Defense

As the Pentagon searches for the right platform for a future bomb truck to accompany its fifth-generation fighters into combat, a so-called “arsenal plane,” Boeing believes it has the answer.

NASA is increasing opportunities for broader engagement in its two-phase Asteroid Redirect Mission.

Boeing is officially disputing the Danish government’s recommendation that Denmark select Lockheed Martin’s F-35 for its next-generation fighter fleet.

Boeing’s reign as the manufacturer of Chinook helicopters is all but guaranteed into the 2020s and beyond.

The U.S. Air Force will be appealing to the FAA for exemptions to its mandate that all aircraft be equipped with Next Generation air traffic management system equipment by Jan. 1, 2020.

Think tank analysts and Pentagon officials are raising new warning signs for future defense research efforts.

Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody has restarted limited production of the L-159 Advanced Light Combat Aircraft (ALCA).

The Czech air force is leading discussions with four other European nations to set up a Multinational Aviation Training Center in the country.

Having failed to find commercial customers for its new Mil Mi-38 heavy transport rotorcraft, Russian Helicopters turned to its major client—the Russian military.

Airbus Helicopters and Denel Aviation will cooperate on a programme to enhance and modernise South Africa's Rooivalk Attack Helicopter programme.

Erwan de Cherisey takes a close look at the Cameroonian Air Force's Z9WE attack helicopters.

In this week's defense roundup: Belarus testing weaponized UAV, Antonov to fly light airlifter before 2017, NRO focuses on ground systems and algorithms, and Indonesia test flies first of five retrofitted C-130Bs.

Among 16 Tigers in Australian Army squadron service, an average of only 3.5 were serviceable in 2015.

NASA faces the prospect of delays to all three of the next non-Russian resupply missions scheduled to fly to ISS following Orbital ATK’s acknowledgment that the initial launch of its upgraded Antares rocket has slipped from this month to October.

The U.S. Air Force has issued a request for proposals for the development of the next Air Force One fleet.

New data supports a model for the Moon’s formation involving a very high-energy collision between the Earth and another large planetary body 4.5 billion years ago.

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg says he expects his air transport OEM to show a book-to-bill ratio of new orders to deliveries of “around 1” when final 2016 financial results are provided next year.

Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov is severing ties with Russian operators, a move that could impact several key NATO airlift programs.

Two Hongdu L-15 Falcon advanced jet trainers made their presence known on the opening day of AAD.

Boeing and Saab's twin-tailed, single-engine aircraft looks like a hybrid of an F/A-18 Super Hornet and a Gripen.

Israel’s AirMule ducted-fan unmanned transport aircraft may have morphed into the Cormorant to comply with restrictions on exporting technology that could be used in cruise missiles, but prototype testing continues toward the target of completing development by the end of 2020.

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II directed a Raytheon Standard Missile-6 interceptor against an MQM-107 Streaker subscale aerial target drone in a live-fire demo.

Networking with the rest of the Australian Defense Force will be a crucial requirement for aircraft that replace the country’s 22 Airbus Tiger attack helicopters.

Britain’s Straightline Aviation, the launch customer for Lockheed Martin’s LMH-1 hybrid airship, is investigating delivering health services from the aircraft.

Video footage from the HUD of a U.S. Air Force F-16 records the dramatic moment when its unconscious pilot is saved from certain death by the aircraft’s Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System.