Defense

By Michael Bruno
Gloria Flach is named new Northrop Grumman COO, and company reorganization will create three sectors from four. The moves could be a precursor to a CEO succession plan.
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Hawaii V-22 accident appears to have been caused by a newly identified ingestion issue, but a solution is years away at best.
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Lockheed Martin has teamed with Israel’s StemRad Ltd. to develop a vest astronauts could wear during solar storms and other dangerous radiation events.
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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.
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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.
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By Mark Carreau
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.
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By Michael Bruno
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.
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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.

By Tony Osborne
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.
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By Molly McMillin
Bell Helicopter has named Mitch Snyder president and CEO, replacing John Garrison, who is joining Terex Corp. as president and CEO.
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By Jay Menon
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.
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By Tony Osborne
A Cobra upgrade could refresh the AH-1 at a fraction of the cost of buying new attack helicopters.
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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.
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By Jen DiMascio
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.
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By Graham Warwick
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.
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Following performance issues during recent testing, the U.S. Navy’s planned unmanned underwater minehunter is facing greater scrutiny, the service says.
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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.
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OneWeb Ltd. has appointed former GeoEye president and CEO Matt O’Connell as its new chief executive officer.
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By Mark Carreau
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.
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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.
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After years of counting on U.S. government business, United Launch Alliance is paying more attention to developments in the global commercial satellite sector.
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By Jay Menon
India is planning to launch an advanced meteorological satellite in July 2016 to augment the country’s weather forecasting and disaster warning capabilities.
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By Graham Warwick
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.
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Boeing KC-46 Pegasus testing is well underway with the first extension of the hose-and-drogue and boom refueling systems in successive trails.
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By Tony Osborne
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.
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