U.S. Army

By Tony Osborne
Fort Worth-based Schweizer RSG acquired the Schweizer family of helicopters from Sikorsky in 2018.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
All further details of the Kratos project—including the design, performance and schedule—cannot yet be released.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
Mach Industries and Heven Drones will produce the first of these platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Third Multi-Domain Task Force is also pressing for additional long-endurance uncrewed aircraft systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The president’s vision of a comprehensive homeland defense system faces questions over how the project should be led in development and commanded in operations.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Freedom Eagle (FE-1) missile is BlueHalo’s candidate for the Next-Generation Counter-Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) Missile (NGCM).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
In a $91.2 million package, Australia seeks 54 GMLRS-AW rounds, along with telemetry kits, engineering services, technical assistance, and program support.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The airframer will respond to an upcoming request for proposals (RFP) from industry–expected as early as April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Civilian cellular network technology has many military uses.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Mach Industries is developing a vertical-takeoff cruise missile demonstrator for the U.S. Army’s experimental Strategic Strike program, the company says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Karen Walker
The huge loss of lives in the mid-air collision of a commercial airliner and a military helicopter so close to a busy, important airport was a shocking tragedy.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Poland has signed agreements to lease Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, as the country awaits delivery of 96 of the rotorcraft it ordered last year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Prometheus joint venture plans to complete a $175 million, 500-acre complex near a U.S. Army and Navy facility in Crane, Indiana, in 2027.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Senate on Feb. 25 confirmed Daniel Driscoll to be the secretary of the U.S. Army by a vote of 66-28.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Forty companies responded to a request for information (RFI) issued by the service last October.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
President Trump said he was removing Chairman Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.—the same general he picked to lead the U.S. Air Force during his first term.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A new kind of air vehicle is entering the U.S. military arsenal, capable of performing several roles including strike, reconnaissance and target decoy duties.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
Raytheon and the U.S. Army are in talks with potential export buyers of the Coyote counter-drone system, the company says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The first of two Army Theater-Level High-Altitude Expeditionary Next Airborne aircraft deployed to South Korea on Feb. 12.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
After losing the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and scout programs, Sikorsky is pinning its development hopes on two competitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The partnership aims to produce an affordable, hypersonic military drone made by Cummings in the near-term.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Researchers appeal for new aerial gunnery requirements to unlock development of hypersonic ammunition.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Sean Broderick, Brian Everstine, Christine Boynton
Despite decades of accident-free flying, pilot reports pointed to the risks of a collision between helicopters and commercial aircraft in Washington airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation