Defense

The Singapore armed forces has set up a high-readiness unit, the Army Deployment Force (ADF), to bolster its ability to respond to terrorism and other security challenges.

If the U.S. opts to disaggregate its future Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellites, the decision could allow allies to create a unified satcom system by 2025.

Aviation Week joined the crew of a KC-10 Extender, departing McGuire AFB, New Jersey, as it escorted three Lockheed Martin F-35As across the Atlantic to RAF Fairford in the U.K.

The Saudi Rotorcraft Support Center (SRSC), Saudi Arabia's only private company providing comprehensive, in-country maintenance repair and overhaul support for the Kingdom's diverse civil and military rotorcraft fleet, will launch in April/May operating out of two bases – one in Riyadh, the other Jeddah.

The program will create a 45,000-lb.-thrust class engine for sixth-generation Air Force and U.S. Navy fighters as well as, potentially, a re-engining option for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Fifth-generation fighter jets are massive data hubs, designed with advanced sensors that vacuum in critical threat information and disseminate it all over the world.

At least two Southeast Asian air forces have grounded their Airbus H225 Super Puma helicopters in response to a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) order that does not apply to military operators.

The convoluted story of U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) acquisition of unmanned aircraft surveillance services has a new chapter.

The first reset CH-53E Super Stallion is complete at Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, the U.S. Marine Corps says.

Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg sat down with Aviation Week before the Farnborough Airshow to discuss the 737 MAX family, KC-46A tanker, supplier issues and much more.

Interim fix for A400M gearbox issues are in sight.

Both civil and defense companies will have to renew focus on profitable delivery of existing orders and accelerate innovation in products and business models, leading to greater pressure on suppliers.

There are several ways Brexit may play out, and not all of them end poorly for industry.

The F-35I will come with its own unique maintenance hub, weapons, communications systems and even cyberdefenses.

The effects of voting to leave the EU will not be uniform, much less predictable, but the A&D industry has more at stake than most.

Goldfein also offers to consult A-10 operators | NASA inspector general praises agency for saving money on SpaceX launches.

Three Lockheed Martin F-35As have joined their Marine Corps and British F-35B counterparts at RAF Fairford.

After years of massive cost overruns and schedule delays, Raytheon’s next-generation GPS ground-control segment is now facing a new round of trouble – a Pentagon review about whether the program should continue.

Surface rovers are expected to play a crucial role in NASA’s evolving plans to explore Mars with humans.

The British government needs to be “relatively bold” in order to attract investment from business and stabilize the uncertainty caused by the country’s “Brexit” decision to leave the European Union, according to U.K. aerospace trade organization ADS.

Airbus Group and Safran say they will conclude a merger of their space business units June 30 under the new Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL) joint venture.

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON—U.S. Navy Lt. Christopher Montague was way off the mark for a safe and solid nominal aircraft carrier landing as he approached—high and right of the seesawing carrier deck.

India has successfully test launched a new medium range surface-to-air missile in a latest effort to secure the country’s skies from enemy fighter aircraft and neutralize aerial attacks.

Materials and special manufacturing giant Alcoa will be the sole supplier of proprietary wing skins and fuselage sheet to Embraer for its E2 family of jet airliners under a multiyear $470 million contract unveiled June 30.

The U.S. Marine Corps is increasingly relying on aircraft, missile systems and “expeditionary” command and control systems to extend its reach, especially in the remote distances of the Asia-Pacific, says Lt. Gen. John Wissler, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command.