Co-operation between Boeing and South Africa's Paramount Group seems to have revitalized the African company's advanced high-performance reconnaissance light aircraft (AHRLAC) programme. Jon Lake reports.
Spirit AeroSystems is looking at ways to grow its core aerostructures business, which could include business jet, regional jet, military and space programs, the company’s top executive said during a speech at a Wichita Aero Club luncheon here Nov. 10.
In this week’s Washington Outlook: a look at Trump’s secdef shortlist; a change of plans after Clinton’s loss and potential for public-private partnerships.
Washington aerospace and defense thinkers call on Trump to revive the U.S.’s aging fighter, bomber and helicopter fleets while boosting investments in space, missile defense and the nuclear triad.
Watch video of Raytheon’s swarm-destroying high-power microwave technology, demonstrated at the U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 2013. Details are now being released.
Lockheed Martin and a cast of supporting companies held what the company said was a first-of-its-kind public demonstration of multiple unmanned aircraft systems.
With deliveries of all three new trainer types ordered after a major revamp of its flying training system now under way, the Royal Saudi Air Force is entering a new era in which its student pilots will experience an advanced, all-digital cockpit environment before reaching the frontline. Jon Lake reports.
The most important thing the next president can do for defense policy is revivify the debate over fiscal policy and resolve it before submitting a 2018 budget.
In this week’s roundup: the U.S. reports $33 billion in foreign sales; Indian council recommends the purchase of 83 more Tejas combat aircraft; Boeing wins electronic warfare upgrade contract; and Indonesia considers Gripen and F-16 fighters.
An Ariane 5 launcher is scheduled to propel four Galileo satellites into orbit on Nov. 17, marking the first-ever quadruple launch for the navigation constellation.
Defense Conseil International, the French defense ministry’s international training company, is planning to expand its helicopter fleet to meet foreign training demands.
India is progressing toward launching its second lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-2, with the start of some ground tests and other events planned in the coming months.
A Denver-based startup is drawing investor attention with plans for a relatively inexpensive mass-produced spacecraft bus that would use a proprietary “isolation system” to enable its use with any payload in its weight class on any launch vehicle.
On Nov. 8, the U.S. elected Donald Trump its next president, as well as a Republican House and Senate. Aviation Week editors explain how they think those dynamics will shape the nation’s policy and spending choices in the short term and the long run.
Mars One has signed a takeover agreement in which InFin Innovative Finance AG of Switzerland will acquire all shares of Mars One Ventures, PLC, the British arm of the Red Planet colonization venture.
India’s Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved a proposal to buy 83 indigenous Tejas Mk. 1-A Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for the Indian air force (IAF) at a cost of 500.25 billion rupees ($7.5 billion).
