Defense

Aviation Week's Bill Sweetman discusses the key takeaways from the recent China Airshow with Joe Anselmo. In addition to China's development of military aircraft, Sweetman details the tremendous push toward missile systems, radars and other command and control systems.

After years of delays and cost overruns, Germany is expecting to receive its first A400M in the next few months despite ongoing disputes with Airbus.

Russian encounters with civilian and NATO aircraft on the fringes of Europe appear aimed at testing the alliance’s solidarity and resolve

Battle-tested Watchkeeper UAV proved its worth in Afghanistan, and the British Army is now seeking to futher augment its capabilities

Lockheed Martin has crafted a new, reduced cost plan to “optionally man” its U-2.

Radar agreement expected to help propel the aircraft into the 4.5-generation category.

Studies by the Japanese defense ministry’s Technical Research and Development Institute that point to the advantages of big fighters with the fuel capacity and aerodynamic optimization to keep them on station longer. Range alone is not enough, however. The aircraft also should be networked.

Aviation Week editors discuss the upcoming first flight test of NASA's Orion crew capsule which will move astronauts a little closer to Mars.

LONDON—Boeing plans to continue competing with Lockheed Martin for F-16 upgrade business despite the cancellation of BAE Systems’ contract to modernize Korea’s F-16s, according to company officials attending the Defense IQ International Fighter conference here.

Flying far is more important than flying fast, Japanese fighter technologists have found in studies aimed at defining their country’s next combat aircraft. Researchers are also emphasizing that Japan’s next fighter should share targeting data and carry a big internal load of large, high-performance missiles.

A lack of training, flying hours and funding have directly contributed to the high level of losses experienced by the Ukrainian air force as it battles Russian troops in the eastern part of the country.

The removal of the Kiowa Warrior from the Army aviation inventory marks the end of an era of an astounding combat-proven aircraft that was fundamental to mission success in Iraq and Afghanistan.

American aerospace and defense companies are following growth overseas and trying to become just as “local” there as they are stateside.

Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall talks with Senior Pentagon Editor Amy Butler about challenges keeping existing programs on track while looking to the future.

New Talos combat suit for U.S. special forces would provide ballistic protection as well as monitoring soldiers’ vital signs

The U.S. Navy is moving toward replacing its Ohio-class subs, but funding, production and technology issues still loom

NATO Growler tests Russian SAM capabilities during exercizes in Slovakia

Darpa-led team creates fastest-ever solid-state integrated amplifier

Senior Defense Editor Bill Sweetman talks with Alan Dershowitz, a booster for the Israeli cause, about morality and warfare in general and in that country in particular.

U.S. Navy developing unmanned surface vehicles to defeat growing threat from swarming small boats

U.S. Army, Georgia Tech develop improved testing of software upgrades for Common Missile Warning System

New ability to measure to extremely minute degree the dynamic deflection and failure of ballistic fibers as they deform under high-speed impact has U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists closing in on developing innovative body armor for soldiers that outperforms current versions.

Australia, other nations, mulling tradeoffs of various submarine battery and propulsion alternatives

The future of A&D is looking good judging by the accomplishments and drive of the young innovators—the lifeblood of the next generation—in this Aviation Week-Raytheon feature.

B.S. candidate in Aerospace Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2016