Defense

Lockheed could convert the U.K. Royal Air Force’s existing fleet of C-130J airlifters into SC-130Js, reducing procurement costs and technical risks, company officials told Aviation Week on the eve of the RNAS Yeovilton Air Day.

Could live, virtual training fundamentally change the dynamics of future Red Flags?

Interoperability of Europe’s helicopter crews is tested by the Italian Blade exercise.

With Seoul’s selection of the A330 MRTT, the Airbus tanker has now beaten the Boeing KC-46 in nine non-U.S. competitions. Launch customer Australia, meanwhile, has set Airbus’s airliner-to-tanker conversion program in motion.

Australia has scrapped plans to purchase F-35B, the Joint Strike Fighter's short takeoff and vertical landing variant, according to a defense source.

The latest tablet technology is now being used to help maintain fast jet Typhoon aircrafts.

Japan will send two of its new generation Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft to the Royal International Air Tattoo, which will mark the first appearance of an indigenous Japanese military aircraft at a foreign airshow since 1997.

Design house Dzyne Technologies is flying a subscale model of an VTOL unmanned aircraft that uses its wing as its rotor.

Turkish Airlines' MRO subsidiary; Turkish Technic has signed an agreement at IDEF 15 in Istanbul to provide maintenance support for the Airbus A400M new generation airlifter.

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?”