Defense

Northrop Grumman and L3Harris have been selected to form a three-way competition with previously announced Lockheed Martin for a contract to develop the Stand-in Attack Weapon for the U.S. Air Force.

Embraer believes it has identified the right strategy to emerge from the crisis and build a broader industrial portfolio.

Even without test pilot astronauts on board, NASA’s Artemis I mission of a Space Launch System (SLS)-propelled Orion capsule around the Moon and back to Earth promises drama, which the space agency is working to share publicly through live video and data transmissions.

A lack of available aircraft and range time has delayed the testing of the GBU-53/B StormBreaker small-diameter bomb, with initial operational capability expected to slip, according to a new government assessment.

Canada’s first private-equity fund dedicated to the aerospace supply chain is targeting $100 million and already has garnered commitments for $77 million, officials said.

SEAKR Engineering recently demonstrated optical communications between a pair of two DARPA Mandrake II satellites.

The U.S. Space Force is at risk of fielding a new Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability that does not meet requirements and could necessitate costly and time-intensive rework because it is moving ahead without a formal risk assessment and baseline for the design, according to a new assessment.

Russian State Space Corp. Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin threatened to restart a German telescope aboard the joint Russian-German Spektr-RG space observatory which Germany shut down in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The U.S. Air Force now expects to make a production decision on the MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter in January 2023, a total slip of about 16 months.

While the Future Combat Air System program is still stalled because of a disagreement between Airbus and Dassault Aviation, the French procurement agency and Dassault are hinting they have ideas for a Plan B.

The invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the need for missile defense in a conflict, and a House panel is calling on the U.S. Army to assess if it needs more batteries for the mission and how its Patriot systems should be upgraded.

NASA is eyeing the DiskSat as a follow-up to the cubesat.

With the U.S. Space Force expected to increase the number of launches—especially with the Space Development Agency gearing up to launch its Tranche 1 and 2 programs—a House panel is calling for the service to increase the use of a common launch integrator to drive down costs.

The agency turns to public-private partnerships to equip Artemis spacewalkers.

Three different alternative navigation technologies have been flight tested in a regional jet and helicopter.

MDA and Redwire have received contracts to each develop 42 antennas for low Earth orbit military satellites.

If the threat of severe thunderstorms materializes over Eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle on June 8, the staff of a NASA project and its heavily instrumented high-altitude ER-2 jet aircraft plan to be there.

H. Edward "Ed" Paul, III to Vice President and Controller of Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD.

Evan T. Scott to Vice President and Treasurer of Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD.

INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS, CA has contract to supply replacement multi-function controls and displays for USAF C-5Ms.

A cryptic news release by Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc. hints at the existence of a secret Lockheed Martin aircraft project.

Lockheed Martin has become the first competitor to receive a Phase 1 award in a bidding process for a contract to develop a new U.S. Air Force air-launched strike missile.

Lawmakers want the Pentagon to broaden its use of advanced technologies for hypersonic and ballistic missile defense by increasing research in directed energy.