Defense

A GOP member of Congress is urging House appropriators and defense authorizers to buy an additional eight C-130J aircraft in fiscal 2020 for the ANG and AFR.

Grounded for six years, the Philippines National Police (PNP) air wing has returned to the skies after the delivery of three light helicopters.

The Trump administration’s proposal to reorganize military space would increase the cost to the government by up to $4.7 billion in one-time expenses and an additional $1.9 billion every year, the CBO says.

Startup XTI Aircraft has completed the first series of test flights of a 65% scale proof-of-concept prototype of its TriFan 600 ducted-fan VTOL business aircraft.

U.S. greenlights up to $6 billion in sales to Middle East; The Space Force’s base of support; India’s new anti-airfield weapon; Turkey develops guided bomb.

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks and Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to the Czech Republic.

Indiana Saab’s on May 8 announced selection of an Indiana site to produce structures and systems for the Boeing T-X trainer.

A planned acquisition of three A-29 Super Tucanos and three AT-6 Wolverines has entered the presolicitation notification phase required for all sole source contracts.

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm three nominees to the Export-Import Bank’s board of directors.

With two major aerostructures businesses—Triumph Group’s and Bombardier’s—being shopped out for new owners, is there suddenly too much of the same “product” in the marketplace?

A group of more than 40 retired national security space officials has stepped up to defend the Pentagon’s proposed Space Force.

Collins Aerospace Systems has unveiled an upgraded, open-architecture autopilot system for unmanned aircraft systems.

BlueBird Aero Systems has received a contract from an undisclosed navy to supply its WanderB vertical takeoff and landing UAS for deployment on patrol vessels.

Israeli intelligence was the basis of Washington’s decision to send an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf.

The Ghana Armed Forces have a small but capable air force. The key to its success is training, as Patrick Dirksen and Frank Mink found out during a recent visit.

Space plans to launch dozens of demonstration Starlink satellites as early as May 15 and follow up with at least two more flights of operational spacecraft later this year.

The U.S. Marine Corps has formalized recent plans to add an anti-ship weapon to its mainly land-attack arsenal.

The U.S. Marine Corps is kicking off the first phase of its MUX development strategy and conducting a prize challenge for industry.

For AeroVironment, the partnership offers a chance to widen the market for its short-range, loitering munitions, such as the Switchblade and Black Wing.

India’s Smart Anti Airfield Weapon is expected to be completed by 2020 for induction into the country’s air force.

“I’m not really sure I would call it a policy reversal. We are in a budget process and they call it a budget process for a reason,” Navy undersecretary Thomas Modly told reporters here May 7.

A new appreciation for large, long-range combat aircraft is reshaping global military fleets around a class of new stealth bombers.

The readiness rate for the MV-22 Osprey is at a dismal 52% and will not hit the target of 80% set by former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis “soon enough,” according to the program manager.

The U.S. Navy has defined a mission and an operational concept for a Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter that rules out a joint aircraft development project with the U.S. Air Force.

Research organization Mitre Corp. has developed a concept architecture for commercial space operations that envisions “surface-to-space” traffic management.