Defense

With signs emerging earlier this year that all was not going as well as it once did, Raytheon and Thales have divvied up and downsized their defense joint ventures (JVs).

NASA’s Juno probe concluded its five-year trip to Jupiter with a successful orbital insertion around the gas giant planet on July 4.

Mars and the outer Solar System figure prominently in NASA’s decision to extend nine planetary missions for another two years.

Despite its announcement that it will miss a major contractual deadline, Boeing is slowly moving ahead with developmental testing on its KC-46 tanker and is on track to begin production in August, according to the U.S. Air Force.

Ahead of midyear reports to Wall Street by public companies, and on the heels of Britain’s “Brexit” vote to leave the EU, analysts and consultants covering the aerospace and defense (A&D) sectors see a general slowdown in business activity.

Antonov has begun upgrading the engines of its An-124 heavylifters in a bid to reduce noise levels and emissions.

The Singapore armed forces has set up a high-readiness unit, the Army Deployment Force (ADF), to bolster its ability to respond to terrorism and other security challenges.

If the U.S. opts to disaggregate its future Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellites, the decision could allow allies to create a unified satcom system by 2025.

Aviation Week joined the crew of a KC-10 Extender, departing McGuire AFB, New Jersey, as it escorted three Lockheed Martin F-35As across the Atlantic to RAF Fairford in the U.K.

The Saudi Rotorcraft Support Center (SRSC), Saudi Arabia's only private company providing comprehensive, in-country maintenance repair and overhaul support for the Kingdom's diverse civil and military rotorcraft fleet, will launch in April/May operating out of two bases – one in Riyadh, the other Jeddah.

The program will create a 45,000-lb.-thrust class engine for sixth-generation Air Force and U.S. Navy fighters as well as, potentially, a re-engining option for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Fifth-generation fighter jets are massive data hubs, designed with advanced sensors that vacuum in critical threat information and disseminate it all over the world.

At least two Southeast Asian air forces have grounded their Airbus H225 Super Puma helicopters in response to a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) order that does not apply to military operators.

The convoluted story of U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) acquisition of unmanned aircraft surveillance services has a new chapter.

The first reset CH-53E Super Stallion is complete at Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, the U.S. Marine Corps says.

Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg sat down with Aviation Week before the Farnborough Airshow to discuss the 737 MAX family, KC-46A tanker, supplier issues and much more.

Interim fix for A400M gearbox issues are in sight.

Both civil and defense companies will have to renew focus on profitable delivery of existing orders and accelerate innovation in products and business models, leading to greater pressure on suppliers.

There are several ways Brexit may play out, and not all of them end poorly for industry.

The F-35I will come with its own unique maintenance hub, weapons, communications systems and even cyberdefenses.

The effects of voting to leave the EU will not be uniform, much less predictable, but the A&D industry has more at stake than most.

Goldfein also offers to consult A-10 operators | NASA inspector general praises agency for saving money on SpaceX launches.

Three Lockheed Martin F-35As have joined their Marine Corps and British F-35B counterparts at RAF Fairford.

After years of massive cost overruns and schedule delays, Raytheon’s next-generation GPS ground-control segment is now facing a new round of trouble – a Pentagon review about whether the program should continue.

Surface rovers are expected to play a crucial role in NASA’s evolving plans to explore Mars with humans.