Defense

GKN hopes its purchase of Dutch aerostructures company Fokker will help it gain a foothold as a supplier to the aerospace giants

The Pentagon’s new approach to ignite and capture innovation and technology may be both meaningful and meaningless.

The Pentagon may be looking toward Silicon Valley for cutting edge ideas, but it still needs the leadership and experience of its legacy primes, including in a new role guiding the new players.

Boeing and Saab are close to flying their new advanced trainer, but M-346 could be back in the race soon.

Global competition is forcing the U.S. and allies to pursue smaller, more powerful electromagnetic weaponry.

Boeing rolled out the first Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft July 29 at the company’s final assembly facility in St. Louis.

A sudden surge in demand for the combat jet has the French air force struggling to provide training and technical support to export customers while meeting overseas commitments

What remains is for Marine Corps Commandant Joseph Dunford to give the official nod for initial operational capability.

Group chief executive of South African state-owned Denel, Riaz Saloojee, hopes to get approval from the government to restart the Rooivalk combat helicopter production line.

Alenia Aermacchi is in talks with a new U.S. partner for the Air Force’s T-X advanced trainer program, the company tells Aviation Week, and a deal should be announced “very soon.”

Harkening to 787 problems, KC-46’s fuel system falls victim to faulty parts.

Michael Donley says that, given the potential for a protest, an extra dose of discipline is needed in selecting who will build the Air Force’s next-generation bomber.

By choosing the Bell 412, license-built by FHI, Japan has gone for low cost and low risk. The main alternative was the advanced Airbus H160, which KHI could have helped build for global customers.

Nontraditional suppliers and technologies help missile-manufacturer Raytheon trim cost of MALD-J air-launched decoy jammer.

Sikorsky's technology work could add to Lockheed Martin’s portfolio but also could overlap, forcing internal decisions on which of various competing approaches to pursue.

With Sikorsky deal, and IT divestitures, Lockheed Martin is doubling-down on weapons for Washington

A highly stressed UAV force may have finally worn down USAF resistance to automatic UAV takeoff and landing systems.

Eurofighter engineers and pilots claim to have made big improvements with some small shape changes.

The Kawasaki P-1 was showcased for senior British officers in advance of Japan’s anticipated bid for the U.K.’s new maritime patrol contract.

Redesigns and retrofits required to address a faulty integrated fuel system for the tanker appear to be the cause of the latest cost overrun for Boeing to keep the U.S. Air Force’s KC-46 aerial refueling program on track.

USAF designed it, but will industry build Super Strypi rail-launched rocket?

Boeing has not won a single international KC-46 order thus far; the Airbus KC-30 now has 48 orders.

The U.S. Marine Corps has completed an operational readiness inspection of its first F-35B squadron, the last major hurdle before the service can assess whether VMFA-121 in Yuma, Arizona, is suitable to declare initial operational capability.

The planned $9 billion purchase could be more defining for Lockheed, the Pentagon’s leading prime contractor, than helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky or even the rotorcraft market.

This first delivery comes just five months after the Egyptian decision to acquire 24 Rafales (16 two-seaters and eight single-seaters) in order to equip its Air Force with a latest-generation multirole fighter capable of meeting the country's operational requirements and enabling Egypt, with full sovereignty, to secure its geostrategic position in the region.