Defense

Aeralis wants to debut its common fuselage at next year's DSEI defense show in London.

Dassault’s Rafale deal in India is under political pressure, but the airframer is adamant that an offset contract will materialize this year.

Textron on Oct. 18 reported financial results that disappointed financial analysts, particularly on the conglomerate’s non-aviation side.

Boeing is opening an Office of UK Industrial Capability (OUKIC) in Seattle with a vision of promoting British industry globally.

Fear of lost arms sales to Saudi Arabia may have become another new headache for Western defense contractors to manage, but so far, business analysts think companies are relatively safe.

Portugal has selected the Leonardo AW119Kx Koala as its next training and utility helicopter.

Defense and intelligence computing specialist Mercury Systems has topped the list of recommended stock investments this year from several analysts, but now one short-seller has targeted the company with claims of potential losses to come.

The Israeli ministry of defense will soon release an official request for information for the replacement of the Israeli air force’s (IAF) CH-53 helicopters.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)-led cognitive radio experiment using an external ISS testbed offers potential advances in intelligent wireless comms.

CAE will start delivering a magnetic anomaly detector—a technology commonly used for anti-submarine warfare—to an undisclosed customer by the end of next March.

Smallsat manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies has been awarded the first contract under DARPA’s Blackjack program to demonstrate a low Earth orbit constellation.

Philippines eyes Gripen fighters; NATO exercise crash kills two; French Army prepares new weapon for Sahel deployment, and India readies new missile defense system.

Northrop Grumman and Airbus have signed a three-year deal that builds on Orbital ATK’s long-standing composite wing work with the European aircraft OEM.

The U.S. military should stop the aerial refueling of Saudi Arabian aircraft fighting in Yemen, and Congress should not OK most new arms sales to the nation, a Democratic senator says.

Sikorsky and Rheinmetall have signed accords to offer the MH-60R Seahawk maritime helo to Germany as a replacement for the Westland Lynx shipborne helicopters.

Saab has waded into the political spat surrounding the British government’s decision to enter sole-source negotiations with Boeing to buy AEW radar aircraft.

Boeing has formed a new Disruptive Computing and Networks (DC&N) organization.

U.S. unmanned-aircraft developer UAVOS has completed initial tests of a 33-ft.-span prototype of its solar-powered ApusDuo high-altitude pseudo satellite.

Being able to build and fly as quickly as possible was a key factor in the company’s selection of Wallops, also the home spaceport for Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems’ Antares rocket.

Thales Alenia Space has completed static mechanical tests on the first full-scale photovoltaic (PV) modules for the Stratobus unmanned stratospheric airship.

After a five-year hiatus, the next member of the USAF's AEHF satellite system was launched into orbit on Oct.17 aboard a ULA Atlas V.

Aero Vodochody has rolled out an L-39 for the 21st century. But can it bring in the orders?

Large-company consolidation push is noted in aerospace sector, which some observers see as a classic positioning tactic ahead of softening business climate.

The launch of AEHF-4 lays the groundwork for faster data transfer for the U.S. military, as the Air Force plans for rapid acquisition of a follow-on program.

It was a very good year for the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) sector, which reported record profits. Demand for commercial aviation is growing at a rate about twice the growth of global GDP and aircraft manufacturing is at record levels and ramping up.