Defense

The Air Force expects a multi-player competition over TX. But has it thought its brilliant plan all the way through?

Airbus’s new heavyweight helicopter to embrace fly-by-wire as part of a radical change.

Antitrust, Pentagon concerns could be hurdles to Sikorsky sale

The cut in build time is a key parameter in the drive to reduce costs toward the $80 million unit targeted for an aircraft in the 13th low rate initial production (LRIP) lot decade’s end.

A Senate effort would unwind a major acquisition reform of the landmark 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act; Ex-Im Bank hits deadline.

Thales and Textron AirLand have successfully jointly integrated Thales' I-Master radar on to Textron AirLand's Scorpion Jet, the two companies said at the Paris Air Show today.

The annual airshow event in Europe always helps boost M&A, but this year could be a record-setter.

The Swedish air force has had to scramble more Gripen fighters and airborne and ground radars are being more heavily utilized because of increased Russian military aircraft operating over the Baltic Sea close to Swedish airspace.

Lockheed hopes Skunk Works, Raytheon, Bombardier team can unseat Northrop as premier air-to-ground surveillance provider for USAF.

Just when you think a device is reaching an evolutionary plateau, it keeps going to new levels of innovation.

USAF: F-35 evades attack during Green Flag exercises where A-10, F-16s are downed.

Weapons and upgrades could define the next era for the worldwide fighter market.

Sikorsky – one of the biggest names in the rotor wing market – is looking for a new owner.

Raytheon will provide the primary sensor package with the Bombardier Global 6000 as its primary platform choice for now, says Jack O’Banion, vice president of strategy and customer requirements for Skunk Works.

“I could easily foresee the day … when the F-22 might rotate in,” Deborah James told reporters at the Paris air show here June 15, adding that she could not specify a date by which they would be sent.

Mali's Minister of Defence,Tieman Coulibaly, signed a contract with Embraer today for six A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced training turboprops at the Paris Air Show.

After developing and flying the systems for the U.S. military for years during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Textron is seeing export opportunities for its tactical UAVs take off.

Thales’ new Talios targeting pod should start flight tests on a fighter-type aircraft shortly, the company says.

After years of trying to sell the space division of Avio SpA, private-equity investor Cinven Ltd. is preparing to unload a majority of its 81% stake in the company.

With a little help from the U.S. Congress and the potential for international orders, Boeing is bullish about prospects for its international fighters.

AFRL updates its unmanned-aircraft sense-and-avoid system to reflect latest position on requirements for access to national airspace.

Europe's Philae probe has been revived after seven months in hibernation on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Rockwell Collins CEO Kelly Ortberg talks with Aviation Week about innovating for the Defense Department, warding off cockpit hackers and the aerospace IT company’s ongoing positive outlook.

OEMs must question assumptions about what makes the supply chain competitive and rethink the way they allocate resources accordingly.

The F-35 production partners are focused on near-term plans to double production while continuing to reduce unit cost.