U.S. and Japanese naval aircraft figured heavily in the recent Guam Exercise, an annual bilateral training exercise between the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
With a new Pentagon clarion call ringing for additional and more realistic wargaming, the Naval Postgraduate School has started to get its officer students designing, executing and evaluating scenarios just now being developed by the Navy brass.
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus launched the service’s “Great Green Fleet” earlier his month, touting the big move toward alternative fuels as a way to save money, make ships better in combat and increase the Navy’s ability to innovate.
Based on initial indications, the problem occurred due to an apparent failure to follow procedures during an operational test of the port and starboard main propulsion diesel engines, the Navy says.
THALES ALENIA SPACE , AIRBUS DEFENSE & SPACE , ESA chose SNECMA PPS5000 plasma thruster for Neosat telecommunications satellites program; summer 2017 delivery.
Austria-based aerospace composites manufacturer FACC on Jan. 20 acknowledged falling to a cyber hack with around $55 million in damages. “Today, it became evident that FACC AG has become a victim of a crime act using communication and information technologies,” an online statement says. “The management board has immediately involved the Austrian Criminal Investigation Department and engaged a forensic investigation. The correct amount of damage is under review. The damage can amount to roughly EUR 50 million.
A new tribute to NASA’s space shuttle era featuring the agency’s original Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft will open for public display adjacent to Johnson Space Center on Jan. 23.
Although Australian defense officials are keen to increase the army’s Chinook fleet to 10 aircraft from the current seven, the defense department in Canberra says it has not yet decided even to ask the government to approve buying more of the aircraft.
Eleven NASA-funded investigations will probe the health and performance issues expected to confront astronauts assigned to future deep space exploration missions.
Bell is testing new rotor blades and an infrared suppression system for its V-22 Osprey as it pushes to modernize and improve the tiltrotor’s reliability.
Aurora Flight Sciences plans to offer its 120-hr.-endurance Orion unmanned aircraft to meet an expected U.S. Air Force requirement to purchase ISR services to augment its overstretched General Atomics Predator/Reaper fleet.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Information Systems, San Diego, a $55,681,130 modification to exercise the option on a previously awarded contract for Battlefield Airborne Communication Node platform maintenance and support, the Pentagon announced Jan. 19. The work will be performed at overseas locations and is expected to be complete by Jan. 31, 2017. Fiscal 2016 overseas contingency operations funds in the amount of $55,681,130 are being obligated at the time of award.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS-VERTEX AEROSPACE (Miss.) has $42m U.S. AIR FORCE contract for T-1/T-6/T-38 undergraduate pilot-training support; expected complete Sept. 30, 2021.
Separate and independent analysis of surface-temperature measurements on land and at sea around the world revealed 2015 as the warmest year yet since record-keeping started in the 19th century.
India successfully put into orbit its fifth navigation satellite on Jan. 20, inching closer to creating a regional navigation system for supporting terrestrial, aerial and marine systems.
A new Chinese state company expected to be announced late this month is likely to be divided into civil aviation, defense aviation and surface-power divisions, incorporating Avic propulsion subsidiary Avic Engine and other government gas-turbine enterprises.
The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships are going from short-punch vessels to the proving ground for the service’s next surface-launched-over-the-horizon missile.
The U.S. should take several measures that involve increasing American ship, aircraft and missile operations in the Asia-Pacific, according to a recent report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
With an eye toward demonstrating “advanced battery technology,” the U.S. Navy is readying its Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle prototype for an open-ocean solo transit in the Pacific Ocean this year.
The Missile Defense Agency is preparing plans to improve the effectiveness of homeland missile defense by a factor of 12 by the end of the next decade.
Adm. John Richardson, the U.S. chief of naval operations, and his Chinese counterpart, Adm. Wu Shengli, the commander of the People’s Liberation Army Navy commander, have discussed “opportunities” to meet in person later this year.
