Defense

Bell’s V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor has reached 250 kt. airspeed as it continues to make progress under the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstration.

Details of the in-flight emergency have not been released, but the two crew members completed the landing without injury, the Air Force said.

Dassault is exhibiting a small-scale model of the “New-Generation Fighter” France and Germany intend to build as a successor to the Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon.

The move stems from a report prepared by the ministry’s internal security office pointing to some highly classified IAI programs that will have to get “special protection” once shares are floated in the market.

The list of things that can go wrong for the aerospace and defense sector seems only to be growing. But to suppliers, happy days are here again.

Following decades of steady investment China’s air force seeks to "go out."

MDA’s role in the Hypersonic Glide Body (HGB), which has not previously been disclosed, allows the agency to acquire a relevant missile to use as a target.

NASA could make better use of funds invested in the renovation of its historic facilities by ensuring revenues generated from future tenants are directed toward the agency’s mission objectives, according to NASA’s inspector general.

In early November U.S. Air Force F-35As will employ the 500-lb. GBU-49 during an exercise at Eglin, AFB, Florida, an F-35 pilot says.

Procurement officials say the potential acquisition would sustain the UK rotary-wing heavy capability.

Days after President Donald Trump told cabinet members to propose spending cuts of 5%, the Pentagon says it is premature to speculate on fiscal 2020 budget issues.

In the £23.5 million deal, announced Oct. 22, Qinetiq has the option of purchasing the remaining 15% of Inzpire within two years.

Microsatellite launch upstart Vector has landed $70 million in new venture capital as it strives to transition from years of research and development to flight operations.

Indonesia is seeking better financial terms with South Korea over its participation in the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-X fighter program.

The U.S. military is developing a new short-range missile with intermediate-range capability.

ABOARD A U.S. AIR FORCE C-40 -- Ahead of an Oct. 23 meeting at which the National Space Council will vote on recommendations to the president on Space Force, a senior Pentagon official outlined his themes for the meeting. The thesis builds on information outlined a previously released document, the Section 1601 report, required by Congress, Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan told Aviation Week Oct. 19, en route to Washington. Aviation Week was invited to accompany senior Pentagon officials on an F-35 trip around the western U.S.

The government has not finalized cost for the new plan, “but we are very close to that,” Pentagon acquisition executive Ellen Lord told Aviation Week Oct. 19 en route to Luke AFB, Arizona.

A pair of European- and Japanese-built orbiters are headed to Mercury for a flagship science mission to learn more about the Solar System’s innermost and least-explored terrestrial planet.

Blue Origin decided that to reach all the orbits needed for by the Pentagon and the intelligence community, “we needed something with more performance and capability,” a company official says.

Details of the potential sale suggest it is probably for the MH-47G, the special forces version of the Chinook operated by the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions will deliver six unmanned air systems of an undisclosed type for an unnamed, “national security” customer, the company said.

Iridium Communications is targeting Dec. 30 for the eighth and final Iridium Next launch, which would complete the new constellation of satellites supporting space-based tracking of aircraft and flight deck broadband connectivity.

NASA’s four-year effort to settle on a scientifically rich but accessible landing site for its Mars 2020 rover moved toward a conclusion this week.

The Russian army accepted the 40N6 missile—a ground-launched, long-range weapon targeting command-and-control aircraft—in September.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is assembling the first LAH attack helicopter, working toward a first flight in May 2019.