Defense

The military building boom may be over—or at least downsized—for regional big spenders whose revenues rely on high oil prices.

The recent Malabar naval drills in the Indian Ocean underscore the importance of developing and maintaining better strategic naval partnerships in the region, according to one analyst.

LRS-B was once deemed a tipping point for Northrop Grumman Aerospace’s future, but the shape of the industrial base is not likely to change soon after the award announcement.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office is urging Congress to keep a close watch on several major defense acquisition programs, including the Long-Range Strike Bomber.

Two spacewalking NASA astronauts resumed efforts to prepare the International Space Station for future dockings by U.S. commercial crew transport vehicles on Oct. 28.

With all the secrecy surrounding the Pentagon’s Long-Range Strike Bomber competition, the winner was hard to predict. But our editors discuss some of Northrop’s strengths that are not readily apparent.

Croatia is once again looking at the possible procurement of Saab’s Gripen fighter jet.

Overcoming planetary protection concerns presents just one of many significant challenges involved in putting humans onto the Martian terrain.

South Korea’s defense ministry is due to decide soon between Korea Aerospace Industries' Surion helicopter and a competition for imports for the country's navy.

Paris-based fleet operator Eutelsat has ordered an all-electric communications satellite in development at spacecraft manufacturer Thales Alenia Space.

U.K. aerostructures manufacturer GKN has completed the acquisition of Fokker Technologies.

The world’s last flying Avro Vulcan has performed its final flight, eight years after the aircraft was returned to the sky by volunteers.

Commercial software and probabilistic algorithms could trim hours from the cruise missile mission planning process.

LRS-B was once deemed a tipping point for Northrop Grumman Aerospace’s future, but the shape of the industrial base is not likely to change soon after the award announcement.

Northrop Grumman is the winner of the Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) contest, beating a rival team with six times its annual sales.

Northrop Grumman was one-sixth the size of its rival team but has the experience that counts.

Northrop Grumman was one-sixth the size of its rival team but has the experience that counts.

The 30-min low-speed flight of the first engineering development model (EDM-1) begins a three-year, 2,000-hr. flight test program.

The Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program and today’s source selection cannot be understood without looking at LRS-B’s roots.

A proposed South Korean air and missile defense system comparable with the Lockheed Martin Thaad will employ a large trailer-mounted radar with an active electronically scanning array radar.

A NAS report says NASA’s Earth Sciences Division budget is constrained and in need of a framework for prioritizing its choices for space missions.

U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has named retired U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley to be the first deputy assistant secretary of the navy (DASN) for unmanned systems.

U.S. Navy officials have made it clear they expect to rely on the Growlers more, even as the F-35C carrier-variant Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) come on line.

At Albertville in the French Alps, Thales and SAF Helicopteres, a specialist in mountain aerial work and helicopter emergency service (HEMS) operations, share a training facility equipped with two Thales Reality H full flight simulators (FFS) configured for the EC135 T2+ and AS350 B3e helicopters. Report by David Oliver.

A U.S. guided missile destroyer has passed within 12 nm of Subi and Mischief reefs in the Spratly Islands, which are under dispute by China and its neighbors.