Defense

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin will integrate the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod on the Dassault Mirage 2000-9 after a selection by the UAE Air Force and Air Defense, which bypassed the traditional French supplier for the delta-wing fighter’s optical sensor.
Air Warfare Symposium

By Mark Carreau
Applying to NASA for an opening in the agency’s modest astronaut corps will never be the same.
Space

MTU MAINTENANCE CANADA has 10-year, US$225m contract to provide F138 (CF6-80C2) depot maintenance for USAF C-5Ms.
MRO

By Molly McMillin
Italian manufacturer Piaggio Aero Industries and its subsidiary, Piaggio Aviation, have launched an international search for a buyer more than a year after seeking protection from creditors.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Britain has begun a deep review of its foreign policy in a move which will likely lead to significant adjustments to the capabilities of the country’s armed forces.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The French Air Force is exploring the potential leasing of Boeing CH-47 Chinooks in an evaluation that could precede a potential heavy lift helicopter fleet purchase.
Air Warfare Symposium

By Steve Trimble
Boeing has revealed a thrust-compounded helicopter design for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.
Air Warfare Symposium

By Steve Trimble
A new U.S. military assessment adds a hypersonic glide vehicle to China’s nuclear weapons portfolio.
Air Warfare Symposium

By Tony Osborne
The flight trial will see the helicopter’s mission commander take control of an unmanned aircraft system and prove the ability of the crew to control and monitor it and its payload.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Air Force has detailed its plans to accelerate the emerging advanced air mobility market, and potentially become an early adopter of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles, but is making clear it does not intend to set requirements or fund development.
Air Warfare Symposium

GKN AEROSPACE was selected by FMV to provide technical support/MRO/spare parts out of Trollhättan for RM16 (F414) engines for Gripen E fighters for
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy has disclosed the fiscal 2021 budget request for the Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout is not directly tied to solving problems discovered in operational testing, but fixes are slated before first deployment.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The Royal Canadian Air Force has started test flying a Lockheed CP-140 maritime patrol aircraft fitted with a new missile warning system, a satellite antenna radome and other upgrades.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Norway has deployed its F-35s to Iceland, marking the first deployment of the type by the Nordic air force.
Defense

Daniel Oltrogge
The success of the growing commercial space industry is at risk.
Program Management

By Michael Bruno
Boeing announced Feb. 24 that former United Technologies CFO Akhil Johri and current Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf will join its board of directors.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
For decades, the top role as Chief of Air Staff in Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) has been the preserve of either pilots or aircrewmen. But that tradition could be turned on its head.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. military is requesting an additional 17 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force’s first two F-35 combat wings have reached the “full warfighting capability” milestone, service officials announced on Feb. 24.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Inmarsat has announced its first distribution partners in Saudi Arabia to provide satellite connectivity services to the aviation, maritime and land-based business markets.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The Hubble Space Telescope operations teams at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the Space Telescope Science Institute of Baltimore have been awarded the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s 2020 Collins Trophy for current achievement.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Emergency beacon supplier ACR Group on Feb. 24 announced an agreement to acquire avionics manufacturer FreeFlight Systems of Irving, Texas, for an undisclosed amount.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX is prepared for the final launch of its initial NASA commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The mission supports science and technology initiatives that range from culturing human heart tissue for transplant to conserving the water used to shower without diminishing the cleanup experience.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett, Kim Minseok
Korean Air is preparing a design for a full-scale technology demonstrator for a reconnaissance and attack drone that officials close to the program think could be ready for service around 2030.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
BAE Systems is working at building up a low-profile Australian business in high-frequency radio technology, a key aim being to export skywave over-the-horizon radars.
Defense