With most African countries ignoring the more expensive C-130J Hercules, both the Leonardo C-27J and Airbus C295 are now battling it out for tactical airlift supremacy in Africa. Alan Warnes looks at the state of play and the status of the North African air forces.
While ADS-B has been installed on various military models, only a few of the roughly 13,000 manned DOD aircraft will be equipped when the mandate takes effect.
USAF leader campaigns for space-based sensors; Japan lifts F-35 grounding; Protected satcom satellite to launch; Indonesia’s indigenous combat aircraft pod.
Boeing remains committed to reaching mid-teen operating margins despite ongoing issues with the 737 MAX and growing trade tensions between the U.S. and China, Boeing Chairman, CEO and President Dennis Muilenburg said Aug. 7.
The DOD is conducting a “zero-based review” of all department functions and activities to identify time, money and manpower funding that can be reallocated to its high priorities in support of the National Defense Strategy.
The Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Force Test Center have achieved over 13,000 lb. thrust during ground tests of a Northrop Grumman-developed scramjet.
British UAV research company Blue Bear says it will use an open architecture and modular approach in designing a low-cost combat UAV for the UK defense ministry.
A few years into a surge of spending, Lockheed Martin remains Wall Street’s favorite prime defense contractor to benefit from the DOD's hypersonics drive. But Raytheon could be a better investment, a new report says.
The U.S. Air Force has assigned the X-61A designation to the Dynetics Gremlin about five months before the first scheduled flight demonstration of the UAV, which can be recovered in-flight.
Six months after launching a prototype three-cubesat constellation to identify radio frequency (RF) emitter locations worldwide, startup HawkEye 360 has closed a $70 million round of financing to build and launch a commercial network and develop a line of RF analytic products.
The U.S. general in charge of protecting North America claims the space-based sensor layer is “absolutely key” in defending the nation against hypersonic glide vehicles, but it was not included in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2020 budget request.
The goal of the AI Exploration program is to investigate high-risk, high-reward topics to determine feasibility and whether an area is ready for increased investment as part of a larger DARPA program.
This was the first-time live F-35 track data was sent to the IBCS using both the F-35 ground station and the F-35 IBCS adaptation kit, which were both developed by Lockheed Martin, according to a company statement.
Lockheed Martin will integrate new sensors for missile tracking into the command and control hub for the Ballistic Missile Defense System under a $320 million contract, the company announced Aug. 6.
An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket placed two U.S. and European telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit following a successful Aug. 6 launch from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Northrop Grumman’s 11th NASA-contracted Cygnus cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) departed the six-person orbiting science lab Aug. 6, prepared for an extended stay in orbit to support a variety of commercial activities.
India’s space agency is building a new communication satellite, GSAT-7R, for the country’s navy to facilitate the exchange of information between its aircraft, warships and other elements.
For the first time, journalists have been permitted to tour Lockheed Martin’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense manufacturing, final assembly and test facility, where the company has produced 450 interceptors since 2007.
