Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have been selected as system integrators for the next phase of DARPA’s Collaboration Operations in Denied Environment program to enable legacy unmanned aircraft to operate in airspace where the electromagnetic spectrum is contested.
When Australia commences Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton operations early next decade, the expansive island nation will have completed a journey that began back in 2001.
The U.S. Navy's F-18 fleet has experienced, on average, a weapons mishap about once every other year since fiscal 2009, an Aviation Week analysis of Naval Safety Center data shows.
The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) is sticking by its requirement for 18 new fighters despite a lack of funds, and says it is considering such options as taking delivery of the aircraft first and paying later.
Hanwha is promoting a weapon that may have completed development in a secretive program launched to give South Korea a long-range means of striking North Korean artillery.
The U.S. Defense Department could save more money by transferring all required depot work to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.
Anti-air warfare (AAW) remains a major question mark for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), even as the class morphs into a frigate configuration and ads an over-the-horizon missile, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) office says.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) will prioritize operational performance and profit growth, and it will focus on being a leader in six major market segments – none of which are fighter jets – as part of the business unit’s “new start,” the new chief executive told Aviation Week.
An upcoming demonstration flight at NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, Texas, will mark the agency’s first use of the site since 2009.
Mars One will stress problem solving through teamwork as the Dutch nonprofit with investor- and reality-TV-backed ambitions of colonizing Mars in the late 2020s settles on a rigorous, five-day third round of a prolonged astronaut/settler selection process. Its date and place have yet to be set.
As Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s weapons division prepares to double Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kit production from 75 units per day to 150 by next summer, the production facility in St. Charles, Missouri, has temporarily manned its second shift for a trial run.
The Indian government has given the go-ahead for the export of the Indo-Russian BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to several countries, including Vietnam and Chile.
Singapore sees the importance of the rotational U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon patrols and the accompanying American security relationship, but the small Asia-Pacific nation acknowledges the complications of a rising China, Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen says.
Montreal is home to the third-largest commercial aerospace cluster in the world, and Quebec’s provincial government is moving to expand and diversify an industry that is critical to the local—and national—economy.
