Defense

Airbus Defense and Space has flown the second Eurofighter Typhoon to be used for testing of the Euroradar Captor-E active electronically scanned array radar.

The unveiling ends months of speculation about Boeing and partner Saab’s mysterious clean-sheet design for the T-X, which seeks to replace the T-38.

The U.S. Air Force has put Raytheon Missile Systems on contract for its second batch of 250 GBU-53B Small Diameter Bomb IIs.

First flight of a new Blue Origin human-rated orbital launch vehicle is due from the Seattle-based company’s new launch facility at Cape Canaveral by the end of the decade.

MOSCOW—The Belarus Academy of Science displayed the armed version of its Burevestnik-MB unmanned aerial vehicle at the Army 2016 defense forum here.

Darpa Deputy Director Steven Walker says the U.S. should “stick with the current plan” for hypersonic missile development, with flight tests planned for 2019.

Indonesia is retrofitting and upgrading five aging Lockheed Martin C-130B Hercules transport aircraft that have been in service since the 1960s.

Aero engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has appointed a new chief operating officer following a shakeup of senior management announced last December.

Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov says it plans to fly the first prototype of the An-132D light airlifter before year’s end.

General Electric on Sept. 6 announced plans to acquire two European suppliers of additive manufacturing for $1.4 billion.

Thales and satellite operator SES have signed two intertwined agreements to offer a new connectivity service over the Americas, claiming “optic fiber-like” speed.

U.S. Air Force Space Command is exploring how to defend its current space assets and make new ones more responsive, operationally focused, disaggregated and survivable.

The U.S. Air Force is about 500 fighter pilots short of its total requirement.

Blue Origin will test an escape system next month on its New Shepard rocket that can propel the crew capsule to safety if the booster has a problem, the company says.

A curious device designed to guide U.S. air-to-ground munitions when satellite navigation aides are being disrupted will soon enter flight testing on the Boeing GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb.

Swahili Aviation Aersoapce, LLC and NMC-Wollard International, have completed sales of four Model 60 Tow Tractors to McEnso, Accra, Ghana, to be used for its Defence Force.

Recognising that many African economies are growing and noting that some African air forces need, or may soon need, new fighters, Saab is quietly promoting the Gripen. Jon Lake reports.

India-based Tata Advanced Materials Ltd (TAML) has been contracted by Boeing to provide composite interior closeout panels for the P-8 aircraft.

There are key differences between the defense spending cycle that consensus believes will unfold in 2016-20 and prior cycles.

Announcement of the new bomber development is a further sign that China is seeking to project force beyond ranges necessary for immediate national defense.

Turkish government changes recruitment laws to let the air force to solve pilot crisis and recruit officers before they graduate from college.

What you need to know going into the Air Force Association’s annual air and space symposium.

Nearly two months after the attempted coup in Turkey, the Turkish air force is facing a severe pilot shortage. Our editors describe the unfolding events there, as well as the U.S. military’s thoughts on training pilots worldwide. Plus, what military officers in Baltic countries are thinking about air power.

The U.S. Navy can move ahead with low-rate production of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton after the $14 billion maritime surveillance UAV program cleared an acquisition hurdle known as Milestone C.

First flight of the spaceplane, named VSS Unity, is expected within days.