Seven space navigation, propulsion and manufacturing technology demonstration proposals have been selected by NASA for suborbital and parabolic test flights in 2015-16 under the Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Flight Opportunities Program.
The Defense Department (DOD) is now working to better manage its spare parts inventory in the wake of recent Pentagon Inspector General (IG) findings, the IG says.
Many of the unique test facilities at NASA’s Plum Brook Station near Cleveland have gone for years without being used, and the agency could save on the cost of their upkeep if managers develop a plan for shutting them down, the NASA Inspector General (IG) has concluded after an audit.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. William R. Merz, Commander, Submarine Group 7 (Comsubgru 7), met with representatives from the Indonesian submarine force in Surabaya, Indonesia, earlier this month to strengthen a working relationship between the two navies, U.S. Navy officials say.
When the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee marks up its portion of the fiscal 2016 defense authorization bill on April 23, the emphasis will not be on adding money for additional F/A-18 Super Hornets or F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. “In my subcommittee, I think we’re going to be pushing to build ships,” says Chairman Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va). “That is where we’re going to put our additional dollars.
As part of a collaboration with Czech manufacturer Aero Vodochody that includes using L-159Es to provide air services such a threat simulation to the U.S. military, Draken International is offering the L-39NG upgrade program to operators of the Czech-built jet trainer in the Americas.
A shortage of pilots and mechanics is challenging helicopter operators in China, even though manufacturers such as Bell Helicopter are investing in customer support.
Four years after launch of the first of a new fleet of missile-warning satellites, the U.S. Air Force is planning to test the system’s newest technology – a powerful infrared staring sensor – in an operational assessment.
For any other aerospace and defense contractor, it would have been a great first quarter. But for Boeing, Wall Street is expressing its mild disappointment over the first financial results of 2015.
Northrop Grumman will contribute as much as $17.5 million over three years to the California Institute of Technology for space solar power (SSP) development work.
French President Francois Hollande says Paris will reimburse Moscow the money it has paid toward construction and delivery of two helicopter gunships if the long-delayed delivery of two Mistral-class carriers does not take place.
Source-selection officials at NASA have delayed awarding the second set of contracts for commercial cargo delivery to the International Space Station “to allow additional time to evaluate proposals.”
As Huntington Ingalls Industries zeroes in on homestretch work needed to complete the aircraft carrier CVN 78 Gerald R. Ford at its Newport News Shipbuilding yard, the U.S. Navy wants to ensure the lowest possible cost for carrier CVN 79 John F. Kennedy.
NEW DELHI—India is working with its neighbors to establish a dedicated satellite for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) region by next year to fulfill the requirement for satellite transponders for communication and weather forecasting.
