The parallel developments of Ariane 6’s components and launch facilities are progressing on time for a first launch in the second half of next year, according to design authority and manufacturer ArianeGroup.
Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) is to establish an aviation cluster in Jeddah as the company gears up for aerospace programs to serve the needs of the Saudi armed forces and government agencies.
The Philippines has taken delivery of two Elbit Systems Hermes 450 medium-altitude, long-endurance surveillance drones, its defense secretary confirmed.
RBAF commander, Major General Hamad bin Abdullah al Khalifah, now has to face up to the challenge of ensuring there are enough aircrews trained to fly when the new F-16s and AH-1Zs arrive.
Pratt to reduce future cost of F-35 engines; China’s new stealth-detecting radar; Italian Air Force, Virgin plan research mission and GPS OCX in testing.
After devoting nearly 20 years to buying “exquisite” weapon systems and operating often in isolation from the U.S. Navy, the Marine Corps will spend the next decade revamping a force structure to use lower-cost platforms and integrate tightly with the naval fleets, Commandant Gen. David Berger said Oct. 3.
French aerospace and defense provider Thales on Oct. 3 raised sales and operating performance forecast for the coming years, with the benefits of recently acquired software security company Gemalto “offsetting a more uncertain outlook in the commercial space market and no growth in transport.”
New-space investing is continuing its heady climb in 2019, with the market’s first vertically integrated holding company, Voyager Space Holdings, announced Oct. 2.
The managing director of Leonardo’s helicopter business says he would like to see a role for European industry in the programs that emerge from the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL).
A German-led research effort has identified organic compounds—ingredients of amino acids, the building blocks of life—in data obtained by the NASA-led Cassini mission as it traversed eruptive plumes rising from the massive subsurface ocean at Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
The U.S. should sell additional Javelin missiles to Ukraine so that it can better defend its sovereign territory, the head of U.S. European Command (EUCOM) says.
France is to order the Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye carrier-borne airborne early warning aircraft as part of an upgrade to the country’s naval air arm.
The Philippines is likely to arm Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light attack airplanes and Bell AH-1F Cobra attack helicopters with 70-mm (2.75-in.) rockets converted to precision weapons by the addition of BAE Systems WGU-59/B guidance units.
North Korea has test fired what appeared to be a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on Oct. 2, demonstrating what an analyst estimates as a range capability of possibly more than 3,000 km (2,000 mi.).
It takes a long time to build an aircraft carrier but it’s worth the wait. Especially when the carrier is as advanced and capable as the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78).
Due to moderate oil prices and the relatively low level of technology of weapons involved in the attack, the effect on A&D is likely to be muted for now.
Pratt & Whitney will reduce the unit recurring flyaway (URF) cost of the F135 engine by 3% over a three-year ordering period for Lockheed Martin F-35s scheduled for delivery from 2020 to 2022, the company says.
Virgin Galactic and the Italian Air Force signed a contract Oct. 2 to train and carry three Italians into suborbital space aboard SpaceShipTwo to conduct research experiments in flight as soon as next year.
The U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 is being developed as a carrier-based aerial refueler, but an intelligence agency is showing interest in the unmanned aircraft system for a maritime surveillance role.
