Northrop Grumman is to help subcontractor Triumph Group with the transition to production of the composite wing for the MQ-4C Triton following manufacturing challenges.
The short-term congressional bill extending FAA funding to the end of September 2017 directs the agency to continue opening U.S. airspace to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The legislation also directs the agency to quantify and mitigate potential hazards posed by UAS in airspace around airports.
The industry fight to determine who will furnish the U.S. Navy’s longer-range over-the-horizon missile is growing more intense, with recent Pacific testing and support contract awards.
In an effort to make the V-22 more appealing to potential international buyers, the U.S. Navy is offering European countries the option to share logistics support in a joint buy of the costly tiltrotor aircraft.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees on July 14 for their consideration during a conference on the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook says.
The aviation-centric class amphibious assault ship (LHA 6) USS America is showcasing its flexibility at the Rim of Pacific (Rimpac) exercise off the Hawaiian coast.
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter finally made its Farnborough Airshow debut this week, impressing visitors to the trade show with its hovering capabilities.
In 1916, Bill Boeing declared “we could build a better airplane” then went on to found The Boeing Company. Marcel Bloch (later Dassault) built his first propeller, symbolizing his entry into aerospace and forming what would become a French industry giant. In the same year, the ‘grandfather’ of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine was first published. One hundred years later, all three companies are here at the Farnborough Airshow, celebrating their milestones and looking to the future.
The U.S. should stay the course with the Space Launch System exploration rocket and Orion crew capsule to underpin NASA’s human deep-space exploration ambitions, while fostering a growing commercial presence in low Earth orbit as the U.S. undergoes a transition in presidential administrations, industry and government veterans say.
U.S. Air Combat Command chief Gen. Herbert Carlisle says there is strong interest among potential and existing Lockheed Martin F-35 operators to furnish more aircraft.
The head of U.S. Air Combat Command (ACC) has called for the development of “a new counter-air aircraft” as part of a future family of air superiority weapons that would include a long-range successor to the mid-range Raytheon AIM-120 Amraam air-to-air missile.
The U.S. Air Force is estimating the cost of upgrading 36 early-model Lockheed Martin F-22As used for training at Tyndall AFB in Florida as it also seeks estimates for restarting Raptor production.
The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with production and testing of an “improved lethality” bomb body designed to rain down iron fragments as a fearsome substitute for cluster munitions.
Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, in partnership with Astra Aircraft Corporation, has signed an exclusive five year contract with ARMSCOR for material support of the C-130B aircraft, operated by the South African Air Force (SAAF).
Our editors are at the Farnborough Airshow this week. Listen in as they discuss key developments including the future of the A380 and what a middle-of-the-market airplane will look like. Also, F-35 finally made its long-awaited debut at the show and stunned our team with its hovering capabilities.
A KC-46 equipped with a reworked boom has successfully refueled a C-17 heavy cargo aircraft, a sign that Boeing’s tanker troubles may finally be coming to an end.
