The Cassini spacecraft is prepared to make its most detailed measurements yet of the curtain-like ice sprays from the south pole of the Saturn moon Enceladus.
“The launch target for GSLV-Mk. 3 is December 2016. That will be followed with a second launch in December 2017,” says A.S. Kiran Kumar, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization.
NASA’s congressional overseers have questioned the relevance of both the asteroid capture and astronaut rendezvous to the agency’s ultimate objective of reaching the Martian environs with human explorers in the 2030s.
SIERRA NEVADA has U.S. Special Operations Command award for next phase of development for Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS) using real-time, high-resolution fused imagery of terrain and obstacles to help pilots. LOCKHEED MARTIN has $176.1m in U.S. Air Force contracts for Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor Enhancement (ATP-SE) production and kits to convert Sniper ATPs to ATP-SE configuration. Deliveries will begin in 4Q 2016.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced fiscal 2015 U.S. arms export sales of $47.085 billion, including $35.359 billion through Foreign Military Sales and $11.726 billion through various security cooperation and assistance efforts such as Foreign Military Financing and Defense Department programs. “Demand for U.S. defense products and services remains strong, as the U.S. share of total global arms transfer agreements has increased over the last decade,” DSCA says. “The U.S.
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The next major review of the SLS will come in 2017, when design certification will compare vehicle hardware with the design, leading to a flight readiness review in 2018.
A lack of inflight and cockpit data continues to shroud the cause of a police helicopter crash that killed 10 people in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2013.
An upgrade of the South Korean MSAM system aimed at dealing with tactical ballistic missiles will exploit most of the current equipment in modified form.
A micro-light aircraft of the Indian Army Aviation Corps crashed Oct. 21 minutes after taking off near Shillong in the northeastern state of Meghalaya on a routine sortie.
Since implementing a new surface cargo route between the U.S. and Spain, U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella Site Rota cut cargo transit time and costs in half by mid-October.
NASA astronauts are set to resume external upgrades to the International Space Station intended to prepare its U.S. segment for future commercial crew vehicle dockings.
French officials have confirmed that both France and the U.K. will likely pursue the joint development of a next-generation cruise and anti-ship missile.
