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U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved $75m foreign military sale to Georgia of 410 Javelin missiles, 72 Javelin Command Launch Units, other equipment and support.
SUICIDE DRONES: ’In a return to the origins of unmanned aircraft and 1918’s Kettering Bug “aerial torpedo,” Poland Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz on Nov. 22 signed a contract for delivery of a batch of 1,000 Warmate lethal drones. Polish company WB Electronics’ Warmate has an operational range of around 6 mi., a top speed of about 90 mph, and can stay airborne for more than 30 min.
NanoRacks LLC logged the first deployments from the International Space Station of 6U CubeSats in the more mission-capable 2U-by-3U form factor early Nov. 21
Avio, the prime contractor for Arianespace’s Vega light launcher, is studying a mini-launcher derived from the upgraded versions of Vega it is currently developing.
Ahead of the Dubai Airshow, Remy Nathan, vice president of international affairs for the Aerospace Industries Association, sat down with Aviation Week to share his thoughts.
India has successfully conducted the first test of its BrahMos air-to-ground variant supersonic cruise missile, taking a step toward augmenting its military’s combat potential.
The U.S. Air Force is taking another step toward re-engining the Boeing B-52H strategic bomber, announcing an industry day at Barksdale AFB next month.
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved $10.5b foreign military sale to Poland of Phase 1 of an Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System-enabled Patriot Configuration-3+ air defense with modernized sensors/components. AUSTRALIA is budgeting AUS$659m ($499m) for RAAF Base Edinburgh to support BOEING P-8A Poseidon—$250m for simulator training system and $409m for facility improvements. Completion in early 2019.
JWST TESTING — Harris Corporation has partnered with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to successfully complete thermal vacuum testing for the James Webb Space Telescope
Bell-Boeing JPO, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded $10,056,839 for modification P00008 to a previously issued cost-plus-fixed-fee task order 0112, placed against basic ordering agreement N00019-12-G-0006.
Sikorsky’s CH-53K King Stallion helicopter is set to make its international debut at Berlin’s ILA air show in 2018 as the manufacturer and U.S. Marines intensify their marketing efforts for the heavy-lift rotorcraft.
New findings from NASA’s 12-year-old Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggest sliding sand and dust rather than seasonal flows of briny water are responsible for the 2011 discovery of recurring slope linae on Mars.
The U.S. Air Force’s $7 billion decision whether to replace the Northrop Grumman E-8C J-Stars with another radar-carrying aircraft or take another path comes down to survivability, and how long it might take to field something better.
The U.S. Air Force’s 47th Flying Training Wing suspended flying operations through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend at Laughlin AFB, Texas, following the fatal crash of a T-38 Talon training jet near the base on Nov. 20.
NanoRacks LLC logged the first deployments from the International Space Station of 6U CubeSats in the more mission-capable 2U-by-3U form factor early Nov. 21.
The latest concept design of Japan’s proposed indigenous fighter may have moved a little away from the bias toward long range and endurance over flight performance of the previous preliminary design.
The U.S. State Department has approved Poland’s request to purchase a so-called “tailored” version of Raytheon’s Patriot air missile defense system for $10.5 billion.
