URTHECAST will acquire Deimos, ELECNOR S.A.’s Earth Observation business, including Deimos-1 (launched 2009), Deimos-2 (launched 2014), and the Deimos Earth imagery global archive. BLACKSKY GLOBAL partnered with ALLSOURCE ANALYSIS to incorporate BlackSky’s high-resolution, rapid-revisit satellite imagery into AllSource’s multisource analytics and products for commercial and governmental customers.
The French air force has carried out evaluation firings of its Air-Sol Moyenne Portée-Amélioré (ASMP-A) air-to-surface missile to test the country’s nuclear capability readiness. The ramjet-powered missile forms part of France’s nuclear deterrent duo along with the country’s fleet of ballistic missile submarines. The weapon entered service in 2009. As part of the test, one ASMP-A was launched from a French air force Rafale on June 11 during a 4-hr. mission.
The transition is expected to go well for the original equipment manufacturer and Pentagon prime contractor, which turns 100 years old next year and may reach $100 billion in annual revenue around the same time.
NASA’s Radioisotope Power System Program is seeking information on Stirling radioisotope power systems capable of generating 100 to 500 watts of electricity for future robotic missions and possibly human deep-space activities spanning a decade or more.
Aerospace must embrace the technology sector or risk its business being disrupted by the fast pace of development in other industries, says Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders, speaking at the AIAA Aviation 2015 forum here June 22.
India is set to launch three disaster-monitoring satellites for a British firm in July, moving ahead with its ambition of securing a larger share of the annual international launch business.
Construction of the new factory at Roussillon in the Rhone-Alpes region of France will support the company’s aerospace customers as demand grows for composite materials.
During the last five years, a resurgent Russia has increased its defense spending by 50% and plans to modernize its conventional air, sea and land force.
ALIS is reportedly so large that if it were separated from the overall F-35 budget it would still be one of the biggest defense procurement programs of all time.
Rafael brought the Litening 5 to Paris, which employs a new sensor pack that utilizes an optical assembly and larger aperture for increased identification and recognition distance.
Israel’s UAV company Aeronautics introduced several new versions of its unmanned systems at the Paris Air Show, among them a new version of the Orbiter – the Orbiter 1K.
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently provided the Marine Corps with a 3-D computer-simulation program that measures equipment weight, distribution and effects on body mechanics and individual warfighter performance.
LONDON — Sikorsky has begun work on the development of a standardized Flight Crew Operating Manual (FCOM) for its S-92 heavy helicopter. FCOM’s development is the result of the creation of the HeliOffshore industry association, which has charged member helicopter manufacturers and operators with developing improved safety measures and building standards across the industry. Part of this work involves the development of FCOM for every helo type currently used to support offshore oil and gas activity.
Tuesday morning House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) will speak at the Atlantic Council in Washington, discussing “America’s strategic priorities in a tumultuous and dynamic security environment.” Then on Wednesday afternoon, Thornberry’s committee will discuss strategy against Islamic State militants with analysts from Rand Corp. and the American Enterprise Institute, among others.
Some of the first color New Horizons images of Pluto and its largest moon Charon have answered one question – what color are they? But they have raised another – why are the two bodies in the same “binary dwarf” different colors?
PZL-Swidnik, AgustaWestland’s Polish partner for the country’s multirole utility helicopter requirement, has filed a lawsuit over the tender processes used by the country’s defense ministry.
After nearly 14 years of record-setting orbital operations and more than 1.1 billion mi. on its virtual odometer, NASA’s Mars Odyssey mission spacecraft is stocked with enough fuel to remain active for another decade.
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Getting a right read on Arctic changes is making it difficult to properly plan for military operations there, a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says.
A Scottish court has ordered the U.K. Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) to release the cockpit voice recorder data from a North Sea helicopter accident in order to make it available for prosecutors.
