By training pilots from the outset on the twin-turbine, glass-cockpit Lakota, the Army is hoping for a more efficient transition to the Boeing AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk in its operational fleet.
Dassault Aviation delivered the first two of 49 upgraded Mirage 2000 fighter jets to the Indian air force during a handover ceremony March 25 at the company’s flight test center in southern France.
Sierra Nevada Corp. and the Houston Airport System (HAS) have signed agreements that could lead to landings of the company’s unpiloted Dream Chaser cargo variant at Ellington Airport.
The U.K. government is spending £280 million ($415 million) to boost the defenses of the Falkland Islands in view of new assessments of the threat posed by Argentina.
A French court has reversed its decision in a long-running legal battle between Bell Helicopter and Airbus Helicopters over patents related to the production landing skid design used on Bell’s Model 429 twin-engine helo.
An Indian navy surveillance aircraft crashed into the sea off the coast of the western state of Goa on March 24, the latest in a series of deadly disasters for the country’s military.
Airbus Group said March 25 that it plans to sell a further 17.5% of its share in rival Dassault Aviation as it seeks to monetize its stake in the French family-owned aircraft manufacturer.
The U.S. Air Force’s interest in a possible new close air support (CAS) platform to replace the A-10 Thunderbolt II is about “capacity,” says Air Combat Command chief Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle.
Operators receiving exemptions from airworthiness requirements to enable low-risk civil unmanned aircraft flights are to receive blanket authorization to fly below 200 ft. altitude under an interim FAA policy to speed the startup of commercial operations.
Airbus Defense and Space has taken the next step in selling off its non-core activities with the sale of German airliner equipment manufacturer Rostock System Technik (RST).
The package-delivery unmanned aircraft for which Amazon received FAA experimental certification on March 19 is already obsolete and no longer being flown, the online retail giant says, lamenting the time required to gain approval for outdoor testing in the U.S.
India’s first Mars mission has successfully completed six months in space and is expected to stay in orbit for another six months to explore the red planet and its atmosphere.
As the U.S. Army retires its Bell OH-58B Kiowa Warriors to save money, the first unit to take over the armed scout role using a combination of Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and Textron Systems RQ-7Bv2 Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft has been formed.
The Defense Department’s most recent Selection Acquisition Report (SAR) shows two Nunn-McCurdy unit cost breaches to their current or original Acquisition Program Baseline (APB).
Malaysia’s long-running requirement for a MiG-29 replacement is expected to turn into an order in the country’s 2016-20 planning period, with the Saab Gripen looking like a prospect.
The cost-saving CubeSat movement could begin a deep-space migration by looking to a pair of planetary science and astronomy missions based in cislunar space and exploiting low-energy transfers from Earth along weak stability boundaries, according to two commercial advocates.
In response to issues raised in a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, the U.S. Navy says it its reducing weight in its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fleet.
