Defense

By Graham Warwick, Lee Hudson
Paul Lemmo, a seasoned veteran at Lockheed Martin, chats with Aviation Week about rotorcraft and Future Vertical Lift competitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has agreed to pay the Pentagon $34.3 million in recompense for F-35 spare parts that were not ready for installation when they were first delivered, resulting in additional costs for the stealthy fighter program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
NATO has launched a new phase in its Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (AFSC) contest to find a replacement for its Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne-early-warning platforms.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Japan and the UK have entered the final stage of discussions about joint development of the engine for Japan’s F-X fighter, according to the Asahi newspaper.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has detonated a warhead for the first Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, the service said on July 7.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK is looking for a zero-emission training aircraft as the Royal Air Force (RAF) targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
“Although we call it a life extension, aside from energetics, everything in [the Trident II D5 Life Extension 2 missile] is going to be completely new,” Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe, director of the Navy's Strategic Systems Program (SSP) office, said July 7.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Navy is bolstering the firepower of its six Type 45 air-defense destroyers with the installation of MBDA’s Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missile system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Blacktree has joined Airbus Defense and Space’s Team Maier initiative, established in October 2020 to provide solutions for Australia's JP 9102 military satellite communication program.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The airshow's organizers say attendance by overseas visitors, which may be difficult depending on COVID-related border restrictions, is not critical to the success of this year's event.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
As defense budgets globally tighten, IAI is positioning the Kfir NG as an affordable alternative to new fourth-generation jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Space Force may begin testing early-warning satellites in medium-Earth orbit as early as 2022, which aligns with comments made by a service official last week who said the Force Design team will assess the theory of putting missile-warning satellites into non-traditional orbits.
Space

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon has terminated the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud contract with Microsoft because the effort no longer meets requirements, and instead is launching a new multi-vendor program called the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
EDF will provide financial backing for R&D into technologies for future European combat aircraft, helicopters and missile capabilities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Former President Benigno Aquino III was responsible for reviving the Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Act in 2012, to bring the its air force back into the supersonic age after over a decade of neglect.
Aircraft & Propulsion

AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP, NY has 3-year, $12m-$18m agreement to supply landing gear components for F-35 JSF.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
As with the two previous renderings, the U.S. Air Force’s latest release offers only a partial glimpse of the stealth bomber’s final configuration, obscuring nearly as much as it reveals.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Lockheed Martin has suggested 70-80 F-35s might be enough to fulfill the UK carriers’ air-power needs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Until the July 5 decision to postpone the undocking, the Cargo Dragon was to depart the ISS on July 6 at about 11 a.m. EDT with a 5,000-lb. return cargo for a parachute-assisted descent into the Atlantic Ocean on July 8 at 12 a.m. EDT.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Israel has formed a third F-35 squadron, to focus on training aircrews for the fifth-generation fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan is on track to launch the probe in fiscal 2024 and collect samples from Martian moon Phobos, returning to Earth by 2029.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo completed the first extravehicular activity (EVA) outside the Tianhe core module, marking China’s first spacewalk since the Shenzhou-7 mission in 2008.
Space

By Joe Anselmo
A former Aviation Week reporter’s new book details the story behind the stories.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aaron Stein
An exclusive excerpt from a forthcoming book explains what really happened between American and Russian air forces in the 2018 battle.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
On flight nine, Ingenuity will fly over a region of prime interest to Mars scientists.
Space