Defense

The U.S. Air Force plans to demonstrate a long-range lidar sensor to support the development of requirements for its next generation of ISR systems.

British aerospace and defense pyrotechnics provider Chemring said Nov. 15 that it will divest some explosives business lines in Derby, UK, and Florida.

Why Boeing’s decision to bid three recent defense programs at a loss with a fixed-price development structure is bad news for the industry.

The U.S. Defense Department on Nov. 14 awarded Lockheed Martin a roughly $22 billion undefinitized contract to deliver 255 F-35 aircraft for all three services in the 12th low-rate initial production (LRIP) lot, as well as aircraft for several international customers in Lots 12, 13 and 14.

Spain is taking a “Europe first” approach as it considers the future of its combat aircraft fleets.

NASA and Northrop Grumman have delayed until early Nov. 16 the launch of the company’s 10th resupply mission to the ISS because of bad weather.

A German national study into the country’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS) has concluded that a system of systems with a so-called command fighter at its heart is the best solution for Germany’s long-term combat aviation needs.

The potential new HASC leader says one of his top goals in the next Congress is to “reset” the Trump administration’s $1.2 trillion nuclear modernization plan.

DARPA is looking toward the next generation of ground-based boost-glide hypersonic weapon.

India’s heaviest rocket, the GSLV Mk. 3, placed the sophisticated GSAT-29 communication satellite into orbit Nov. 14.

Chinese freight company SF Express plans to use pilotless Avic Y-5B biplanes, based on a 70-year-old Soviet design, in an air delivery setup to be running by 2023.

Russian central aerohydrodynamic institute TsAGI has assisted in development of a floatplane version of the Czech L-410UVP-E20 turboprop utility aircraft.

The Philippines expects to receive a batch of UH-1 Iroquois helicopter parts donated by Japan in early 2019.

South Korea is likely to require further Airbus A330 MRTT tankers following the completion of delivery of the first four aircraft next year.

Japanese engineers have verified a concept design for a stealth inlet as part of a technology acquisition effort for a proposed indigenous fighter.

Bangladesh’s air force has set out a vision for increased reliance on domestic industry in a bid to reduce its dependence on foreign suppliers.

A future fleet of USAF light attack aircraft could be fitted with an exportable datalink in a bid to boost interoperability with developing air forces.

House Armed Services Committee leadership members have appointed two people to lead the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.

NASA plans to award a contract to Influit Energy to adapt its nanoelectrofuel (NEF) flow battery to electric aircraft propulsion.

Composite cryogenic propellent tank buildup marks the start of prepping Boeing’s Phantom Express spaceplane for DARPA’s XSP reusable launch vehicle program.

Claims of attacks against critical targets are often overblown or suspect, but should be taken seriously.

The first of two former British Royal Air Force Lockheed C-130J Hercules airlifters has been delivered to Bahrain.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has reported the successful Pacific Ocean recovery of the HTV-7 Small Re-entry Capsule (HSRC).

Airbus Defense & Space is working toward a demonstration of in-orbit satellite manufacturing in 2022.

European defense procurement agency OCCAR has invited Airbus’s Germany-based business to be the prime contractor for the EuroMALE UAS.