NORTHROP GRUMMAN says Global Hawk program has reduced cost per flight hour down to half the cost of the manned alternative; aircraft also saw 40% increase in flight hours from 2013 to 2014, and maintained perfect safety record in FY14. BAE SYSTEMS received U.S. DOD approval for its Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) system. AEROVIRONMENT had $2.3m net income on $68.4m revenues in third quarter ended Jan. 31 vs.
In his first hearing on NASA’s proposed fiscal 2016 budget, Rep. John Culbertson (R-Texas), the new chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds NASA, added Russia to the list of “aggressive” adversaries of the U.S., comparing Vladimir Putin to “Joe Stalin.” Under grilling from Culbertson, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden conceded NASA and its partners probably would have to abandon the International Space Station if Russia shut off access via its Soyuz capsules.
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While there has been no significant impact yet, continued U.S. operations against Islamic State militants could cut into Asia-Pacific region needs, says Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commanding general, U.S. Army, Pacific.
The revamped Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) design – designated as FF, or fast frigate, by the U.S. Navy – will likely attract more sales in the international arena, contractors says. That is, when the ships finally get approved and built.
As much as 20% of the ancient Martian surface may have been covered by an ocean, a mile or 1,600 meters deep and most likely in the northern hemisphere, according to a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center-led study of global moisture in the atmosphere of the red planet.
NASA’s next Mars lander, InSight, will aim for a touchdown on a smooth patch of terrain within Elysium Planitia in the northern equatorial region of the red planet.
Five Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircrew personnel recently graduated from basic training at Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129, the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Growler Fleet Replacement Squadron at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island.
China’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) could lead to tense situations that could escalate to serious geopolitical crises given the recent international clashes in other realms in the region, according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
In an exchange with Rep. John Culbertson (R-Texas), the new chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds NASA, Administrator Charles Bolden said the possibility of a station shutdown is a strong argument in favor of meeting his agency’s $1.2 billion request for commercial crew vehicles in 2016.
U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) took nearly a month to openly acknowledge to the press that one of the country’s oldest satellites fragmented into 43 pieces in orbit last month, creating a debris field.
