PARIS—The increased tempo of operations by the Russian armed forces in the Baltic is putting a burden on the flying operations of the Swedish air force, the country’s air chief says. With Russian military aircraft operating in the Baltic close to Swedish airspace, the country’s Gripen fighters, airborne and ground radars are being more heavily utilized, Maj Gen Micael Byden told a meeting of the Swedish Air Force Fan Club in Paris June 14.
LE BOURGET, France—After developing and flying tactical UAVs for the U.S. military for years during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Textron is seeing export opportunities for the systems take off. Three years ago, the U.S.-based company was looking at five different international opportunities. Now they are tracking 25 across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. With declining U.S. defense budgets and a decreased operational tempo, demand there was beginning to flag.
Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $70,239,965 modification (PZ0022) to foreign military sales contract (W31P4Q-13-C-0129) that definitizes fiscal 2013 and 2014 production year lot for Army Javelin requirements included in letter contract and establishes option pricing for fiscal 2015
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) has chosen Honeywell’s TPE331-12B turboprop engine for its HTT-40 military training aircraft for the Indian air force. The HTT-40 program’s future had been uncertain because the Indian air force opposed the purchase of HAL-made trainers. And earlier this year, India opted to buy 38 PC-7 Mk. 2 trainers from Pilatus to meet its requirement for 181 Stage 1 basic trainer aircraft.
RAYTHEON and CSC teamed to compete for U.S. Army Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations Maintenance Program. AEROJET ROCKETDYNE signed Space Act Agreement with NASA for test services/test stand support of AR1 rocket engine preburner and main injector. AR1 is being designed as replacement for Russian RD-180 used on Atlas V.
U.S. Air Force officials suggest the F-35's performance in the exercise validates the theory of service leaders that sacrificing weapons load for stealth in the F-35’s design proved sound.
Fresh off completing a merger with military electronics provider Exelis, Harris CEO Bill Brown is rolling up his sleeves to integrate what he calls two complementary companies.
BlackSky Global, part of Spaceflight Industries, plans to launch a 60-satellite constellation to provide 1-meter imagery of the Earth with a quick turnaround.
U.S. military service chiefs want the Defense Department to do a better job holding to requirements and other acquisition decisions, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.
As the Paris Air Show wraps up, Avio will be ready for a new milestone: the fifth launch of its Vega, to send a Sentinel 2 satellite into orbit on June 23.
The spacecraft weighed in at 5,800 lb. unfueled when it was launched from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center on Nov. 27, 1997, to study rainfall in the tropics and subtropics and improve models of global warming and climate change.
As developer and producer of the Antares core stage, Yuzhnoye is working toward a March 2016 Antares launch, which is expected to carry Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo vessel to the International Space Station (ISS) under a $1.9 billion fixed-price agreement with NASA to haul 20,000 kg (44,000 lb.) to the orbiting outpost by the end of 2017.
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, though Arianespace said it expects to remain an independent company, with plans to keep its Evry, France-based headquarters, launch facilities in French Guiana and offices in Washington, Singapore and Tokyo.
The agreement, signed by CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden here June 16, aims to improve the agencies’ means and methods for orbital collision avoidance in an effort to boost the safety of satellite mission operations.
