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.
Airbus has lashed out at Madrid’s decision to select defense electronics firm Indra as the industrial lead for Spain’s share in the European Future Combat Air System.
HAPSMobile, the joint venture between AeroVironment and Japan’s SoftBank, has flown the prototype Hawk30 high-altitude pseudo-satellite in restricted airspace at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center on Edwards AFB in California.
Indonesia is using two China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. CH-4B Rainbow strike-capable, medium-altitude/long-endurance drones for testing and evaluation.
