Defense

By Michael Bruno
Leidos, a giant provider of technology and services to U.S. government agencies, is buying two airport security and services units from L3Harris Technologies for $1 billion.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force’s first Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has touched down on British soil.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Solar research by NASA’s Heliophysics Division, NOAA and the National Science Foundation have been slowed by budgets that fail to keep pace with inflation, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Operators say more spaceports will be needed to support launch demand.
Air Transport

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

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News in brief
Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
The €3.6 billion ($4 billion) final agreements that Airbus has reached with French, UK and U.S. authorities to resolve a corruption case, although colossal, are in fact a satisfactory outcome for the company.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The show may go on at the upcoming Singapore Airshow, but not for some companies and foreign delegations.
Singapore Airshow

By Tony Osborne
Germany has terminated plans to develop a signals intelligence platform based on Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4 Triton high-altitude, long-endurance platform.
Defense

Stew Miller to Executive Vice President-Strategic Systems of Aerion Supersonic, Reno, NV.
Defense

AERION SUPERSONIC began initial concept development for first in family of high-altitude supercruise aircraft for the US defense market.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy has moved to greatly expand the role of P-8A maritime patrol aircraft by proposing to integrate several new types of missiles, bombs, mines and advanced decoys.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The government of Ghana has been drawn into the controversy surrounding the Airbus bribery probe after it emerged that payments were made to secure the sale of C295 turboprop airlifters to the African republic’s military.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Finnish ministry of defense says all five of the contenders in its contest to find a next-generation fighter have responded to a revised request for quotation asked for by Helsinki.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Spain has formally signed up to purchase 24 Pilatus PC-21 turboprop training aircraft to modernize its air force’s training fleet.
Defense

Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (Marshall ADG) has signed a multi-year contract with the United States Government, to support the Kuwait Air Force fleet of KC-130J tanker aircraft.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
New engines, rotor blades and Sikorsky’s Matrix technology will provide new lease of life to Erickson’s Air Crane.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
EASA drafts electric rules; unmanned cargo gliders; orbit debris removal; Uber engages on UAM; Honeywell eyes fluidic propulsion.
Aerospace

Calendar of upcoming events of interest to the aerospace & defense industry.
Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Poland becomes the first NATO country bordering Russian territory to adopt the stealth fighter.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
The flight also demonstrated a guided re-entry of the Electron first stage booster as the company works to make its small-satellite launcher reusable.
Defense