Defense

Indonesia plans to buy six Viking Air CL-415 amphibians for firefighting operations, the country’s air force chief said.

Comac tests fuel-cell power; DLR to capture rockets in flight; Fluidic flight control; DARPA’s “Disruptioneering”; UAM in Austria.

To sell young people on flight, keep them in the cockpit and appeal to their sense of duty. U.S. security depends on it.

A senior defense official said the Pentagon decided to request the purchase of Boeing F-15EXs to maintain diversity in the industrial base.

Two NASA astronauts on March 22 completed the first in a pair of spacewalks to replace aging batteries on the International Space Station.

Reusability for SpaceX means bringing the first stage of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle back to a vertical landing on land or a ship at sea. For Europe, it could mean capturing the rocket stage while it is still in flight.

The UK's defense ministry has signed off on a long-awaited contract to purchase five E-7 airborne early warning aircraft from Boeing in a $1.98 billion deal.

India’s national space agency is collaborating with its French counterpart to build a satellite network to step up surveillance of Indian waters.

Citing the accelerating pace of discovery in science and technology, DARPA is launching a new approach to rapid projects.

More than 400 luminaries gathered at the 62nd annual gala to honor the winners and top students pursuing aviation or aerospace careers.

Ramping up for a ‘Great Power’ conflict means sacrifices for some existing programs.

BAE Systems is testing a software program for the U.S. Air Force to effectively distribute air battle planning and monitoring, and projections for the outcome, under a DARPA program.

U.S. Congress begins debating the Defense Department’s fiscal 2020 budget request.

New organization will unify and integrate the development of space capabilities across the U.S. military.

U.S. Defense Department to begin making components for new ground-launched cruise missile systems once banned under terms of the now-suspended INF Treaty.

The U.S. Air Force’s next tanker aircraft will probably be autonomous, the service’s top acquisition official says.

Sikorsky and Boeing accomplished the delayed first flight of the SB-1 Defiant high-speed helicopter on March 21 at West Palm Beach, Florida.

The quad-national EuroMALE UAS program looks set to secure the lion’s share of €500 million ($567 million) in funding from the European Union.

A pair of Bombardier Global 6000 business jets have been delivered to Turkey in readiness for conversion into standoff jammer (SOJ) platforms.

Turkish Aerospace has completed the surprise first flight of a twin-engine version of its Anka medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAV.

The Philippines Air Force will return at least one grounded UH-1 helicopter to service within five weeks as the service begins receiving parts donated by Japan.

The Defense Department has found that the top 10 states by total defense spending in fiscal 2017 received accounted for $239.7 billion of $407 billion total tracked that year.

NASA’s 2020 budget proposal seeks a $109 million investment in a Mars sample return mission.

Leonardo is working with Simplex Aerospace to develop a new firefighting-capable version of its C-27J Spartan turboprop airlifter.

The Swiss government is to split state-owned aerospace and defense company RUAG into two separate operating units, one of which will later be privatized.