Defense

An expected boost to U.S. defense spending under President Donald Trump may last only five years, if that long, and the snapback to lower budgets could be harsher than before.

Boeing will fabricate the berthing mechanism for the commercial airlock that NanoRacks is developing to attach to the International Space Station.

NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return spacecraft scan two Earth-Sun Lagrange points for the presence of Trojan asteroids this month.

The 21-in.-dia. Standard Missile-3 being cooperatively developed by the U.S. and Japan has intercepted its first ballistic missile target.

Safran has begun studies into the use of hybrid power on helicopters as a solution to cut fuel consumption.

The Navy has asked Congress to buy one fewer Triton UAV to pay for cost overruns in development.

BAE Systems has confirmed it will debut a prototype of its Advanced Hawk concept at the Aero-India airshow later this month.

Google’s parent company Alphabet is saying so long to its former Skybox Imaging unit, which it bought in 2014.

Bye battery and solar electrics; Clean laminar flow tests; Airbus composite center wing-box; Otherlab paper UAV; GNSS boost.

As fighters become more advanced and expensive, the number of aircraft produced and ordered continues to fall, so Martin-Baker wants to broaden out the market and its capabilities.

Raytheon Standard Missile 3 Block 2A achieves success in first Missile Defense Agency (MDA) tests in Hawaii.

Bell is preparing its prototype V-280 Valor next-generation tiltrotor for ground-vibration testing as it pushes to achieve first flight by September of this year.

Advanced composites provider Hexcel has invested $10 million more in additive manufacturer Oxford Performance Materials, which is making 3D printed parts for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner.

In his first meeting with President Donald Trump, the U.S. Air Force chief told the new commander-in-chief that the service needs more people and resources to fulfill its missions at home and abroad.

NASA’s Juno mission spacecraft swooped close to Jupiter’s swirling cloud tops for a fourth time early Feb. 2.

As Northrop and Raytheon’s T-X ambitions fall apart, a new candidate has emerged: the Stavatti Aerospace Javelin.

Arconic, the Alcoa successor focusing on aerospace, defense and automotive OEMs, is the latest mid-tier industry provider to fall under the bull’s-eye of an activist investor.

Federal hardware and services provider Harris is facing many challenges these days, but the company increasingly has one thing going for it: classified businesses.

Federal hardware and services provider Harris is facing many challenges these days, but the company increasingly has one thing going for it: classified businesses.

BAE secures foreign development partner role on Turkish TF-X fighter project.

Northrop, Raytheon bow out of $16 billion trainer competition, leaving a distinct opening for Boeing and Lockheed.

Tariff-free trade and the free movement of skilled workers are critical to aerospace—and both are at risk.

In this week’s Washington Outlook, hiring freeze complicates Pentagon weapons procurement, IATA response to Muslim immigration ban, defense budget tracker, testing Trump’s mettle, and the makeup of the NSC.

It is easy to identify victims of free trade agreements, but much harder to show there have been more winners.

Lockheed Martin is working with the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the stealth coating that allows the F-22 to fly undetected in enemy airspace.