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WASHINGTON – Dark horse design house AVX Aircraft Co. in Benbrook, Texas, has never built a complete aircraft. Competition for the U.S. Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) just might change that. Breaking Defense reports.

ST. LOUIS – The Boeing Co. is ready to deliver at least two developmental versions of the F-15EX jet fighter to the U.S. Air Force as soon as 2020. Flight global reports.

ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. military researchers are turning to industry to find ways of automating the software assurance process to enable certifiers rapidly to determine whether software system risk is acceptable.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Engineers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., have built an unmanned flying drone to mimic one of the most expert flyers in the natural world: the hummingbird. Popular Mechanics reports.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Cobham plc Advanced Electronic Solutions Space and Semiconductor Solutions segment in Colorado Springs, Colo., is introducing the LeanREL family of radiation-hardened microprocessors, microcontrollers, memory,

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – New robot assistants called "Astrobees," developed by NASA to assist in the operation of the International Space Station, are equipped with a sizeable payload of cameras and sensors to enable the robotics

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif., is integrating the NASA core Flight System (cFS) into the company's SP0-S space single-board computer for space applications.

WASHINGTON – In January 2019, Chinese Communist Party leaders announced that the newest iteration of their DF-17 hypersonic weapons system was being designed to overwhelm and sink U.S. aircraft carriers and surface combatants stationed in

GROTON, Conn. – The U.S. Navy has begun work on a new generation of attack submarines with never-before-seen weapons, fly-by-wire control, quieting technology, undersea attack drones, sonar, and communications networking, to emerge over

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Engineers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., have built an unmanned flying drone to mimic one of the most expert flyers in the natural world: the hummingbird. Popular Mechanics reports.

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) experts at the Boeing Co. needed key mission interface systems for the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling program. They found their solution from Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth,

HONG KONG – A team of scientists in Hong Kong has discovered a method to boost the efficiency of photonic quantum memories to over 85 percent with a fidelity of over 99 percent. Asian Scientist reports.