Growth in Chinese military spending will fall markedly below economic expansion this year, official figures suggest, while the country separately undertakes reforms to its forces intended to overcome some of their most deep-seated problems.
Technology and heritage from Orbital ATK’s parent companies are giving the ViviSat satellite servicing a kick-start to operations as early as 2018, with the first customer for a life-extension mission planned in 2018.
Swiss independent helicopter manufacturer Marenco Swisshelicopter is preparing to begin industrialization of its SKYe SH09 single-engine light helicopter.
Rolls-Royce marked Heli Expo 2016 here by reaching agreements with Enstrom and newcomer Innova, as well as securing additional applications with MD Helicopters.
While the U.S. has already been operating within its operational missile reach, China’s continued weapons buildup on artificial island features could give the country much greater control of the South China Sea and its trading lanes, says Adm. Harry Harris, the Pacific Commander for the U.S.
After continued questions about reliability and related issues with the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle, the U.S. Navy has put the brakes on the RMMV and is working toward developing other countermine (MCM) systems.
SpaceX notched another commercial satellite launch March 4 after apparently coming to grips with a problem with its superchillled propellants that thwarted two Falcon 9 launch attempts in February.
An ad hoc coalition of a dozen industrial and academic organizations with an interest in spaceflight plans to press its case for a steady course in U.S. space spending and policy across the political spectrum in the coming election.
Aurora Flight Sciences’ LightningStrike vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) X-plane will be “very challenging to demonstrate, but has the potential to move the technology needle farthest” for vertical flight, says Darpa program manager Ashish Bagai.
The U.K. and French governments have agreed to spend €2 billion ($2.19 billion) on the development of a joint unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator to fly by around 2025.
The U.S. Navy's current operations of the CVN-74 USS John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea is sending a message to U.S. allies, friends and potential adversaries.
The U.S. Navy says it recently conducted a successful demonstration of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 Block I (SM-6 Block I) from DDG 53 USS John Paul Jones off the Hawaiian coast.
The U.S. Navy needs to re-evaluate the way it uses contract guarantees to hold contractors responsible, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.
Another attempt to combine high speed with hover agility produces a unique solution combining tandem tiling wings, hybrid turbine-electric power and distributed electric propulsion.
