A gathering was held at Ellington Airport near Johnson Space Center Nov. 8 to inspect 10 flight control consoles reconditioned in a $5 million campaign to restore the Mission Control Center.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is hoping to propose its conformal airborne early warning (AEW) derivative of the Gulfstream G550 business jet to the UK RAF.
British industry officials have revealed they have begun discussions with Swedish airframer Saab on potentially joining the UK’s Future Combat Air System Technology Initiative (FCAS TI) that could lead to the development of a sixth-generation combat aircraft.
Diamond Aircraft Industries has flown the first multi-engine hybrid-electric aircraft, a demonstrator developed jointly with electric motor supplier Siemens.
As the U.S. races to field hypersonic strike missiles, DARPA is moving to tackle the next major problem: defending against similar hard-to-intercept weapons under development or already fielded in China and Russia.
A Czech propulsion company will launch a new small turbofan engine next year for Western-built cruise missiles, a company official told Aerospace DAILY.
The Turkish government has signed framework agreements that will kick off the domestic development of an engine for the indigenous TF-X combat aircraft.
General Dynamics Electric Boat has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division a $197 million contract modification to purchase major components and commodity material and begin advance construction on the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN 826).
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $350m U.S. Air Force contract for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) production support, incl. JASSM, Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, JASSM-ER, other variants.
DASSAULT’s first Rafale fighter for India performed its debut flight Oct. 30. Despite being first built, it will be the last (36th) to be delivered, serving as a technology proofing platform.
Boeing has so far not suffered significantly from the trade war between the U.S. and China, a comment by the head of the company’s Chinese operations suggests.
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions will deliver six unmanned air systems of an undisclosed type for an unnamed, “national security” customer, the company said.
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) will most likely take the reins of the House Armed Services Committee. He is unconvinced the current $716 billion defense budget should stand and opposes new spending on nuclear weapons.
