Raytheon Technologies is on its way to cutting at least 15,000 employees in response to the company’s recent merger and the fallout from COVID-19, the aerospace and defense giant’s CEO told an investor conference, and likely more will occur.
The three-phase demonstration aims to prove the C-17 can be weaponized if called upon, but top U.S. Air Force leaders have not yet decided on a specific role for the strategic airlifter.
A non-nuclear explosive prototype has rolled off a nuclear weapon assembly line in Texas to keep planned deliveries of the B61-12 on track for fiscal 2022.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is urging President Donald Trump to extend the New START arms control treaty with Russia for another five years before the agreement expires in February.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has hinted that the UK’s future combat air system initiative, Tempest, could be one of the winners in the government’s Integrated Review of defense and foreign policy.
During a 20-sec. flight, India's Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle reached a maximum speed of Mach 6.0, validating critical functions of the scramjet propulsion speed at hypersonic speed.
The U.S. Air Force’s second demonstration of the Advanced Battle Management System was a four-day endeavor in partnership with U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Space Command that looked at new ways to counter attacks on the U.S.
The most interesting unmanned aircraft system exhibits at Russia’s recent Army 2020 symposium were not the platforms themselves, but the new, dedicated weapons for them that were shown for the first time in large numbers.
Industry was anticipating an award for the Minuteman III replacement in August, but a Pentagon official said a contract announcement should occur before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.
The 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron dropped 10 BLU-136 Next Generation Area Attack Weapons (NGAAWs) Increment II from Lockheed Martin F-16Cs on the Nellis Test and Training Range from July 8-24.
Nuclear weapons figured prominently among the revelations contained in the Pentagon’s latest annual report on China’s military capabilities, which was released Sept. 1.
Lockheed Martin will receive another $912 million over the next five years to give the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense program a capability makeover.
Sweden’s Saab has lifted the lid on an internally developed air-launched decoy which will also form part of its Gripen offer for Finland’s HX future fighter replacement requirement.
