Defense

Dowty Propellers, a division of GE Aviation, has opened a new production facility, repair operation and headquarters in Brockworth, England.

MiG Corp. has confirmed that a new family of high-speed unmanned aircraft systems is in development to partner with the MiG-35 and other manned aircraft during combat missions.

The six-member International Station crew greeted the second of back-to-back U.S. and Russian cargo capsule deliveries early Dec. 9.

The largest UAV yet produced in Turkey, with a maximum take-off weight of five metric tons, the Akinci took to the air from Corlu airport, west of Istanbul.

The global defense sector will remain robust in 2020, with global defense budgets expected to grow at least 3-4% and bring total spending up to almost $2 trillion, Deloitte predicts in a new report.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett believes the government should declassify some information related to challenges in space so that the public is aware of what is at stake.

The Air Force does not know how much the KC-46 fixes will cost until a design is validated.

Plans for International Space Station astronauts to conduct three high-priority spacewalks before year’s end appear to be slipping into 2020.

Textron Aviation’s layoffs are part of a restructuring plan by its parent company to cut costs and improve operating efficiency, the company said in a U.S. SEC filing.

MD Helicopters announced a partnership with Elbit Systems on Dec. 5 to develop a Block II version of the MD 530G armed scout helicopter with more advanced weapons and avionics.

As the U.S. military develops and deploys a host of new anti-ship cruise missiles, a Russian admiral says a MiG-31 demoed an ability to shoot down such a threat with an air-to-air missile.

The U.S. Air Force has recently completed the system requirements review for the KC-46A Remote Vision System (RVS).

As Beijing’s power begins to gain influence around the alliance’s soft underbelly, NATO is taking notice.

This year’s Aviation Week Photo Contest winners include a Canadian Snowbirds pilot, aerospace engineers, a space policy expert and a commercial pilot.

Applying advances made by the computer gaming industry, Raytheon is supplying new portable avionics maintenance trainers to the U.S. Marine Corps for the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 5 to send a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station.

Textron Aviation is reducing its salaried workforce here and in Independence, Kansas, as it continues “to operate with efficiency,” a company spokeswoman confirmed Dec. 5.

Israel Aerospace Industries ELTA will deliver eight ELM-2084 multimission radars to the Czech Ministry of Defense in a long-delayed, government-to-government deal worth $125 million signed on Dec. 5.

The DOD has requested to shift roughly $40 million to fix the Advanced Weapons Elevators on the USS Gerald R. Ford and complete deferred work on the warship.

Boeing’s first space-bound CST-100 Starliner capsule has been hoisted atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket for a practice launch countdown ahead of its planned Dec. 19 trial run to the ISS.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) on Dec. 5 flew the second prototype of its LCH civil helicopter, the first to be built in South Korea.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission is providing the closest-ever observations of the high temperatures generated by the Sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere.

Romania bolsters fleet of F-16s; Spain builds training system around PC-21s; Pentagon’s Fahey addresses launch services; Protected satcom payload clears CDR

The U.S. military industrial base could suffer the consequences if America’s alliances crack or crumble.

“We’re using the same philosophy, some of the same expertise, lessons learned, what worked, what didn’t and applying that to the public shipyards,” says Hondo Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition.