NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft has begun the final approach phase of its lengthy, $1 billion mission to return a sample from the 1,600-ft.-long asteroid Bennu.
United Rotorcraft is to convert two ex-U.S. Army HH-60L Black Hawks into Firehawk firefighting helos for the Ventura County Fire Department in California.
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The chief of the Swedish Air Force is urging the government to consider doubling the size of the future Gripen NG fleet to bolster the country’s air defenses.
The Senate has passed an $857 billion minibus package that includes $675 billion in defense funding for fiscal 2019 and signals Congress may avoid a shutdown.
Another round is underway in the battle over the Israeli Air Force’s planned purchase of new aerial refueling aircraft to replace its aging Boeing 707 tankers.
Eight years after its first flight, the Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter finally has its first order from the Russian military, along with the MiG-35.
Israel Aerospace Industries is offering an upgrade package for UH-60 Black Hawk operators and armed forces that can't buy next-generation replacements.
HARRIS CORP. has $14.2m U.S. Navy contract for 143 Lot 42 fiber channel network switches for the F/A-18E/F/G, four for the E-2D, 28 for Kuwait and five for Australia.
