Although the Lockheed Martin F-35 project will continue to dominate the direction of the global fighter market—and is slated for its operational debut with the U.S. Marines this year—new fighters in China and Russia are also nearing their in-service milestones.

Going Concerns, a new column in Aviation Week, monitors the paradigm shift in the A&D sector. No one can know precisely where things are going, but we’ve seen enough before to know we’re heading somewhere new.

Despite budget crunch, the U.S. is eyeing a redesigned kill vehicle and Pacific radar for homeland missile defense.

The procurement strategy for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s new Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle likely will be released with the fiscal 2016 budget plan.

See the final selection of entries from our annual Photo Contest.

2014 was a year in which world peace broke out as long as your standard for conflict was declared and open war between nation-states. The actual picture was very different, with two major wars in the Middle East and a European state facing the real threat of being dismantled.

A certain sameness is evident in unmanned combat aircraft flown or planned in the U.S. and Europe—and even China and Russia—a result of an emphasis on stealth with long range and endurance.

From the rollout of Sikorsky’s high-speed S-97 Raider to the first flight of Bell’s light Model 505 and the SYHe SH09 from a Swiss newcomer, here are some of the rotorcraft-industry highlights of 2014.