks off its $16.3 billion T-X contest as gaps in fighter pilot training grow.

The outgoing president has initiated a series of new competitions and contracts, leaving the incoming president with his hands full.

The U.S. Air Force is launching a new cyber swat team to build resiliency into new programs and troubleshoot existing problems, Secretary Deborah Lee James announced Jan. 6.

Startup Vanilla Aircraft is preparing to attempt a 100-hr. flight with its VA001 small unmanned aircraft system, having already set a world endurance record for its powerplant type and weight class of 55.9 hr.

Thales has received a firm order from the French armament procurement agency DGA for 105 Spy’Ranger “mini drones” which the country’s army will use for surveillance and reconnaissance.