Splitting up is hard to do, but sometimes necessary. That is what Alcoa-turned-Arconic’s chief executive and chairman tells Aviation Week in a recent interview about his company’s future.
Airbus Defense & Space has been asked to begin sounding out potential possibilities for a German requirement to replace its Panavia Tornado combat aircraft in the 2030s-40s.
Long-delayed, completion of the FAA’s first rules for commercial operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, has been welcomed by industry.
Sierra Nevada expects to deliver the Dream Chaser atmospheric test vehicle in August to NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California for a new phase of drop tests.
As part of Israel’s push to maximize the autonomy of its new fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, the country will develop its own cybersecurity system for the Lockheed Martin jets.
The U.S. Marine Corps sees mobile ground laser systems as a promising short-term technology for countering UAS threats and plans to develop the weapons over the long term to take out rockets, artillery and missiles, a high-ranking Marine says.
The first of 29 Airbus H135 twin-engine light helicopters for the U.K. Military Flight Training System (MFTS) is set to make its first flight by the end of July.
Airbus Defense and Space is pushing ahead with the development of an automated refueling system to reduce the workload of boom operators on its A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT).
India relaxes rules on foreign defense investment; first temporary EA-18G detachment deploys for training; Norway, Poland test naval strike missile; more North Korean missile tests.
Telecommunications, broadcasting and Earth observation continue to dominate the global space economy, but new technologies and services have the potential to take a larger place at the table, according to the latest report on space industry developments published by the Space Foundation.
The breakup of Japan’s ASTRO-H X-ray astronomy satellite in orbit has been blamed on project management processes at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (ISAS).
The hike would allow the defense ministry to undertake its long-term defense plan, which includes the introduction of a new maritime patrol aircraft to replace the Lockheed P-3 Orion, new submarines and longer-ranged, ground-based air defenses.
The Air Dominance Adaptive Propulsion Technology program builds on almost a decade of research, beginning with the Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology program.
India’s flagship Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has successfully orbited a record 20 satellites in a single flight, marking an ambitious step in the country’s evolving space industry.
The secretive military office overseeing development of the Northrop Grumman B-21 strategic bomber expects to beat the government’s own independent unit cost estimate of $564 million per aircraft.
U.S. Strategic Command detected and tracked what it assessed were two North Korean missile launches from Wonsan at 10:56 a.m. and 1:03 p.m. Hawaii time June 21.
A proposed upgrade stemming from Pratt’s system development and demonstration program for the F-35 engine has the potential to cut fuel burn by as much as 7% on aircraft entering service by the early 2020s, the company says.
The technology is considered vital to achieving the high-speed, long-endurance performance requirements of the F/A-XX and F-X sixth-generation fighters.
