NASA and Boeing kicked off negotiations this week on a contract for the Exploration Upper Stage designed to take the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) from a 70-ton lift capability to 105 tons on its second flight as early as 2021.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office's redacted ruling shows the U.S. Air Force was willing to accept some program risk in order to get a better upfront price.
A politically influential conference between the South Korean government and the strongest party in parliament has recommended a number of defense import purchases.
The U.S. Air Force will kick off its analysis of alternatives for a future air superiority jet in January with an eye toward enemy threats beyond 2030 and beyond the Russian T-50 and Chinese J-20.
The Brazilian aircraft OEM has agreed to pay more than $205 million total to U.S. and Brazilian authorities over corruption charges connected with the sale of military aircraft.
Raytheon will establish a new Final Assembly and Check-Out facility in Meridian, Mississippi, to build the T-100, which is based on Leonardo’s existing M-346 trainer design.
Warm-up drills for Exercise Bersama Lima 16, held in Malaysia Oct. 4-21, provided the first opportunity for Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons to be pitched against the Su-30MKMs of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF).
India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and French aerospace giant Safran have formed a joint venture to establish a dedicated helicopter engine support center catering to customers in India.
The new battlefield necessitates a short-takeoff, lower-signature—if not fully stealthy—refueling aircraft that moves away from the commercial-derivative tankers of years past, Lockheed Martin says.
The next U.S. Air Force fighter will be designed to outmatch so-called sixth-generation warplanes that Moscow and Beijing are already researching for introduction in the 2030s and beyond.
The U.S. Navy has entered into a new three-year contract arrangement with BAE Systems worth up to $600 million that will allow the company to significantly ramp up production of its laser-guided rocket kits.
Dave Vos, head of the Project Wing drone delivery initiative, is leaving Google’s advanced research arm “to pursue other opportunities,” parent company Alphabet confirms.
A Robinson R44 light helicopter modified to electric power has completed initial flights, including hovering and a 5-min. cruise at 400 ft. and speeds up to 80 kt.
An Australian parliamentary panel calls for “a hedging strategy to address the risk of a capability gap resulting from further delays to the acquisition of the F-35A.”
After almost two decades of development, the GPS-based Joint Precision Approach and Landing System is on the final stretch to deployment on U.S. Navy ships that will operate the F-35 JSF and unmanned MQ-25 Carrier-Based Aerial Refueling System
After ditching its Common Vertical Lift Support Platform program in 2013 and shying away from two Black Hawk plans, the Air Force is about to try again to replace the vintage UH-1N Huey.
