As Virgin Galactic continues to transition flight testing to its New Mexico operations site, the company’s sister production unit, The Spaceship Company, has announced completion of fuselage and wing mating for the spaceline’s second suborbital vehicle at its Mojave site in California.
The USMC has released plans to select multiple vendors to perform “concept advancement” studies on the Attack Utility Replacement Aircraft, a high-speed rotorcraft to replace the UH/AH-1 fleet.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Iridium Communications a $738.5 million contract to provide services from its new Iridium Next constellation of satellites.
The USAF canceled acquisition plans for a new boost phase missile interceptor after the undisclosed contractor became unwilling to accept a cost-sharing agreement.
L3Harris Technologies has showcased its Venom adversary air mission software suite integrating air-to-air capabilities using commercial-off-the shelf components.
A group of high-altitude RQ-4 unmanned aircraft systems will be drafted into service to support an upcoming series of hypersonic missile flight tests, the commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) says in an interview.
General Atomics has been awarded a £100 million contract by the UK defense ministry for test and evaluation activities required to bring the UK’s new Protector medium-altitude, long-endurance air system to the front line.
Elbit Systems of America will continue to look for bolt-on acquisitions providing specialty technology and L3Harris is expected to continue divesting parts of its newly combined business portfolio now that the companies have closed the sale of a night vision business.
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command is interested in alternatives to Fairchild Dornier 328 turboprops to support future troop transport missions, Lt. Gen. Jim Slife says.
The Air Force Association has awarded General Atomics a Citation of Honor because of the company’s advocacy of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and aerospace education.
The A&D sector is thriving as demand for air travel increases along with growing worldwide defense needs. But to fulfill customer expectations, the sector has to continue to innovate—and innovation requires digital acumen.
The Japanese defense ministry wants to spend ¥20 billion ($190 million) on development of the country’s next combat aircraft in the coming fiscal year, the Gendai business magazine reported, citing a ministry official.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will demonstrate the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Agile Condor technology using a MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft (RPA).
The decision clears Northrop to submit an independent bid for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent contract on Dec. 13, as Boeing decided in July to withdraw plans to make a competing offer.
U.S. Navy planners have started to assemble a team to study a sea-based version of a family of Future Vertical Lift aircraft to replace Sikorsky MH-60s and unmanned Northrop Grumman MQ-8s.
The Senate Appropriations Committee is unhappy with the U.S. Army not giving advanced notice to congressional defense committees when realigning program budgets identified during the Pentagon's “Night Court” review.
The Senate Appropriations Committee is unsupportive of the U.S. Air Force continuing its light attack aircraft experiment and is encouraging the service to revert to its initial plan.
Under a $13.7 million contract with Advanced Space of Boulder, Colorado, the 6U small Capstone satellite could be ready to launch as soon as December 2020.
French aerospace research agency Onera has dropped a launch vehicle model from its Eole small airborne launch system demonstrator at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
Serbia is to take delivery of Chinese-made medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicles (UAV), becoming the first customer for the platforms in Europe.
