Defense

By Tony Osborne
HMS Prince of Wales is expected to operate off the coast of North East Scotland for several weeks.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force’s premier fighter development program calls for disrupting the aerospace business models.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Aero closing in on closing L-39NG contracts for Senegal and LOM Praha.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy intends to bring the MQ-25A Stingray unmanned refueling tanker to an aircraft carrier in fiscal 2022 or 2023, according to an official.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The aircraft, a public service mission version for Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police), was handed over during a ceremony at the company’s facility in Verigiate, near Milan, on Sept. 20.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
“There was a high possibility that the fire spread due to the static electricity generated by oxygen dripping from the engine exhaust port during the propellant filling operation,” MHI said in a statement Sept. 20.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
The proposed regulations bolster the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews certain transactions involving foreign investment in America to determine the effect of such transactions on national security.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon says a continuing resolution would delay implementation of new technology development and procurement efforts such as the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW).
Defense

By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia has rolled out the first eight aircraft with a new onboard Wi-Fi system which it intends to deploy across the rest of its narrowbody and widebody fleets.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A test asset for the MQ-25 unmanned tanker completed the first test flight on Sept. 19 at an airport in Illinois, the U.S. Navy and Boeing announced.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson
In an exclusive interview, Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper lays out a plan for a new way to make a “century series” of aircraft. Aviation Week editors Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson and Jen DiMascio process what that might mean for the military and current manufacturing base.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The first MQ-4C Triton deployment overseas appears set to begin within weeks.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Infrastructure spending is a hot-button issue ahead of next year’s presidential election. The president may win the issue, for reasons important to A&D.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
The new acting director of the Space Development Agency anticipates the release of its first draft solicitation “imminently.”
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The House voted 301-123 on Sept. 19 to pass a stopgap continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded through Nov. 21, and the Senate is expected to vote on the measure next week.
Defense

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Sept. 18 that would bar the federal government from purchasing Chinese-made drones.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Three small U.S. drone manufacturers are mounting a buy-American campaign, arguing that widespread use of drones made in China is suppressing the domestic industry for small unmanned aircraft types and helping to develop Chinese military capabilities.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
New Northrop Grumman Chairman, CEO and President Kathy Warden will reorganize her company into four main divisions starting next year, the company announced late Sept. 18.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air National Guard received its first F-35 Joint Strike Fighters at a base in Burlington, Vermont.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has selected the Northrop Grumman B-21 to demonstrate a potentially revolutionary approach to flightworthy software.
Program Management

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Air Force intelligence officials are conducting sweeping reviews of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets from space to the subsurface domains, says Lt. Gen. Veralinn Jamieson, deputy chief of staff for ISR and Cyber Effects Operations.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
Northrop Grumman is preparing for the first launch of its Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV), a spacecraft designed to supply propulsion to in-orbit satellites that would otherwise run out of fuel.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Italian Air Force has signed agreements with industry and academia to explore the potential of launching small satellites from Italian combat aircraft.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
Netherlands to buy nine more F-35s; U.S. Marine’s UH/AH-1 replacement effort; Boeing assembling Japanese tanker; India tests first indigenous missile.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Earthquake damage at test range delays plans to demonstrate airborne launch and recovery of unmanned aircraft that would cooperate with manned platforms.
Defense