Defense

The proposal is supported by NASA studies showing potential energy savings from the hybridization of the C-130.

McIntosh will replace Bridget Lauderdale, who is retiring as vice president and general manager of the F-35 after 38 years at Lockheed.

A market research effort opened by the Army on Oct. 8 proposes a revamp of the Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) flight training program at Fort Novosel, Alabama.

The three aircraft were first bought by the service in 2019 for the ill-fated Light Attack Experiment.

The joint venture company of Airbus, Leonardo and Fokker paid to strip the parts from Australia’s NH90 fleet.

First flight of the aircraft, a dedicated military variant of the company’s H160 twin-engine medium helicopter, is planned for 2025.

The German government expects the first of the 737s to be converted into its P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft to take flight in November.

Italy has been approved to acquire Electronic Attack Mission Systems to equip a small fleet of converted Gulfstream G550 business jets.

Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky is studying the technology transfer of its X2 to KAI if the CH-53K King Stallion is for South Korea’s heavy-lift helicopter program.

Multiverse Computing will work with Airbus on the European Defense Fund-supported Enhanced Pilot Interfaces and Interactions for Fighter Cockpit program.

France has conducted the first qualification launch of the Aster 30 B1NT air- and missile-defense interceptor as it targets entry into service in 2026.

In 1979 the People’s Republic of China released a series of photographs of its weapons—mostly copies of Soviet equipment—continuing a policy of showing off some of its air, ground and sea capabilities.

The Black Hawk has spawned numerous variants and derivations over its 50-year career.

After killing the UH-60V Black Hawk upgrade, the Army has embarked on a nose-to-tail upgrade of the UH-60M.

Argentina’s defense spending has shrunk as a percentage of GDP in the last few years, requiring its operational needs to be met primarily through purchases of second-hand aircraft.

The Aurora concept includes two turbofan fan engines for horizontal thrust and four fans embedded into the blended wing body airframe for vertical lift.

AFRL’s Global Lightning prototyping effort began in 2018.

The semiconductors could increase power delivery and better manage heat in radar and radio communications systems, Raytheon said on Oct. 2.

Co-production with allies and partners is increasingly intertwined with U.S. efforts to revitalize the defense industrial base.

France is pressing ahead with efforts to field an enhanced standard of its Rafale multi-role fighter and pair it with an uncrewed combat aerial vehicle (UCAV).

Taiwan is scrapping its Advanced Defense Fighter program, saying the country’s military primes do not possess sufficiently matured technologies to proceed.

France plans to send Ukraine Dassault Mirage 2000 fighters in the first three months of 2025, says the country's Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu.

The startup aims for flight certification of a digital twin before the aircraft is physically built.

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.