LONDON—Canada has opened negotiations with Italy to acquire Leonardo’s M-346 as the country’s future advanced jet trainer. Selection of the twin-engine trainer for Canada’s long-running Future Fighter ...

GA-ASI selected the Sparrowhawk’s ducted fans for low noise but remains open to other propulsion designs. Credit: Graham Warwick/AW&ST After several unsuccessful attempts, DARPA’s Gremlins project ...

Credit: Lockheed Martin The move by Lockheed Martin and General Motors to come together and explore ways to join on expanding defense production capacity was largely done independently of direct ...

While launch dates for new narrowbodies to replace the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 MAX remain uncertain, suppliers of composite aerostructures are jockeying for position. The future programs are ...

LONDON–The UK’s most senior military officer says funding shortfalls in the UK’s upcoming Defense Investment Plan would cause operational activities and exercises to be “dialed back” unless additional ...

Credit: Thales The signing of a strategic partnership between French automaker Renault Group and the defense company Thales to boost manufacturing capacity of loitering munitions is the latest example ...

BERLIN—An MBDA-led European effort to create a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) to inform the development of a hypersonic interceptor also will support research on hypersonic deep strike capabilities as ...

Phoenix—Honeywell Aerospace Technologies is expanding its U.S. industrial partner base to grow capacity for production of a low-cost version of its F124 engine for collaborative combat aircraft (CCA), ...

PARIS—A demonstration of the first 1-megawatt-class solid state laser is “on track,” and follow-on initiatives will focus on transitioning the technology to production, the head of U.S.-based nLight ...

Mach's Atlas UAS is designed to carry existing munitions on strike missions from warship flight decks. Credit: Mach Industries U.S. startup Mach Industries has confirmed it has won a Defense ...

Airlines don’t always agree with each other on everything, but on this occasion, the conclusion to a long-running debate in Brussels over reforms to European passenger rights legislation has brought ...

BERLIN–Airbus Helicopters is looking to broaden the role of its H145M light utility helicopter into the anti-drone mission. Prompted by the extensive use of low-cost, one-way attack drones by Iran in ...