Defense

By Tony Osborne
A U.K. think tank is calling for more government action to help prevent the nefarious use of remotely controlled air vehicles by terrorist and criminal groups.
Defense

A U.S. B-52 bomber conducted a low-level flight Jan. 9 in the vicinity of Osan, South Korea, in response to a recent nuclear test by North Korea, U.S. Pacific Command says.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA researchers report genetic and nutritional links to the vision changes experienced by astronauts assigned to live and work aboard the International Space Station.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
NATO fighters performed 160 intercepts of Russian aircraft during Baltic Air Policing missions last year, the Lithuanian defense ministry has revealed.
Defense

The U.S. Navy and U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) certified the latest version of the Aegis combat system earlier this month for the service’s destroyer fleet.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India’s Reliance Defense Ltd. wants to establish a naval ship-building facility in the country at an estimated cost of 50 billion rupees ($748 million).
Defense

It appears China landed three aircraft earlier this month on a newly built airfield located on an artificial island over Kagitingan, the Pentagon confirms.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
With the goal of eliminating the arrays for nonstructural aerials on current intelligence-gathering aircraft, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is developing spray-on and load-bearing conformal antennas.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
One passenger, no pilot; Intel inside UAVs; Tailsitting Tern; HorseFly delivers; Soaring for two.
Air Transport

The White House has finally approved the long drawn out requests by Kuwait and Qatar to buy up to 76 Boeing F-15 and F/A- 18E/F Super Hornet aircraft worth approximately $7 billion as well as clearing the sale of 17 Lockheed Martin-built F-16 aircraft to Bahrain.
Defense

Astronauts on the International Space Station will deploy a pair of cubesats as early as next month to test the ability of the tiny spacecraft to receive and distribute ground commands, and to find the best route to send data back to Earth autonomously.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Air Force Research Lab is preparing to fly a Navmar TigerShark unmanned aircraft with 50 spray-on antennas across its airframe.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India will launch its fifth navigation satellite later this month, moving the country closer to establishing its regional navigation system.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The U.K. government is in discussions with Japan over the possible joint development of a new air-to-air missile.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Airbus and German aerospace center DLR are working to improve computational tools and wind-tunnel testing for accurately predicting the maximum-lift performance of transport aircraft.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The recent North Korean nuclear bomb test shows the need for discussing all options for South Korean defense, including potentially deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad), Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook says.
Defense

Top market players A400M and KC-46 suffered problems in 2015 but are set to move forward with milestones in 2016.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Finmeccanica restructures its business to focus on aerospace, defense and space, and even a name change maybe in the offing.
Air Transport

Daniel Z. Katz
Lockheed and Northrop would know every delay and overrun will count against their chances of replacing the F-15E.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
Scientists prepare to save dollars for research; officials call for increased missile defense presence after North Korean test; and the FAA signs up 181,000 small UAS owners.
Air Transport

The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) needs to do a better job managing some of its ...
Defense

Canada’s Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, the robot commonly referred to as Dextre, is set to get a new set of eyes for inspections and other operations outside the International Space Station.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA should take a deep look at the activities expected of astronauts launched on future missions to the lunar environs, near Earth asteroids and Mars to better address their spacesuit needs, a panel of experts says.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett, Tony Osborne
Australia is unexpectedly buying two Gulfstream G550s as intelligence and electronic warfare (EW) aircraft from L-3 Communications for $93.6 million.
Defense

Large aerospace companies in Europe benefited from low oil prices last year and will continue to do so in the coming year, French aerospace suppliers group Gifas says.
Defense