Defense

Avic’s Hongdu works has rolled out an improved version of the L-15 Falcon trainer with greater light-attack capability.

Britain's Financial Reporting Council is looking into the conduct of auditing firm KPMG over its audits of Rolls-Royce’s financial statements during 2009-2012.

Thailand is getting underwater-launched CM-708UNB Sea Eagle missiles as part of the package for the submarine it is buying from China.

Orbital ATK, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance are key contenders for the Air Force’s EELV launch service investments.

Face-to-Face with David Wajsgras, Raytheon’s vice president and president of the Intelligence, Information and Services business unit, and former CFO.

In this week’s roundup: Japan considers missile defense system to counter North Korean threat, State Department approves potential U.S. Foreign Military Sales to New Zealand and Kenya and Russia’s Ka-52K completes first maritime test.

Results of newly completed water-tunnel tests indicate that a cargo door-configured BWB design is viable, providing a vital boost to the project.

The U.S. government has initiated a “block buy” of more than 300 F-35s that will enable its international partners to purchase Lockheed Martin’s Joint Strike Fighter in bulk over three years.

The chief of Boeing’s defense arm is “not thrilled” with the troubled KC-46 tanker program, but is confident the aircraft will be delivered to the USAF this year.

Business boosters at the U.S. Aerospace Industries Association want Washington to designate a senior U.S. government official as a space industry advocate, according to a new report.

A Long March 5 has arrived at its launch base for the second mission of the heavy rocket type, China’s largest, and the first for the country’s big new satellite bus.

Organizers of this year’s Paris Air Show are beefing up security measures following a series of terror attacks in France over the last 24 months.

Japan is urgently studying installation of Aegis Ashore air-and-missile-defense systems in response to the rising threat from North Korea, the Kyodo news agency says.

In the new era of President Donald Trump, the head of Boeing’s defense arm sees a bright future for the company’s iconic fighters.

NASA is assembling a panel of experts to review technical, cost and schedule challenges associated with the planned Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope.

The satellite was proposed by India Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 to provide a full range of applications and services to India’s south Asian neighbors.

The FAA is testing Gryphon Sensors’ counter-drone system at Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport, the latest in a series of detection system evaluations that began in early 2016.

Boeing is going all-in with its new partner Leonardo Helicopters for the U.S. Air Force’s $2-3 billion UH-1N Huey Replacement competition.

The tools, which exploit a branch of computer science called formal methods to eliminate vulnerabilities in software, were developed under Darpa’s High Assure Cyber Military Systems (HACMS) program.

The prototype Avic AG600 amphibious aircraft has begun taxi tests, the Chinese manufacturer says.

Insitu has flown its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft powered by a hydrogen fuel cell.

Wolfgang Vormbaum realized a boyhood dream when his C-Wolf aerial utility vehicle (AUV) was displayed at the Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition (AAD) in Pretoria. Sam Basch reports.

Lockheed Martin is not waiting for New Delhi; it is beginning preparations for new Fighting Falcon orders.

Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo (SS2) suborbital spaceplane passed a significant milestone on May 1 with the first in-flight deployment of the feathering re-entry system.

Congressional appropriators unveiled a $1.2 trillion omnibus spending bill on May 1 to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year, including $593 billion for the military.