Defense

By Steve Trimble
A Russian air force commander has revealed plans to introduce a sixth-generation, unmanned bomber by 2040.
Defense

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
The South Korean defense ministry plans to order 36-48 Boeing AH-64E Apaches.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army has started browsing the market for an alternative turboshaft engine to power the heavy-lift fleet of Boeing CH-47 and MH-47 Chinooks.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Congress has moved to spare the upgrade program for the Boeing CH-47F Chinook from a five-year deferral proposed earlier this year by the U.S. Army.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has carried out the first flight of a Eurofighter Typhoon destined for the Kuwait Air Force.
Defense

SWIFT ENGINEERING was selected by Sikorsky (Lockheed Martin) to design and build the fuselage for its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA)
Defense

BOEING launched the first Starliner space capsule on December 20 and landed aircraft on ground at White Sands Missile Range after two days in orbit
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The acting U.S. Navy secretary is holding a “Make Ford Ready” summit Jan. 9 that will feature all government and industry stakeholders who will focus on achieving four tasks to ensure the USS Gerald R. Ford deploys on time.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A powered target simulating a cruise missile was shot down by a guided 2.75-in. rocket fired by a Lockheed Martin F-16 to demonstrate a relatively affordable capability to defend bases from attacks by waves of cheap cruise missiles.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Japan will extended local assembly of Lockheed Martin F-35s by at least two years.
Defense

By Bill Carey
The FAA has agreed to pause its evaluation of a commercial space launch site proposed by Camden County, Georgia, on the U.S. Atlantic coast.
Defense

By Michael Bruno, Steve Trimble, Sean Broderick
Whether more management heads roll at Boeing remains to be seen now that Dennis Muilenburg has been fired as chief executive.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL — Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, a commercial low Earth orbit human transportation system developed in partnership with NASA, returned
Defense

By Tony Osborne
LONDON – The British government has approved the £4 billion ($5.2 billion) takeover of defense company Cobham by U.S. private equity firm Advent. Late
Defense

By Bill Carey
WASHINGTON – The U.S. FAA has pledged to release a draft rule prescribing a means to identify drones from the ground by the end of December. After
Aerospace

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. military is immediately assigning over 16,000 personnel to the new entity.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA could be a year away from having a cost estimate for accelerating its lunar plans.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force has ended its three-month ban on KC-46A cargo and passenger operations.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Argentina will purchase four Lockheed P-3Cs retired by the U.S. Navy.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
President Trump is expected to sign two minibus appropriations bills that include a provision allowing NASA to buy more Russian Soyuz seats to launch U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The Japanese defense ministry has published a new design for the country’s next fighter.
Defense

EMBRAER and BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE signed MOU to study potential development of new light military transport aircraft.
Defense

BOEING successfully launched the first Starliner space capsule on Dec 20.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Space launch provider Virgin Orbit says it has delivered a flight-worthy LauncherOne rocket to its Mojave, California facility and is poised to
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Local production of the Sikorsky UH-60J has suffered the largest cut in the defense budget for the coming fiscal year OK'd by Japan.
Defense