Defense

The U.S. Air Force has paused deliveries of KC-46 tankers from Boeing after discovering foreign object debris on aircraft that were set for delivery.

Strike Fighter Squadron 147, the “Argonauts,” will be the Navy’s first unit to deploy with the F-35C.

Sikorsky is prepping for the first flights of two fully assembled HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRH) in mid-2019.

Nanosatellite hopeful Sky and Space Global may yet make good on its payment obligations to manufacturer GomSpace, but it did not come in time for GomSpace’s latest quarterly report.

The Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber is making progress in development despite previously disclosed problems, a senior U.S. Air Force official said Feb. 28.

BAE Systems has upgraded its ASQ-239 electronic warfare system with new hardware that reduces its size and power requirements, as well as replaces obsolescent components.

Portugal’s air force has selected Collins Aerospace to upgrade its C-130H Hercules flight decks, the company announced Feb. 27.

For the first time, the U.S. Air Force carried out a forward air refueling point (FARP) operation from the MC-130J Commando II to the F-35A Lightning II.

USAF leaders stopped short of endorsing the service’s budget request to buy 80 Boeing F-15X fighters on Feb. 28 at the Air Warfare Symposium.

Tucson, Arizona-based based World View Enterprises has announced the appointment of new CEO Ryan Hartman, former president and CEO of Insitu.

The Italian government is set to save the Piaggio P.1HH Hammerhead UAV program using money set aside for the development of the more advanced P.2HH program.

Italy’s decision to integrate the far-flying MBDA Meteor on the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning is improving the missile maker’s chances with Australia.

Tanzania is understood to have taken delivery of four Airbus Helicopters Cougar and Super Cougar transport helicopters, writes Jon Lake.

The Japanese Coast Guard plans to hold a demonstration in 2020 to assess surveillance drones, an industry source said.

A Russian Soyuz rocket has ent the first six satellites for OneWeb’s planned 600- to 900-member broadband constellation into orbit.

Lockheed Martin will soon deliver the first Legion pod with an infrared search and track sensor for the USAF F-15C fleet, company officials said Feb. 27.

Democratic lawmakers who pushed for a Pentagon inspector general’s review of aerospace and defense supplier TransDigm Group’s work for the Defense Department appeared to accept its conclusions but indicated they will try to keep the spotlight on all military spare parts providers.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 and NASA’s Osiris-Rex missions are writing a new chapter in the exploration of Solar System bodies.

Boeing’s Airpower Teaming System (ATS) escort-drone program is in part an answer to China’s attempts at threatening valuable and vulnerable support aircraft behind enemy fighters.

Astrobotic, the 12-year-old, Pittsburgh-based space robotics company, has announced European and U.S. pathways to future commercial lunar surface operations.

A day after India launched an air strike against alleged terror camps in Pakistan, Islamabad claims to have shot down two Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21s.

Airspace over Pakistan and a large swath of northwestern India has been closed to commercial flights after a series of air strikes ratcheted up tensions between the two countries.

The Indian Air Force used the Rafael Spyder air defense system to shoot down a Pakistani UAV in western India.

Lockheed Martin still has a monopoly on all of the DOD's hypersonic weapons efforts included in the latest contract modification of up to $846 million for the U.S. Navy’s intermediate range Conventional Prompt Strike weapon system flight test demo.

The current situation is combustible enough for defense analysts and planners to ponder how Venezuela might affect the 2019-21 outlook for the sector.