U.S. Army

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon announced the THAAD deployment on Oct. 13, stating that it will augment Israel’s integrated air defense system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Craig Caffrey
When the U.S. Army began developing a utility helicopter in the 1960s, it faced the unenviable task of replacing arguably the most storied rotorcraft to date.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A market research effort opened by the Army on Oct. 8 proposes a revamp of the Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) flight training program at Fort Novosel, Alabama.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
After killing the UH-60V Black Hawk upgrade, the Army has embarked on a nose-to-tail upgrade of the UH-60M.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Next steps for wake surfing; measuring e-SAF emissions; solar stratospheric UAS upgrade; and uncrewed medical eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
A multitude of autonomous flying vehicles sharing airspace with crewed aircraft over a battlefield raises concerns about safety.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The Army's next rotorcraft is still in development, but officials are planning its first upgrade—a big shift in the service's approach to aircraft acquisition.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Army says it has built a transmission network using small high-altitude balloons to support soldiers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The budget reprogrammings allow the Army to start buying several new capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Lift Aircraft has won a U.S. Army contract to develop and demo a modular medical payload that enables its Hexa eVTOL to deliver blood and evacuate a casualty.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Responses to the RFI are expected to feature an eclectic mix of solutions to the problem.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The flights were meant to show the aircraft could be used for logistics missions in austere environments.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Founded in 2007, Azure is known for its strengths in radio frequency (RF) products.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Hydroplane has been awarded a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the U.S. Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The $14.4 million contract is for the first tranche of the Company-Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System Directed Requirement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A request for information (RFI) calls for demonstrating a prototype of the eXtended Range Counter-sUAS (XRC) missile within five years of a contract award .
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Air Force and Army support finally takes Piasecki’s Ares into the air.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The head of the U.S. Air Force wants Congress to expand a newly approved authority to start acquisition programs ahead of authorization from lawmakers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Piasecki Aircraft has conducted the first tethered hover flights of the Ares tilt-duct vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A six-week turnaround for a UAS capability may become the new military standard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Army pilots scored an alarmingly high 2.01 flight mishap rate per 100,000 flight hours through the first 10 months of fiscal 2024.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
To help the FLRAA and its occupants survive, the Army plans an array of passive and active countermeasures.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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

By Steve Trimble
Army and Air Force leaders are discussing options for protecting dispersed bases from air and missile attacks.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
SNC won a U.S. Army award for ISR aircraft as it is breaking ground on a major site for the USAF “doomsday plane” program.
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