Defense

A huge new player has emerged in the aerospace defence world. Alan Warnes finds out more.

The U.S Army has multiple modernization programs underway, including long-range precision fires, future rotorcraft and tactical UAVs. Listen in as our editors discuss.

A convergence of indicators suggests the recently passed defense appropriations act will mark the apex for U.S. defense spending.

Embraer aims to get KC-390 flight-test program back on track; India buys S-400s; Poland buys countermeasure system, and Philippines equips helos with torpedoes.

Release of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft solicitation puts the U.S. Army’s requirement for an armed scout at the front of its rotary-wing needs.

Boeing fears that a major CH-47 upgrade could be delayed as the U.S. Army looks for budget savings.

Aerospace and defense suppliers have a “very bullish” outlook, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Ken Herbert and his latest supply chain survey.

An accident investigation team identified an issue with the jet’s fuel tube, which is a common component across all three variants of the stealthy fighter.

Dassault has issued a “clarification” to confirm that Rafale aircraft parts will be delivered by year’s end as part of agreed offsets.

In hypersonics, it is hard to know which is going faster, the hype or the reality. But increasingly, investors could be betting on the latter.

Pieces of the complex U.S. hypersonic development jigsaw are coming together as the Pentagon places reliance on heritage design for common-boost glide concept.

The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) is urging NASA and other organizations involved in the search for life beyond Earth to embrace an approach that recognizes a broader range of scientific and technical disciplines and participants with a stake in the effort.

India has test-launched a short-range Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile, giving another boost to the country’s evolving ballistic missile defense system.

Shut out of the competition is SpaceX, although this doesn't necessarily mean it will be out of the running for future national security launches.

The U.S. Justice Department announced Oct. 10 that it arrested and indicted a Chinese security officer earlier this year for alleged economic espionage and trying to steal trade secrets from “multiple” U.S. aviation and aerospace companies, including GE Aviation in Ohio.

Boeing has underperformed and overspent in its contractual efforts to develop and produce the first core stages for NASA’s SLS, an agency IG audit says.

Satellites, Earth imagery, geospatial data and analytics provider Maxar Technologies said Oct. 9 it is speeding up its domestication into the U.S. from Canada and expects to complete the process in January 2019.

Pentagon leadership is working with the U.S. Army to ensure the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) strategy is “realistic.”

TransDigm Group’s proposed $4 billion acquisition of rival Esterline Technologies could cement the former in the pantheon of top-tier Western aerospace and defense suppliers and aftermarket providers.

United Technologies Chairman and CEO Greg Hayes has made further comments in support of a potential breakup of his multi-industrial conglomerate.

Development by IHI and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency of the Epsilon solid-propellant space launcher is moving rapidly from one major revision to the next.

Argonne National Laboratory is creating a center to evaluate potential UAS design options, including battery technologies and hybrid architectures.

AeroVironment has teamed up with Washington-based Aerovel to enter the small tactical unmanned aircraft systems market to compete for a U.S. Army contract for a new fleet of Group 2-class UAS.

Aeralis, a British startup looking to develop a new-generation jet trainer, has begun crowdfunding to support the development of a concept demonstrator it hopes to display at a London defense show in 2019.

Britain’s decision to consider a single-source purchase of Boeing’s E-7 airborne early warning platform is being driven by concerns that the existing capability provided by the Boeing E-3 Sentry could soon be outmatched.