Defense

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the Ronald Reagan National Defense Forum that the Pentagon is actively working to make it easier to land contracts and produce new, needed technologies at a time the Defense Department is desperate for innovation.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Dec. 4 that the department “is committed to ensuring Ukraine has what it needs to protect its sovereign territory.”

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The U.S. Air Force’s entire fleet had a mission-capable rate of 71.53% in fiscal 2021, a slight drop from 2020’s total rate of 72.74%.

The debris was forecast to pass as close as 1.86 mi. to the ISS.

The company acknowledged it had received a warning of noncompliance from the New York Stock Exchange.

The SLS is a cornerstone of NASA efforts to return to the Moon with human explorers and prepare for human expeditions to Mars.

The contract is significant for both countries and is France’s largest-ever arms export deal.

The Ka-62 variant started flight trials in 2017.

The combined company, to be traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange, ostensibly will have a pro forma enterprise value of $974 million.

A demonstration of Raytheon’s thruster valve and nozzle will inform final design of Aerojet Rocketdyne DACS for the MDA’s future NGI.

The service wants its systems to be smaller, more portable and more durable so that they can be deployed.

GOVT OF CANADA selected SAAB (Gripen) and LOCKHEED MARTIN (F-35) as qualified bidders to supply 88 replacement fighter jets to RCAF from 2025

Initially planned for Nov. 30, the excursion was delayed two days so that NASA could assess a possible orbital debris concern.

The cooperation agreement signed in Rome on Dec. 2 covers the supply of 18 Leonardo AW169M helicopters.

The upgrade is Honeywell’s answer to a move by GE Aviation to offer the more powerful T408 turboshaft engine as a future upgrade option.

A consortium of Bombardier, Raytheon and Springfield Air has purchased the five-strong fleet of modified Bombardier Global business jets.

As a reusable booster, Neutron is designed to carry 8 tons into low Earth orbit.

The service’s ongoing effort to connect its simulators is the Simulator Common Architecture Requirements And Standards program.

The data will assist with understanding how spaceflight affects human physical and mental health.

Spacecraft will collide with asteroid in hopes of learning how to deflect threats to Earth.

The four-nation Eurodrone has been designed to allow capability growth as nations eye new missions for the MALE UAS.

With China and Russia demonstrating dangerous new technologies, the U.S. must invest only in solutions that can outpace the threat.

Vice President Kamala Harris is to kick off the first National Space Council meeting under the Biden administration.

The decision leaves the Lockheed Martin F-35A Block 4 and Saab Gripen E in the competition for the Future Fighter Capability contract.