Development of revolutionary engines at GE Aviation is setting the stage for the next 50 years in military aircraft propulsion, engineers there believe.
Raytheon's AGM-154 JSOW C-1 has begun operational testing with the U.S. Navy on F/A-18 Super Hornet and is expected to be fielded to the fleet in 2016.
During the NATO operation over Libya in 2011, European nations were criticized for a lack of aerial refueling assets and their need to depend on the U.S. for assistance. But plans for multinational tanker purchases may soon reverse that trend.
A spate of Proton launch mishaps has created a de facto duopoly of Arianespace and SpaceX, two companies vying to dominate the global commercial launch market.
“The workshop is really about narrowing down where on Mars would satisfy human requirements,” Jim Green, the agency’s planetary-science director, told reporters. “Mars is an enormous place."
South Korea has launched full-scale development of the LCH-LAH civil and military helicopter, signing contracts with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) that value the program at 1.6 trillion won ($1.44 billion) in non-recurring costs.
OneWeb Ltd. has signed contracts with European launch consortium Arianespace and Virgin Galactic to deploy a constellation of more than 600 low-orbiting Internet satellites.
Rather than depending on large and expensive programs that provide “standing capability,” the report says the U.K. needs to develop a research and industrial base that is able to respond rapidly to the specific demands presented by different campaigns as they arise.
Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) installed the command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) suite aboard the afloat forward staging base variant of the mobile landing platform (MLP 3) USNS Lewis B. Puller following recently completed acceptance trials.
While some in Congress, the military and certainly analytical circles continue to question the vulnerability, survivability and relevance of carrier strike groups in so-called anti-access, area denial (A2/AD) waters such as those off the mainland China coast, a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report notes the U.S. Navy has operated and survived in such well-protected regions before.
The U.S. Navy can navigate more safely where traditional diplomacy might flounder, according to Vice Adm. James Foggo, commander of 6th Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO.
ANTONOV completed first of 14 modernized An-26 transports for Ukrainian defense ministry, modified for counterterrorism operations. GENERAL ATOMICS has $121m Pentagon contract for 19 Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicles, 19 satellite communications air data terminals; work to be performed in Powaw, CA, completed by Sept. 30, 2018.
Egypt has become the second export customer for Sagem’s AASM Hammer air-to-ground missile. The weapon will be used to arm Egypt’s new fleet of 24 Dassault Rafales ordered by Cairo in February. Sagem will deliver the first Hammers to Egypt by the end of 2016. The company says the order, announced at last week’s Paris air show, covers the three different versions of the weapon: the hybrid inertial/GPS guidance, inertial/GPS and terminal infrared guidance, and inertial/GPS plus laser terminal guidance variants.
A new optics technology that creates 3-D arrays of liquid crystals has allowed astronomers on Earth to resolve exoplanets orbiting a distant star by blocking the obscuring light of the star.
Cosmonaut Aydin Aimbetov will prep to become the third Kazakh to launch into space and the second to visit the International Space Station as he joins a Russian/European crew for a 10-day taxi mission to the orbiting science laboratory in early September.
The U.K. is planning to invest in a helmet mounted cueing system for its Panavia Tornado GR4 fighter bomber aircraft, even though they are due to exit service in four years.
Delays with the NextGen airspace modernization program should not be used as a reason for privatizing U.S. air traffic control, says Edward Bolton, head of the program, who is concerned the spin-off of ATC from the FAA could disrupt the progress now being made.
The presence of Chinese naval vessels, personnel, and equipment in the Spratly Island disputes has prompted concerns that could affect U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
Lacking centralized Pentagon guidance on making reset liability estimates, the U.S. Marine Corps and Army are producing their own plans and estimates, a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds – making it difficult to compare the programs.
