Lockheed Martin has teamed with Israel’s StemRad Ltd. to develop a vest astronauts could wear during solar storms and other dangerous radiation events.
Foreign air forces using the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are being compelled to build and fund U.S.-based software laboratories that generate data crucial to the fighter’s ability to identify threats.
With its new Bloostar concept,Spain-based Zero2infinty hopes to meet growing demand from the burgeoning nanosat community for an affordable, dedicated ride to space.
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, current commander of the International Space Station, sailed to a new U.S. record for time accumulated in space on Oct. 15.
Gloria Flach will become COO of Northrop Grumman in January, a move that could set in motion a succession plan for the Pentagon prime contractor’s CEO position.
F-35C passes crucial carrier tests - the ones "that create the most pucker factor" according to a Navy commander. And Aviation Week's Michael Fabey captured it on video.
The first hints have emerged that the U.K. Royal Air Force may be planning to keep some of its early-model Tranche 1 Eurofighter Typhoons in service for longer.
India has signed a contract with Slovenia-based Pipistrel Aircraft to buy 194 Virus SW80s and is likely to buy an additional 100 aircraft after three years.
Rand assesses U.S., Chinese military prowess. Northrop wins another G/ator upgrade. U.S. Army to deploy BAE’s Apkws, and France and Saudi Arabia forge closer ties.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is calling for a “new playbook” that prizes highly mobile forces, hybrid warfare, cyber battles and nuclear deterrence to counter Russian aggression.
The U.S. Army could cut years and billions of dollars from the planned Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Medium advanced-rotorcraft program by going straight into development after completion of the Joint Multi Role (JMR) technology demonstration, Bell Helicopter President and CEO John Garrison says.
Following performance issues during recent testing, the U.S. Navy’s planned unmanned underwater minehunter is facing greater scrutiny, the service says.
NASA has asked the European Space Agency and Airbus Defense and Space to build and deliver a second European service module to power the U.S.-led Orion crew vehicle.
Mark Kirasich, deputy manager of NASA’s Orion program since 2006, will manage the $1.1 billion-a-year effort to develop a new U.S. human spacecraft for future deep space exploration.
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is expected to leave his post if he wins a regional election in Brittany in December, French media reports say.
After years of counting on U.S. government business, United Launch Alliance is paying more attention to developments in the global commercial satellite sector.
India is planning to launch an advanced meteorological satellite in July 2016 to augment the country’s weather forecasting and disaster warning capabilities.
The next chapter in the long life of Boeing’s Chinook should open soon with the release of a U.S. Army request for proposals for development of an improved Block 2 version of the latest CH-47F model of the helicopter.
Almaz-Antey, the manufacturer of the Buk missile system that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, claims the weapon was fired from within Ukrainian-held territory.
Even before the F-35C takes its first fully operational flight, U.S. Navy aviation officials are looking for the aircraft to change the way it flies and fights.
As F-35C pilots practiced aboard CVN 68 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, JSF mechanics and ground crew made sure the aircraft could be properly serviced at sea.
