To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Sept. 22-24—Sustainability 2015, “An International Conference on Environmental Sustainability in Air Vehicle Design and Operations of Helicopters and Airplanes,” Hotel Bonaventure, Montréal, Québec, Canada. For more information go to www.vtol.org/events/sustainability-2015
The European Space Agency has delayed the launch of the first leg of the €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) ExoMars campaign from January to March to address a technical issue on the entry, descent and landing (EDL) demonstrator.
The program has run ahead of schedule and is about 10% under budget, says Rear Adm. Tony Dalton, the manager of the Australian defense department’s helicopter acquisitions.
Lockheed Martin and European missile manufacturer MBDA are hoping that Germany’s selection of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) will spur international interest.
Australia will decide next decade whether to replace or modernize its 22 Airbus Tiger attack helicopters, which are only now moving toward full operational status 14 years after they were ordered.
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has won a fifth customer for its T-50 family of supersonic trainers and light attackers, with Thailand agreeing to buy four of the aircraft.
The first captive flight test of the air-launched version of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile, developed jointly by India and Russia, will be carried out by the end of this year from a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter aircraft.
As Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Seattle Sept. 22 to begin a seven-day U.S. visit, concerns over China’s cyber and naval intentions still threaten relations between the two global powers.
U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James says she will ensure that basic information about the new Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRSB) is provided to the press prior to contract award.
Lockheed Martin could offer Turkey’s Stand-Off Missile (SOM-J) as a weapon for U.S. Air Force and Navy F-35s, after signing a deal with a Turkish manufacturer to develop the weapon.
The goal is to expand the envelope to 10,000-ft. altitude, 70-kt. speed and a three-day endurance, in preparation for mission system tests and demonstrations to potential customers.
USAF Brig. Gen. Duke Richardson, the program executive officer for all Air Force tanker programs, sheds light on multiple deficiencies discovered in the KC-46 fuel system in an exclusive interview.
The Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (Sewip) Block 3 program successfully completed the preliminary design review (PDR) recently for the next generation AN/SLQ-32 shipboard electronic warfare system.
