The U.S. Air Force is set to announce moves to reduce strain on its unmanned air vehicle crews, according to Air Combat Command chief Gen. Herbert Carlisle.
South Korea has revealed developmental equipment that could lead to replacements for systems that the U.S. is withholding from the KF-X indigenous fighter program.
Saudi Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI) says its new $1 billion maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility will be open for business by the end of 2016.
The UAE and AgustaWestland are in the final stages of negotiating a MoU to develop and purchase the AW609 commercial tiltrotor for search-and-rescue missions.
A duplicate of the service module that the European Space Agency will provide as its contribution to NASA’s Orion crew capsule has been shipped to the U.S. for structural testing.
The U.S. Air Force has issued a stop-work order on the Long-Range Strike Bomber to Northrop Grumman in accordance with standard procedures for contracts that undergo a protest.
Israel’s new Terra missile warning and space control radar system will have detection ranges of “thousands of kilometers” against missile-sized targets, Israel Aerospace Industries Elta division says.
The Chinese air force has declared operational the Avic JL-9 Mountain Eagle, a supersonic trainer matched to the performance of the country’s latest fighters.
A multidisciplined U.S. Navy audit team conducted a Cybersafe initial pilot audit earlier this month at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (Spawar).
Leidos has been named the winner of the Airborne Reconnaissance Low – Enhanced (ARL-E) competition to replace the Army’s Bombardier EO-5C ARL-Multifunction surveillance aircraft.
SIKORSKY completed VH-92A presidential helicopter preliminary design review. Two ITALIAN AIR FORCE pilots completed initial training flight in F-35 Lightning II Nov. 5 at Luke AFB, AZ, marking first flights of the jet under control of Italian pilots.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) is closer to reopening its doors. The House approved a transportation bill that includes the same Ex-Im Bank reauthorization language as the transportation bill passed by the Senate. Congress has until Nov. 20 to approve a conference report merging differences between the bills. Though that seems easy, supporters of the bank continue to strike a tone of caution.
Lockheed Martin expects its international organization to learn from Sikorsky’s commercial business following completion of the defense giant’s $9 billion acquisition of the helicopter manufacturer.
