Defense

The Mleeta Resistance Tourist Landmark, also called the Mleeta Museum for Resistance Tourism, is widely referred to as the ‘Hezbollah Museum’.

The Pentagon has decided to halt Lockheed Martin F-35 equipment delivery to Turkey.

The U.S. Army has awarded contracts to Martin UAV and Textron Systems to support its evaluation of potential replacements for the RQ-7B Shadow.

The U.S. Army’s fiscal 2020 budget request cancels planned procurement of 542 CH-47F Block IIs for regular forces, leaving 69 special-forces MH-47Gs as the only Chinooks scheduled to undergo the upgrade.

The U.S. Army is requesting $2.3 billion in fiscal 2020 unfunded requirements.

BAE Systems has rolled out the first Hawk jet trainer to be assembled in Saudi Arabia.

The USAF will host an industry day for the management, operations, maintenance, logistical and general support services of a network of 1-m telescopes known as GEODSS.

The British defense ministry has awarded a £2.5 million ($3.2 million) contract to Blue Bear to develop drone swarming technologies.

Russia’s new Ilyushin Il-112V light military transport aircraft made its first flight April 1.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Nina Armagno talked with Aerospace DAILY about space threats, future capabilities, small satellites, space operators, and Blackjack.

The U.S. Navy is partnering with the Defense Digital Service to accelerate its research, development, testing, evaluation and deployment of C-UAS capabilities.

In a surprising move, Rafael is entering the business of nano- and microsatellites for defense missions.

Israel Aerospace Industries will have to immediately complete and implement its new strategy to start earning from its diversified operations, some Israeli defense sources say.

Two U.S. Marine Corps pilots died March 30 during a training mission in a Bell AH-1Z Viper as part of a weapons tactical course in southwestern Arizona.

The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) has now received the final pair of Eurofighter Typhoons from BAE Systems, completing the delivery of the batch of 12 tranche 3 aircraft that now equip the re-formed No8 Squadron at Adam Air Base.

A look at what the administration gets right in its fiscal 2020 request and what still needs work.

The U.S. Air Force is renewing its focus on how to fight in space to compete with China and Russia.

A Defense Department decision to acquire 144 F-15EX aircraft rests partly on an internal cost comparison with the F-35A that assumes a long-term 51.7% advantage for Boeing’s twin-engined fighter on cost per flying hour, a Joint Staff spokesperson confirms to Aerospace DAILY.

U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan says the executive branch will nominate the Space Force chief of staff in “weeks, not months.”

NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch teamed March 29 to advance a much-delayed International Space Station (ISS) power storage battery upgrade on the port side of the six-person orbiting science lab.

The Czech Republic could be next to sign up to the program, which already has the backing of Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway.

British aerospace and defense trade association ADS has vented frustration at the British Parliament’s continuing chaotic indecision over the country’s departure from the European Union.

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) is concerned the U.S. Air Force launch services procurement strategy will not yield a fair and open competition.

“We are about to squander European integration,” Airbus CEO Tom Enders said March 29 in Munich. “I am concerned that Germany is isolating itself."

DARPA was the sole customer for Rocket Lab’s fifth Electron mission, which lifted off at 7:27 p.m. EDT from Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.