The wars of the future might start by accident, such as by a pilot hot-dogging and bumping into another plane, the loss and outrage from the accident escalating into outright battle.
The U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia—home to 16 separate commands—has been a strategically important outpost, but its lease is due to expire at year-end and some advocate against renewing.
The head of Darpa’s Tactical Technology Office says the world is on the verge of leaps in supersonic travel, vertical takeoff and landing systems, flight proficiency and safety, space launch and awareness of space.
International orders, Congress to aid Boeing’s legacy fighters; U.S. to sell Kiowas to Tunisia; Harris wins electronic warfare contract; and India buys Longbow fire-control radars.
The European Aviation Safety Agency has called upon operators of H225/EC225 helicopters to carry out inspections of a component associated with the aircraft’s main rotor gearbox.
Thales Group saw modest sales growth in this year’s first quarter and an anticipated drop in orders compared to the first quarter of last year, when the French electronics supplier recorded Egypt’s purchase of Rafale combat jets.
The U.S. Navy is seeking industry input on a plan to offer portable satellite communications terminals in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) locations by 2020.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has created a task force to scientifically and methodically analyze the potential risks of collisions between manned and unmanned aircraft.
The International Space Station partnership has rescheduled planned Russian Soyuz crew landing and launching operations in June to keep the ISS staffed with six crewmembers for as long as possible during a demanding activity period.
Japan’s Astro-H X-ray telescope has been declared a loss after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) determined it is “highly likely” the satellite’s solar arrays broke off during the anomaly that occurred in orbit on March 26.
Airbus Defense and Space will lead a team of 10 European companies in developing technology that could reduce the risk of satellites and other spacecraft colliding with debris in orbit.
The Kuwait Ministry of Defence and Finmeccanica, which leads commercial activities in Kuwait on behalf of the Eurofighter consortium, today signed a contract for the supply of 28 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, to be produced in Italy.
France’s aerospace and defense industry saw record sales in 2015 of €58.3 billion ($67.1 million), up 8.5% over the previous year, much of it due to exports that accounted for €39.4 billion, an increase of 14% over 2014.
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian space agency Roscosmos will delay the second leg of a two-pronged robotic mission to Mars from 2018 to mid-2020, ESA said May 2.
A series of laboratory experiments under simulated Martian environmental conditions may help to explain seasonal changes in the appearance of the Red Planet’s Recurring Slope Linae.
India and France’s long-gestating deal to buy 36 Dassault Rafale fighters may have run into another hurdle, this time in the form of objections from India’s law ministry.
Norwegian investigators probing the fatal crash of a CHC-operated Airbus H225/EC225 on April 29 say it was caused by technical problems, not pilot error.
Australia is budgeting a 2.6% inflation-adjusted rise in defense spending for the fiscal year beginning July 1, underpinning a commitment to lift its military budget to 2% of gross domestic product by 2020-21.
