The first of 29 Airbus H135 twin-engine light helicopters for the U.K. Military Flight Training System (MFTS) is set to make its first flight by the end of July.
Airbus Defense and Space is pushing ahead with the development of an automated refueling system to reduce the workload of boom operators on its A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT).
Telecommunications, broadcasting and Earth observation continue to dominate the global space economy, but new technologies and services have the potential to take a larger place at the table, according to the latest report on space industry developments published by the Space Foundation.
The breakup of Japan’s ASTRO-H X-ray astronomy satellite in orbit has been blamed on project management processes at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (ISAS).
The hike would allow the defense ministry to undertake its long-term defense plan, which includes the introduction of a new maritime patrol aircraft to replace the Lockheed P-3 Orion, new submarines and longer-ranged, ground-based air defenses.
India’s flagship Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has successfully orbited a record 20 satellites in a single flight, marking an ambitious step in the country’s evolving space industry.
The secretive military office overseeing development of the Northrop Grumman B-21 strategic bomber expects to beat the government’s own independent unit cost estimate of $564 million per aircraft.
U.S. Strategic Command detected and tracked what it assessed were two North Korean missile launches from Wonsan at 10:56 a.m. and 1:03 p.m. Hawaii time June 21.
Space-launch startups Blue Origin and SpaceX continue to take advantage of their owners’ deep pockets to advance the state of the art in reusable vehicles, with back-to-back test attempts over the past week to recover launchers after they had delivered payloads to suborbital space.
Lockheed Martin aims to deliver the latest version of the F-35’s critical logistics system to the U.S. Air Force by the end of November, a new target that leaves little room for error before the end-of-year deadline for the service to declare the jet operational.
The road to F-35A initial operational capability (IOC) has been long and fraught with technical glitches. But 15 years after Lockheed Martin won the Joint Strike Fighter contract, the U.S. Air Force’s first Lightning II combat squadron says it is almost ready for war.
Discoveries of two very large planets close to their distant young stars are informing still-maturing theories about how and when planetary bodies in solar systems like ours arrange themselves.
Bombardier has agreed to sell its Amphibious Aircraft operations to Victoria, British Columbia-based Viking Air, which in 2005 took over ownership and support of former all de Havilland Canada (DHC) types from the Canadian aircraft manufacturer.
As U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter touts America's relationships with its allies, pundits wonder how the upcoming presidential election could change those relationships.
Japan’s defense ministry is requesting information for its next fighter program, taking an early step toward an acquisition that will shape the country’s air force in the middle of the century and perhaps result in a domestic development effort.
Treating land-based missile defense in a completely different way could alter the character of military strategy in the Asia-Pacific and certain other important global theaters, according to recent studies by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA).
