The French and German ministers of defense have signed an agreement for the creation of a binational tactical air transport base in Evreux, France, using Lockheed Marcin C-130J Hercules airlifters.
Airbus sees strong potential in an on-demand helicopter booking service incubated within its Silicon Valley outpost A³ and now in beta testing in Sao Paulo.
Thales has received a 10-year service contract from the French Ministry of Defense worth $1.04 billion for the creation of an aeronautical consumables supply chain.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $11.9m U.S Air Force contract for the C-130J center wing box replacement program through Aug. 31, 2019. ARNOLD DEFENSE AND ELECTRONICS LLC has $11.9m U.S Navy contract for manufacturing of launchers and/or sub-components to support Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force operations through November 2017.
Hybrid Air Vehicles has unveiled improvements to its Airlander as it prepares to return the hybrid airship to flight following repairs after the heavy landing on its second flight in August 2016. An auxiliary landing system has been added to enable the aircraft to touch down safely at a greater range of landing angles. This comprises a pair of airbags on either side of the flight deck that the pilot can deploy to provide extra cushioning. The airbags are about 10 ft. in length and inflate in under 20 sec. using existing ballonet fans and lifting gas.
Raytheon’s long-serving Tomahawk cruise missile has been the Pentagon’s weapon of choice for day one of a conflict for almost three decades, but in 2014 the U.S. Navy proposed ending production to fund a successor.
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NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko departed the six-person International Space Station early April 10.
The Tomahawk cruise missiles launched in response to Syria’s latest chemical weapons attack damaged or destroyed more than 20 Syrian fighters, the Pentagon says.
The odd-looking hybrid electric UAV that Aurora Flight Sciences is building for DARPA could be weaponized and adapted for the U.S. Marine Corps’ “MUX” mission.
Scientists may have unraveled an explanation for the thin atmosphere that seems to come and go from Ceres, the largest of the Solar System’s main belt asteroids.
The Roketsan Laser-UMTAS (L-UMTAS)/Mizrak laser-guided missile was fired from the modified first prototype Hurkus-A in a demonstration on a weapon range in central Turkey.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN’s MQ-4C Triton completed testing and a successful first flight of an improved software suite that enables Early Operational Capability deployment in 2018. LOCKHEED MARTIN has $129.4m U.S. Navy contract for work on the TR-3 integrated core processor and related subsystems to alleviate diminishing manufacturing sources constraints projected under F-35 production Lot 15 through March 2019.
The chief economic advisor to President Donald Trump said April 4 that air traffic control (ATC) reform—including privatizing ATC—could be a major element of the new administration’s infrastructure buildup, but that general aviation should not fear paying more for it. “We’re probably not even going to tax general aviation,” said Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council.
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts the global fleet of Western C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) aircraft will grow significantly over the next four years
Despite Russian claims, Pentagon officials say all 59 Raytheon-built Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles fired against Syria’s Shayrat airfield on April 7 reached their intended targets.
As potential adversaries develop advanced counter-space and cyber capabilities, the Pentagon appears to be accepting the reality that war will inevitably extend to space.
The U.S. Navy wants to buy 130 additional Super Hornets over the next five years for $13.6 billion as part of an effort to beef up its strike fighter fleet.
Airbus is stepping up support for partner Indonesian Aerospace as the Asian state company struggles with late deliveries and a military customer dissatisfied with product support.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $581.8m U.S. Navy contract for air vehicle initial spares, including F-35 common spares; F-35A, F-35B and F-35C unique spares, and aloft spares packages/deployment spares packages and reprogramming lab spares required to support the fighter’s delivery schedule through April 2021. SEEMANN COMPOSITES INC. has $9.1m U.S. Navy contract for materials and manufacturing technologies for unmanned underwater vehicles through Sept. 15, 2020.
