The U.S. Marine Corps has conducted the first-ever combat strike with Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan, the service says.
Airbus has demonstrated manned-unmanned teaming (MUT) between aircraft in flight trials involving five target drones controlled by a mission commander on a manned command-and-control aircraft.
F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin has awarded Harris Corporation a contract to supply the next Integrated Core Processor (ICP) for the fifth-generation fighter under a follow-on modernization phase.
United Technologies appears unlikely to make its own end-of-September deadline for closing the roughly $30 billion acquisition of avionics and cabin interiors giant Rockwell Collins.
With the Pentagon’s top research and engineering officials rattling lecterns to focus U.S. industry’s attention on providing more hypersonic weapons and defenses against purported Russian and Chinese advances, companies such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Aerojet Rocketdyne and others are positioning to be players in the market.
The Philippine Navy’s two Leonardo AW159 Wildcat multirole helicopters will be armed with the LIG Nex1 Blue Shark lightweight torpedo as its main anti-submarine weapon, the South Korean company says.
The Philippine Coast Guard has placed an order for an Airbus H145 helicopter, making it the first government customer of the rotorcraft in the country.
India has developed an underwater drone capable of sending real-time video of ships and underwater structures to assist in a wide range of operations in rescue and defense.
A USAF probe of a Northrop Grumman RQ-4 crash has faulted procedures that undermined the quadruplex redundancy design of the UAS's onboard navigation system.
Boeing’s effort to sell KC-46 refueling tanker to Israel may have received a lift after objections raised by an Israeli company seem to have been resolved.
The U.S. Marine Corps is awaiting defense secretary approval to take the Boeing Compact Laser Weapons System to the field, the service’s program manager says.
A $19 million Series B venture capital round will allow Capella Space to go ahead with the planned November launch of its first small sat, executives said.
Aviation services and MRO giant AAR expects to sell its Afghanistan war-related contractor-owned, contractor-operated aviation services business by next May.
