Saab CEO Håkan Buskhe is betting on reactivity at development and production levels to keep its Gripen C/D and Gripen E fighters attractive to foreign buyers.
Industrial researchers and entrepreneurs are finding new ways to use the International Space Station (ISS) to find profit in down-to-earth sectors far removed from the vacuum of space.
If the U.S. Air Force Reserve were to request more J-model C-130s, it would likely assign them to its dual-role aerial firefighting and spraying squadrons, according to the outgoing head of the Reserve, Lt. Gen. James Jackson.
Embraer's new multi-mission transport aircraft, the KC-390, has made its maiden stop at the Farnborough Airshow. Still in the thick of flight testing, the aircraft is flying internationally for the first time on a summer tour of Europe and the Middle East.
NASA’s Space Launch System could become a key player in plans to develop and deploy future generations of space-based observatories equipped to unlock the mysteries of the universe and seek out Earth-like planets around other stars, according to House panel testimony.
The outgoing U.S. Air Force Reserve chief says modernization of reservist Lockheed Martin 16s needs to keep pace with that of active-duty and Air National Guard fighters as the air branch embarks on a Fighting Falcon active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar upgrade and service life extension.
Unique research assets on Japan’s Kibo space station module will enable closer cooperation between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on the International Space Station.
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover resumed normal operations July 11, nine days after the mechanical geologist was hobbled by what ground experts at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory believe is a software conflict.
As Lockheed Martin’s short takeoff-vertical landing F-35B defies gravity in front of thousands of spectators in the U.K., Rolls-Royce says it has reached an agreement with F-35 engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney for 13 more LiftSystems.
A consortium of QinetiQ and Thales have chosen Textron Airland’s Scorpion light attack aircraft as the platform for its bid into a major U.K. live flying training program.
An international tribunal has tilted toward the Philippines in its territorial clashes with China in the South China Sea, leaving other Asia-Pacific countries to await China’s next move and the ensuing U.S. response.
UTC Aerospace Systems has been contracted to integrate its long-range MS-177 reconnaissance sensor with the U.S. Air Force’s global intelligence gathering and exploitation network as the “Syers-2” successor is readied for the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk.
General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems has received an FAA experimental certificate for its Predator C Avenger, allowing routine operations of the company-owned unmanned aircraft system in the U.S. national airspace system.
A coming wave of low Earth orbit satellite constellations will force a step change in satellite manufacturing, with builders having to become more “industrial-like,” according to a July report from global business advisory firm AlixPartners.
F-35s take center stage at the Royal International Air Tattoo—two years later than planned—and seem to have bolstered the country’s mood about its defense outlook.
A collapse in oil and gas prices that has choked off demand for commercial helicopters has been harsher than anticipated, says Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, but she stands behind the company’s $9 billion acquisition of Sikorsky last year from United Technologies Corp.
Stratcom says the test occurred at 10:28 p.m. July 8, off the coast of Sinpo, North Korea. Tracking data indicate the missile fell over the Sea of Japan.
In an effort to learn more about the F-35’s ability to find and fix an aircraft with a small radar signature, Norway is now conducting Joint Strike Fighter training in a limited-capability mode against the Vietnam War-era A-4 Skyhawk.
Rolls-Royce will soon get to work at RAF Marham supporting not just the lift fan the company built for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but also the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine that powers the fifth-generation fighter jet.
The fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite experienced an anomaly that required a scheduled “transfer maneuver” to be temporarily halted, the U.S. Navy says.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has described the country’s aerospace industry as one of its greatest strengths and one that needs to be exercised following the country’s so-called Brexit decision to leave the European Union.
The Defense Department’s top acquisitions official is cautiously optimistic after his latest review of Raytheon’s next-generation GPS ground-control system, even as the Pentagon considers terminating the program in the face of a critical cost breach.
