Lockheed Martin’s U-2 spy plane made its debut at the Northern Edge joint training exercise last month, demonstrating a new capability nicknamed the “Einstein Box.”
RAFAEL unveiled 12.7-kg. Spike LR II missile, a 5th generation Spike variant that can be fired from vehicles, helicopters, ships, and ground launchers. NORWAY’s fifth F-35 Lighgning II, AM-5, touched down for the first time May 25 at Luke Air Force Base, AZ. ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD. has $390m contract for ground electronic intelligence capabilities for undisclosed European customer.
Mitsubishi Electric said June 1 that it has finished construction of a facility at its Kamakura Works’ Sagami Factory in Sagamihara, Japan, that will double its satellite component production capacity. The new site, which sports high-precision machining equipment and automated welding machines, will be Mitsubishi Electric’s central production and testing site for solar array panels, structural panels and other satellite parts. Production starts this October.
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A diplomatic spat over Qatar’s alleged involvement in funding Islamic militants has resulted in Bahrain, Egypt, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates cutting diplomatic ties to Doha.
Orbital ATK’s seventh NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply capsule departed the International Space Station early June 4 for a week of solo science activities.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued an RFP for the production of maps identifying the locations of subsurface ice and hydrated mineral water deposits on Mars.
SpaceX’s planned June 1 launch of the company’s 11th NASA-contracted Falcon 9/Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was scrubbed due to lightning.
Singapore’s new maritime patrollers are likely to be fitted with a more robust anti-submarine warfare capability as Southeast Asia sees a proliferation of underwater forces.
A reduced but mostly veteran three-person U.S. and Russian crew prepared to handle operations aboard the International Space Station until late July, following the scheduled early June 2 return to Earth of cosmonaut Oleg Noviskiy and European astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
In a $10.7 billion wish list of items submitted to Congress June 2, the U.S. Air Force is asking for 14 Lockheed Martin F-35As and three Boeing KC-46As.
The U.S. intelligence community’s venture capital group has invested in Arevo, a composites additive manufacturing (AM) innovator that has targeted the aerospace and defense sector.
The Swiss defense ministry has been advised to purchase a single fleet of new fighter jets and a ground-based air defense system to protect the country’s airspace into the 2030s.
Aerospace advanced composites provider Hexcel said June 1 that it is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Structil SA, a Safran-Mitsubishi joint venture that produces and supplies high-performance composites to the aerospace, defense and industrial markets in Europe.
The U.S. Navy is asking Congress directly to fund a boost in Super Hornet and Lockheed Martin F-35 procurement to address the strike fighter shortfall.
