Japanese defense technologists are working on an anti-aircraft missile guidance system that would better handle stealthy targets by predicting their movements. By calculating where a maneuvering target will be, the system can detect low-radar-cross-section aircraft at longer ranges and optimize the flight path of the missile, says the defense ministry’s Technology Research and Development Institute (TRDI). The work is part of a TRDI technology-acquisition program for future Japanese air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN reorganized Aerospace Systems business, appointing Chris Hernandez vice president of new research, technology and advanced design organization; Mary Petryszyn vice president of new global business development organization; Tom Pieronek vice president of basic research, reporting to Hernandez. Hernandez and Petryszyn will report to Aerospace Systems head Tom Vice.
On Aug. 1, Russian Air Force, Air Defense and Space troops were merged into a new service called Aerospace Forces. The single command will have responsibility for aviation, air and anti-ballistic missile defense, space-tracking systems, and launching and operating Russia’s military spacecraft. The Russian defense ministry says the creation of the Aerospace Forces reflects the fact that the center of gravity for military action is shifting to aerospace.
The Kremlin announced Aug. 5 that the presidents of both countries made a joint decision to terminate the deal over the phone. “The dispute over the Mistrals is considered to be fully settled in Moscow,” reported the Kremlin press service.
Proposals by Internet giants Amazon and Google on how low-altitude airspace could be redesigned and managed to enable large-scale operations by small unmanned aircraft systems have met a cautious response from the organizations likely to be most affected.
RAF sources told Aviation Week the Typhoons were not using the full capability of their weapon systems and that in the “realistic operational” scenarios conducted during the exercise, the Typhoon performance was superior.
Kirk Shireman, an 11-year NASA International Space Station (ISS) executive and former ISS deputy program manager, will succeed the agency’s Mike Suffredini as manager of the six-person orbiting science laboratory.
Islands and outcroppings in the South China Sea have become the center of territorial disputes for China and its neighbors, who have started staking claims through reclamation projects that U.S. officials say threaten the peace and security of the region
The U.S. Navy re-certified its deep-sea submarine rescue capability last month in an operational evaluation of crewmembers from the service’s Undersea Rescue Command (URC).
The remote, idyllic atmosphere of this tiny resort hamlet on the southern tip of Hainan Island belies its growing military importance in the South China Sea, especially for the Chinese submarines force, which continues to give U.S. Navy planners fits.
U.S. Chief of Naval Research (ONR) Rear Adm. Mat Winter officially opened the new Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global) office in Sao Paulo, Brazil last month.
Blood samples have survived a flight in a small unmanned aircraft, opening up the possibility of quick access to laboratory tests for health care workers at remote clinics in rural areas of developing nations that lack passable roads to dedicated labs.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden blames Congress for failing to fully fund NASA’s commercial crew program that is intended to restore the nation’s ability to send astronauts into orbit.
The inclusion of secondary smallsat payloads adds additional luster to the multi-billion-dollar SLS-Orion test flight and potential encouragement for researchers to push deeper into space using CubeSat technologies.
The NASA-funded National Space Biomedical Research Institute is seeking more study proposals in areas of health concern associated with human deep-space exploration.
Russia continues to strengthen its positions in the Arctic region, as reflected in July when Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the country’s renewed naval doctrine.
