Defense

The U.S. successfully executed a the first “salvo engagement” with its Boeing-led Ground-based Midcourse Defense System on March 25, using two interceptors to engage a target.

Boeing’s 767-based tankers use a version of the pitch augmentation system that grounded the 737 Max 8 fleet, the manufacturer and U.S. Air Force officials say.

Within the next six months, Lockheed Martin plans to launch a cubesat mission to demo a software-defined sat architecture that will allow a spacecraft to change missions while on orbit.

The USAF, Marine Corps, Navy and National Nuclear Security Administration have all submitted fiscal 2020 unfunded priorities lists to Congress.

Morocco looks set to standardize its combat aircraft fleet on the F-16, with plans to upgrade its current inventory of the Lockheed Martin fighter and top-up its order.

Traditionally, the development of new engines comes ahead of that for new airframes, but the U.S. Army has taken a different approach.

Nav Canada began space-based tracking of aircraft flying in the eastern part of its Edmonton flight information region (FIR) on March 25.

Leonardo will assemble light and medium helicopters in Algeria beginning in 2021 following the creation of a joint venture.

An Italian think tank is calling on Italy to join Britain’s Tempest sixth-generation fighter development project.

India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. has rolled out its 16th Tejas Light Combat Aircraft in the initial operational clearance (IOC) configuration.

The aircraft are part of a $3.1 billion contract that India signed with Boeing in September 2015 for the procurement of 8 Chinooks and 22 AH-64E Apache helicopters.

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.