Defense

Conferences and events for professionals in the defense and aerospace community.
Defense

Greg Delawie
Using aircraft under the Open Skies Treaty can make Russia’s military movements difficult to hide or fake.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Peter Brookes
The Trump administration’s decision comes after months of careful review and consultation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
The Space Development Agency is moving forward with plans to put on contract the initial phases of its ambitious next-generation U.S. Defense Space
Space

By Tony Osborne
With the mission due to be complete in mid-July, the quarantine period effectively will double the period the Italian personnel are away.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The unpainted aircraft, F287, took off on June 3 from the Boeing assembly line in St. Louis, Missouri.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Spanish Air Force has been steadily building up its capabilities with the A400M and is performing strategic, tactical and aerial refueling missions with the platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Veteran astronaut Kate Rubin’s trip will ensure a U.S. presence on the International Space Station while NASA strives to complete the certifications of a second commercial crew launch provider.
Space

HONEYWELL reached agreement with US Army to demonstrate/fly upgraded, 6,000-hp T55-GA-714C engine on CH-47 Chinook.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
“We can call it 'ATAK one and a half,'" Turkish Aerospace CEO Temel Kotil says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force is inviting industry to submit ideas to start replacing the MQ-9 unmanned aircraft system by 2030 with a next-generation, medium-altitude strike and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

This webinar took place June 4, 2020 The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency (SDA) is finally gaining traction and seeking pitches for its
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Canada has concluded an undersea search for the wreckage of a Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone naval helicopter that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on April 29, killing all six personnel onboard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Urchick
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK estimates that at the end of 2019 there were 1,888 Western-designed helicopters performing scout missions in military service
AWIN Knowledge Center

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

AeroVironment, Inc. has promoted Senior Vice President Ken Karklin to the role of chief operating officer, effective immediately. Karklin previously
Defense

By Irene Klotz
Four days after launching astronauts for a flight test of its commercial space taxi, SpaceX fired off another Falcon 9 rocket to resume building out its Starlink satellite network for high-speed internet service.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
The radars will be able to surveil more patches of sky and surface at a time. The program also addresses parts obsolescence.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Michael Bruno
The U.S. is girding to ward off China’s influence on western A&D after COVID-19. But unanswered questions make it a long, hard slog.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The awards create a pool of contractors now eligible to compete for a rolling series of task orders as the Air Force stages “on ramp” demonstrations for new Advanced Battle Management System technologies.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. arm of Japanese satellite servicing startup Astroscale is expanding into geostationary orbit by acquiring the assets of Israeli company Effective Space Solutions.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The Northrop Grumman B-21 is at least 18 months from a first flight milestone, but the stealth bomber’s “flight-ready hardware” already is
Aircraft & Propulsion

LEONARDO HELICOPTERS was selected by US Navy to produce 32 TH-73As (variant of AW119) for its Advanced Helicopter Training System program; aircraft
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A nearly year-long setback for the Tactical Boost Glide program will cause a similar delay for the U.S. Air Force’s AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A Bell V-280 tiltrotor has become the first aircraft to fly with GKN thermoplastic composite parts made from recycled waste material.
Aircraft & Propulsion