U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter previewed the fiscal 2017 U.S. defense budget: The $582.7 billion top line will conform to last fall’s bipartisan budget agreement but will also be a “major inflection point” in terms of long-term re-equipment of the force.

Digital navigation for GPS?; Air Force One work begins; new P-8A orders; an Israeli-South Korean VTOL UAV team.

How is currency exchange volatility impacting aerospace suppliers?

Low-boom supersonics heads NASA’s flight-demonstrator options, but advanced subsonic transports are also in the mix

What do the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and U.S. Special Operations Command have in common?

Formation Flexrotors; submersible UAVs; miniature missiles for more punch; Lufthansa’s drones for hire; build an assembly robot for Airbus.

F-35s fly with speed and g restrictions – and most weapon tests needed special treatment to hit the target, according to a Pentagon test report.

Despite a negative shift in stock market sentiment this month, most analysts remain cautiously optimistic about A&D’s prospects for profitmaking.