Defense

While unmanned aircraft have received bad press for forcing firefighters to halt aerial operations when one is sighted, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are widely regarded as potentially powerful tools for fighting wildfires that are becoming increasingly destructive as urban development expands into unoccupied land.

Airbus Defense and Space has demonstrated its next-generation Sferion sensor, designed to assist helicopter pilots operating in degraded visual environments.

Pentagon procurement chief Frank Kendall says he still feels Boeing can deliver on the program as planned, despite its setbacks.

U.S. Navy engineers are using high-speed video of failing lithium-ion batteries to help design safe battery enclosures on ships, the service says.

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has completed another demonstration of using a high-flying U-2 spy aircraft to support a growing variety of missions and technologies compliant with the U.S. Air Force’s open mission systems (OMS) architecture-compliant standard.

“Launching aboard the more powerful Atlas 5 allows us to better support NASA’s ISS cargo needs with a full load of about 3,500 kg of pressurized cargo, consisting of essential supplies, equipment and science experiments,” says Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK’s space systems division.

For the first time in the company's history, the South Africa defence and technology group, Denel, is now ranked among the top 100 global defence manufacturers and the second largest in the southern hemisphere.

With India’s original Rafale fighter deal scrapped after years of holdups, will its naval helicopter purchase see the same fate?

The cost of ballistic missile interceptors, and the chance of failure, is high, but lasers pose their own efficiency and cost challenges.

How an aerospace metals supplier drew the interest of one of the world’s savviest investors and led to a mega-deal.

The U.S. intelligence community has settled on the assessment that the offending system was a Russian-made SA-11, also dubbed the Gadfly by NATO.

The A&D industry finds it can’t always get what it wants in the workforce; but it gets what it needs.

The agency this week is issuing three concept development contracts for the new Multiple Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV) program, one each to Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Boeing.

Weakening ruble could impede Russia’s air force bomber and fighter development programs.

Russia bolsters Arctic military units to reinforce claims on the region’s natural resources and shipping lanes

Finland wants a multirole fighter and ground-based air defenses to replace its F/A-18 Hornet fleet.

Lasers, microwave weapons and railguns have flopped before. Here are some ways to stop that from happening again.

Volatile commodity prices and currency exchange rates threaten the defense spending outlook, but there are positive flip sides for governments and defense contractors alike.

Aircraft carrier arrangement becomes another casualty of Ukraine incursion.

Climate changes are making the northern reaches of greater economic and strategic interest, but the U.S. military has a long way to catch up to the Russians and other nations.

Marines eye improvements in maintenance and multiship functionality for operational F-35Bs, but other nations wait for more robust versions.

The Iomax Archangel, a light attack and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft now being delivered to the UAE Armed Forces for special forces support, is making its debut at the Dubai Airshow this week.

The UAE Armed Forces' new Bell Model 407MRH (multi-role helicopter) has made its Dubai debut at this years air show.

In agreeing to pay $37.2 billion for specialty metals and parts supplier Precision Castparts, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett signals his confidence that demand for large commercial jets will continue to outpace global economic growth.

French authorities have today stepped up the search operation in the vicinity of Reunion following the discovery of debris suspected to have come from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.