Aviation Week caused an international incident of sorts in September 1994 when it published a cover image of two Dassault Rafale fighters superimposed over an artist’s rendering of the French flag. The problem: the flag's colors were in the wrong order.
The U.S. Air Force is open to a teaming arrangement as a response to the solicitation for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) competition, according to the service’s acquisition executive.
The U.S. Air Force has added the obscure category of “single-use aircraft” to the list of technologies being pursued to form the next generation of air superiority capabilities.
Embraer delivered the first production KC-390 airlifter and tanker to Wing 2 of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) during a Sept. 4 ceremony at Anápolis air base.
The UK defense ministry has been criticized by auditors because its £3.2 billion ($3.85 billion) Military Flying Training System (MFTS) has failed to meet contractual obligations.
European missile manufacturer MBDA is proposing a magazine-launched, ground vehicle-mounted derivative of its Brimstone air-to-surface missile to meet a Polish requirement for a tank destroyer.
The South Korean defense ministry is proposing a 20.7% surge in the budget for indigenous weapon development in 2020, with the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-X program a key reason for the rise.
Each concept is being funded for a nine-month, $400,000 evaluation. After that the agency will select one of the concepts for a mission capped at $55 million.
The U.S. Navy is growing its Naval Expeditions (NavalX) office by launching the first five regional Tech Bridges across the nation to better connect the military and the private sector.
Embattled aerospace valve provider Circor, whose management recently fended off an unsolicited takeover attempt favored by its own shareholders, has sold its Spence and Nicholson product lines to Emerson for about $84.5 million in cash.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intends to release a draft solicitation and hosted a classified industry day for the next-generation interceptor acquisition.
The U.S. government has threatened to apply sanctions on international scientific organizations that collaborate with Iran on space launch vehicles less than a week after a failed test of a satellite launcher.
Kennedy Space Center will remain closed at least through Sept. 5 as slow-moving Hurricane Dorian grazes Florida’s eastern seaboard following its deadly pass by Grand Bahama and the Abacos Islands.
The response to rising threats of U.S. sanctions on buyers of Russian arms swung between open defiance and quiet caution at the MAKS Air Show here on Aug. 27, as President Vladimir Putin formally cleared the Sukhoi Su-57 to enter the export market.
NASA's human exploration and science mission directorates are assessing a range of small-mission strategies to help prepare it for Mars at a brisker pace with high-value science missions at more affordable costs.
The Japanese defense ministry has proposed to launch Future Fighter development in the fiscal year beginning in April 2020, and said it should proceed even if a hoped-for international partnership cannot be arranged.
