Defense

Darpa project lays groundwork for future flight deck security
Defense

Russia says it will halt rocket engine deliveries, but U.S. will continue ops

By Graham Warwick
Army aviation tries to offset near-term pain with long-term hope as it restructures

The Pentagon and intelligence community are learning from deployment of hyperspectral and multispectral sensors in combat theaters.
Defense

France inches closer to a decision on arming UAVs.
Air Transport

Navy ISS instrument finds new users, some commercial potential with NASA

By Tony Osborne
Workers and sailors work jointly to smooth U.K. carrier service entry
Defense

By Jens Flottau, Tony Osborne
As the German aerospace industry gathers for ILA, it expects more declines in the defense sector

Richard Yuse President; Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems and vice president of Raytheon Co. Education: Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Northeastern University. Background: Appointed president of Raytheon SAS in March 2010. Previously, he headed Raytheon Technical Services Co. Yuse joined Raytheon in 1976 and has also led the company’s air and missile defense programs.
Defense

The United Nations is seeking bids from companies to provide UAVs for its peacekeeping mission in Mali after shelving plans to deploy surveillance UAVs in Cote d'Ivoire following improved security in the West African country.
Aerospace

The Rise and Fall of a Launch Monopoly?

Navy prepares for radar integration on Triton, early deployment in 2017

L-3 takes on Insitu with all-electric, tactical and unmanned APEX

By Tony Osborne
After multiple delays, British Army begins flying Watchkeeper UAV
Defense

Pressure builds on USAF to revisit its 36-core guarantee for ULA

By Tony Osborne
NATO’s new command-and-control system is 15 years in the making, and Italy plans to be the initial user
Defense

By Michael Bruno
As combat ends, retirements loom and PBL contracts wane, military MRO idles
MRO

Demand for IR countermeasures is growing in small aircraft and helicopter markets

Not talking won’t make subs go away
Defense

By Michael Bruno, Sean Broderick
Recent announcements could herald a new wave of strategic deals

Tom Enders
Tom Enders is the CEO of the Airbus Group. This viewpoint was adapted from a speech he recently gave to the Atlantic Council in Washington.
Defense

Eric Tegler
U.S. military plans defenses against growing UAV threat

As the first RQ-21As deploy to Afghanistan, the U.S. Marine Corps is eyeing new payload and fuselage options
Defense

The results of the 2014 Top-Performing Companies (TPC) study are heartening but troubling: Industry profits soared nearly 10% but the improvements are concentrated among the largest organizations.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Europe is expediting its plan to boost capability of its aerial refueling tanker