Defense

BAE Systems and Renishaw have signed an agreement to work together on the development of additive manufacturing capability for the defence and aerospace sector, designed to help improve performance, reduce costs and speed up manufacturing processes on combat aircraft of the future.

After nearly a decade of development, NASA’s biggest, most complicated launch vehicle is ready for testing.

The U.S. Navy wants to replace the radio-frequency countermeasures and radar-warning receiver systems on its Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets with a new electronic warfare system.

The Israeli Air Force has resumed flying its Sikorsky CH-53 fleet after a six-week grounding.\

UAVOS is developing a heavy-lift, long-range delivery drone based on the Robinson R22 light helicopter.

Ellen Ochoa will be the 34th recipient of the National Space Trophy, presented each year to a U.S. citizen for major contributions to the U.S. space program.

The study is another sign that progress toward Japan's proposed Next Generation Fighter is advancing.

The Russian Navy has displayed a model of a new small missile that may be a direct successor to the Kh-25M and a complement to the Kh-38M.

Paramount Aerospace Systems (a Paramount Group subsidiary) has provided upgrade and engineering support for Draken International’s regenerated Mirage F1s.

Leonardo to replace U.S. Navy TH-XX; U.S. seeks ground-based radar; French firms team to develop sigint platform; Japan's pilot training.

The term “merger of equals” has become buzzworthy in A&D M&A, but under the tie-ups of big names are trends toward diversity and size.

Recent market intelligence items for aerospace and defense professionals.

AFRL's X-60A hypersonic flying testbed has moved a step closer to initial flight tests.

ESA has made progress with an ExoMars 2020 parachute problem and hopes the probe will be ready for launch this summer.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch resumed efforts Jan. 15 to replace aging batteries on the International Space Station.

The Marine commandant points to the MUX effort as an example of requirements creep and how the services must be more disciplined.

The new pod will become one of the key capabilities for the F/A-18E/F Block III that is scheduled to enter flight testing in a few months.

Investment firm L Squared Capital Partners is looking to acquire small companies focused on aerospace and defense.

BOEING DEFENSE delivered 83 new fixed-wing aircraft/fighters (one C-17; two C-40s; 11 F-15s; 23 F/A-18s; 28 KC-46s; 18 P-8s) and 50 new rotorcraft (37

BOEING is offering H-47 Chinook to German Armed Forces under its New Heavy Lift Helicopter program for 44-60 aircraft; contract award is expected in

“I would put us in the red-risk for being ready at the national level for sample analysis of the Osiris-Rex materials,” the mission's principal investigator says.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense is seeking information on an unspecified training system for Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning pilots.

BridgeComm and Boeing’s HorizonX are exploring applications for a new, ultra-high-speed communications network for systems on land, in the air and in space.

The Archange aircraft will use Thales’ CUGE universal electronic warfare payload, and will replace the French Air Force's two C-160G Gabriel platforms.

Lockheed Martin has won a sixth prime contractor role in a U.S. hypersonic missile program.