Defense

Fred Kennedy's departure will not alter the Pentagon’s plans to establish the SDA, Pentagon spokeswoman Heather Babb said.

The situation presents a risk to civil aviation and the potential for “miscalculation or misidentification,” as evidenced by the surface-to-air missile strike of the Navy aircraft while it was operating over the Gulf of Oman, the agency said.

Thales' TrUE AI is not so much a product as a new way of thinking and talking about AI-based security, the company says.

With commercial now set after a decade of renewal, hundreds of engineers and research and development resources are being tasked with creating future generations of military powerplants.

Vertical integration is adding to Boeing’s portfolio “in a way that is creating more value for customers, given the way that [they're] doing it to change the acquisition side of the cost equation and the life-cycle side," the head of Boeing Global Services says.

Continued demand for legacy airliners and AAR’s integrated portfolio of capabilities are creating aftermarket opportunities.

U.S. antitrust officials blessed the merger of L3 Technologies and Harris on June 20.

Customers now "demand smaller, smarter and cost-effective weapons that can hit ad-hoc moving targets," an Elbit official says.

Spirit exhibited the Advanced Structures Technology and Revolutionary Architectures panel, a full-scale demonstration fuselage panel using their new proprietary architecture, at the Paris Air Show.

Already an avionics supplier, Collins now has been contracted to provide temperature and pressure controls for both pilot and equipment on board, and is to use an out-of-autoclave process to manufacture flight-control surfaces for the aircraft.

Lockheed Martin is developing a new air-dominance missile for the U.S. Air Force and Navy with significantly greater range than the AIM-120 Amraam as a counter to China’s new PL-15 weapon, a top U.S. Air Force official says.

“This is the strongest rebuke of [Saudi Arabia] and its leaders since I joined the Senate,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), first elected in 1992.

The U.S. Defense Department’s top sustainment official says a $25,000 cost per flight hour target for the Lockheed Martin F-35A remains achievable by 2025.

As the unit flyaway cost of the Lockheed Martin F-35 dramatically decreases, Boeing argues that the F-15EX will remain a competitive option for the USAF.

What did we see and what was missing at the Paris Air Show? Listen in as our editors discuss the highs and lows from the biannual aerospace industry gathering at Le Bourget.

Issues are arising surrounding the Kenya Air Force (KAF) Bell AH-1F Cobra attack helicopters, writes Jon Lake.

Pilots will have to be trained to operate the ageing Tornado platform for at least another decade. But investment in training has not kept pace with the many changes made to the platform.

A company official says first flight for the new type is imminent.

Iran shot down a U.S. Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator aircraft while the UAS was flying in international airspace, the DOD has confirmed.

The Royal Thai Air Force has become the first international customer to update its C-130H transport fleet with the Rolls-Royce T56 Series 3.5 engine upgrade.

The Pentagon’s rationale for low-yield nuke development; U.S. Air Force to move ahead with GBSD; U.S. invites Germany and Israel to fly King Stallion; and Israeli firms to merge.

A California startup developing an electric kinetic launch system has signed its first launch contract, with the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit.

Boeing Defense, Space and Security Chief Executive Leanne Caret said the “time was right” to move the company’s space launch HQ.

The National Academy of Sciences says the launch of an IR space observatory is urgently needed to track Near Earth Objects that could threaten Earth.

The Danish company announced it will cut as many as 30 employees by the end of June, with reductions targeted at administrative and manufacturing overhead.