Defense

Lapse in Ex-Im bank assistance could hurt Boeing in the long term, and the general aviation community sooner; Former NASA chief provides another perspective on SpaceX’s commercial viability.

U.S. Navy seeking ways to redesign speedboats to reduce wave slam, improve performance.

IAI is testing a UCAV that can surveil, then strike on command from an operator.

Icefin, an unmanned underwater vehicle developed for NASA, could have defense applications as well.

The Baltic Sea is a tight, complex environment, and Saab’s new A26 submarine is designed to thrive there.

U.S. mulls sale of lethal weapons to Vietnam in bid to counter China’s territorial ambitions.

U.S., China spar over island sovereignty in disputed seas.

Three Israeli companies highlight loitering UAV munitions in Paris

RAF balances growing demand for airborne intelligence with a reduced force structure

Service leaders are right to say that the F-35 is better than the aircraft they have today. But that’s not the whole story.

KAI, South Korean partners, Airbus and the industry ministry will pay to develop the LCH civil rotorcraft from the Airbus H155. The defense ministry will pay to develop the LAH from the LCH.

Key F-35 targeting system is playing catch-up with the competition—before it has even entered service—due to development delays.

Despite some naysayers in the U.S. A&D sector, most suppliers from overseas view the U.S. as a vibrant market where capitalism at its finest plays out.

Why priorities of the Pentagon and its key contractors are not lining up.

F-35 team downplays combat maneuvering test results. But is it time to write off the importance of classic performance parameters?

As outgoing CEO Jim McNerney gets ready to hand-off Boeing’s reins, can he claim his legacy as bringing back the giant’s “swagger?”

Northrop Grumman takes the oldest Global Hawk flying and shows it can be upgraded to take new payloads using an open system architecture, paving the way to refreshing technology in production aircraft.

Defense contractors should emulate practices of leading commercial tech companies.

The aerospace and defense giant comes under new leadership, with big decisions waiting that could remake the company as it heads toward its second century.

Development of revolutionary engines at GE Aviation is setting the stage for the next 50 years in military aircraft propulsion, engineers there believe.

Almost every year since he was appointed CEO of Boeing, James McNerney has sat down with Aviation Week editors to discuss the company’s strategy. We look back at over a decade of interviews with McNerney.

Key decisions on the shape of France and Britain’s joint UCAV will be made this fall.

Warsaw’s selection of Airbus Helicopters for an important military helicopter contract has upset unions and prompted a lawsuit from a losing bidder.

The long-awaited restructuring is at hand, even if the economic and business logic it expresses is defying conventional expectations of how it would unfold.

The U.K. is planning to invest in a helmet mounted cueing system for its Panavia Tornado GR4 fighter bomber aircraft, even though they are due to exit service in four years.