Defense

Military policy leaders in Congress took steps to reform the acquisition system this year, including allowing service chiefs to sign off on purchasing decisions.

Airbus is predicting the production of around 900 civil and military helicopters in a joint program with Korea Aerospace Industries.

The Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft mission has debuted images of the sunlit Blue Marble Earth on a new NASA website, http://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/.

Canada’s Liberal party scored a surprise victory in Monday’s federal election, and, for the time being, eliminated one of the largest export customers for the F-35.

The U.S. Navy will have to rely on more of its current aircraft to complement its planned carrier-based F-35C force, service officials and analysts say.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer DDG 65 USS Benfold is bolstering the U.S. Navy's presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

Dirk Hoke, 46, currently CEO of Siemens’ Large Drives business unit, will join Airbus Defense & Space on Jan. 1 as deputy CEO and will step up to the role of CEO on April 1, 2016.

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 3 USS Fort Worth completed aviation-related qualifications earlier this month during its first Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (Carat) exercise with Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal, the U.S. Navy says.

The U.S. Marines are turning more frequently to commercial transportation to fill the V-22 Osprey's global logistics needs.

Though late and costly, Sbirs is sparking an “explosion” in uses for satellite infrared data for intelligence.

Names: Korean Fighter Experimental (KF-X), Indonesian Fighter Experimental (IF-X)

The U.S. Transportation Department plans to finalize what will likely be an emergency rule requiring owners of recreational UAVs to register with the FAA.

Australian defense officials think their response to increasingly assertive China should include a more intimate relationship with the U.S.

Power cylinders were lowered into catapult one on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in a Refueling and Complex Overhaul of the carrier.

The U.S. Army has demonstrated that a command-guided 50mm cannon projectile can shoot down a UAV at a range of more than 1 km (3,300 ft.).

Naval forces and liaisons from India, Japan and U.S. began Exercise Malabar 2015 earlier this month through air defense collaboration, U.S. officials say.

The Defense Science Board says cyber, ballistic defense and undersea warfare are three areas the DOD needs to bolster itself against strategic surprise.

The burgeoning relationship bonding the U.S., Japan and Australia will be key for the American rebalance in the Asia-Pacific, says, Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the Pacific Command.

The fatal V-22 accident in Hawaii appears to have been caused by a newly identified ingestion issue, but a solution is years away at best.

Industry is spending heavily in demonstrating technology for the U.S. Army’s next rotorcraft, but doesn’t want to wait to the 2030s to see a return on its investment.

DLR tackles electric air taxis; Lockheed/Darpa advance laser turret designs; how alternative fuels affect contrail properties; solutions for countering UAS; perfecting UAVs for building searches; unmanned aircraft briefs

Preliminary findings from the probe into May's fatal Osprey carsh in Hawaii are prompting the U.S. Marine Corps to take more care with maintenance and seemingly simple procedures like foreign object debris protection.

Lockheed Martin says its Icarus counter-UAS system can make a “surgical strike” on a UAV without disrupting the environment.

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) says the return-to-flight mission of its Falcon 9 rocket will lift 11 second-generation machine-to-machine satellites for Orbcomm, rather than SES-9.

A Thales Watchkeeper UAV has become the first unmanned system to be operated in U.K. nonsegregated, controlled airspace.