Defense

U.S. Delta Force special operators and at least one dog were ferried by a mix of eight Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and Boeing H-47 Chinook helicopters to raid a compound housing the founder and leader of ISIS.

A series of software-based upgrades is planned for the international fleet of NH90 land-based and naval helicopters.

Once again, the digging by NASA’s Mars InSight lander has come to a stop—and again, puzzling subsurface soil properties seemingly are to blame.

Airbus Helicopters is looking to combine artificial intelligence with its manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) technology to address concerns over pilot workload.

The nascent Space Development Agency (SDA) has announced a “permanent director” following the sudden departure of Fred Kennedy in July.

A secretive, experimental spacecraft operated by the U.S. Air Force landed early on Oct. 27 after completing a record, 780-day journey in orbit.

“We expect to monetize Forcepoint to create value for our shareholders,” Raytheon Chairman and CEO Tom Kennedy said during a quarterly update from company leaders.

NASA’s Mars InSight lander is once again hammering its way into the crust of Elysium Planetia, a stretch of smooth plain on the red planet’s northern equatorial belt.

The Czech Republic has become the sixth nation to join the Dutch-led Multinational Multi Role Tanker Transport Fleet.

The USAF has released the final requests for proposals to two companies for a dramatically reduced acquisition plan for light attack aircraft.

The last RAF Tucanos performed a 10-ship formation flight over RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, on Oct. 25, marking the end of the last basic fast jet training course to use the platform.

Northrop Grumman “looks forward” to submitting its bid for the U.S. Air Force’s Ground-based Strategic Defense intercontinental ballistic missile replacement program in December,

First it was hypersonic missiles, now the U.S. is reacting to advances in directed-energy weapons by potential adversaries by exploring ideas for countering high energy laser (HEL) systems.

FAA and the German Aerospace Center have signed a memorandum of cooperation to identify data that should be shared when space launch and re-entry operations traverse the airspace of different countries.

The cabin electronics branch of Thales and telecom operator SES have demoed the use of a hybrid geostationary and medium Earth orbit sat network for improved inflight connectivity.

As the U.S. military grapples with the global pilot shortage, the armed services are adopting various retention methods, from incentive pay to retiree recall.

U.S. Air Force adversary air providers; European tanker requirements; Russia seeks MiG-35 customers; and the U.S. is now operating polar protected satcom satellites.

The KF-X has cleared its critical design review. A radar technology demonstrator has flown.

“Politicians do not have all the right answers,” he argues. “We need to fight for our real business interests and not be shy to lock horns with governments.”

The CST-100 Starliner's trial run to the International Space Station will set the stage for a crewed flight test as early as March 2020.

Germany looks set to have the largest NH90 helicopter fleet in the world as it gears up to equip its naval air arm with an all-NH90 force by the late 2020s.

The pressure on the B-21 stealth bomber development program is rising ahead of a scheduled first flight milestone in December 2021.

The first two upgraded Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft were delivered this past summer to the French Navy’s Lann-Bihoue air base.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has assembled the second stage of the first H3 medium-lift space launcher.

Eighteen competitors were prequalified and three finalists were selected, but only one company remains in the running to win up to $12 million in the DARPA Launch Challenge.