Northrop Grumman and Airbus have signed a three-year deal that builds on Orbital ATK’s long-standing composite wing work with the European aircraft OEM.
The U.S. military should stop the aerial refueling of Saudi Arabian aircraft fighting in Yemen, and Congress should not OK most new arms sales to the nation, a Democratic senator says.
Sikorsky and Rheinmetall have signed accords to offer the MH-60R Seahawk maritime helo to Germany as a replacement for the Westland Lynx shipborne helicopters.
Saab has waded into the political spat surrounding the British government’s decision to enter sole-source negotiations with Boeing to buy AEW radar aircraft.
U.S. unmanned-aircraft developer UAVOS has completed initial tests of a 33-ft.-span prototype of its solar-powered ApusDuo high-altitude pseudo satellite.
House and Senate Democrats differ on how the U.S. military should operate in space, and an influential Senate lawmaker is advocating for a combatant command similar to U.S. Cyber Command.
Being able to build and fly as quickly as possible was a key factor in the company’s selection of Wallops, also the home spaceport for Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems’ Antares rocket.
Thales Alenia Space has completed static mechanical tests on the first full-scale photovoltaic (PV) modules for the Stratobus unmanned stratospheric airship.
United Launch Services, Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $967,000,000 other-transaction agreement for the development of a Launch System Prototype for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
Air Force maintainers will conduct a detailed assessment of the F-22 Raptors and other aircraft before the government can determine if the equipment can be repaired.
The Philippines Defense Department is likely to choose the Saab JAS-39 Gripen for its air force’s multirole fighter requirement, the defense secretary says.
How much autonomy should astronauts on deep-space missions have in determining their daily routine? An experiment with ISS crews sought to answer that question.
The U.S. Air Force acknowledges that the Oct. 16 crash of a Ukrainian Su-27UB fighter aircraft during a multinational military exercise involved a U.S. service member.
The European Aviation Safety Agency is seeking comments on proposed airworthiness standards for certification of small vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Allen’s death from non-Hodgkin lymphoma comes as one of his most cherished projects, the Stratolaunch air-launch system carrier aircraft, nears its long-delayed first flight.
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Will rising trade tariffs between China and the U.S., or the recent indictment of an alleged Chinese spy misappropriating GE Aviation knowhow, damage the Western aerospace industry’s access and opportunities inside the world’s soon-to-be largest aviation sector?
DARPA has fully transitioned Northrop Grumman’s Tern program to its partner, the ONR, but it appears there are no longer firm plans to fly the ship-based VTOL unmanned aircraft demo.
More than 80% of operational F-35s are cleared to fly again following engine inspections and all of the U.S. services and international partners have resumed flying, the joint program office says.
