ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Israel Missile Defense Organization completed flight test of the Arrow 3 weapons system Feb. 19 at test site in central Israel.
As the USAF launches a new program to replace the B-52H's TF33 engines, turbofan manufacturers are getting serious about their propulsion system offerings.
The British government is drawing up a long-awaited future combat aircraft strategy which could outline how Britain will replace the Eurofighter Typhoon.
Liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying GOES-S from Cape Canaveral s scheduled during a two-hour window that opens at 5:02 p.m. EST March 1.
Sikorsky’s pre-award protest over the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N Replacement competition is being interpreted by some as the Lockheed Martin-owned company “freaking out” about Sierra Nevada Corp.’s competing “Force Hawk” proposal.
India’s state-run military aircraft maker HAL is ready to transfer the tech of its Dhruv helicopter to a local private manufacturer for commercial production.
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, which manages the U.S. National Lab elements of the ISS, is searching for a new executive director.
Vodafone will begin trials of a 4G wireless-based radio positioning system for tracking small drones and also intervening with their operation if necessary.
To address the threat of anti-satellite weapons, the U.S. military and private sector are already using an alternative system to augment GPS for critical position, navigation and timing (PNT) applications.
U.S. SENATE confirmed former NASA administrator Mike Griffin as Pentagon undersecretary of research and engineering, Lisa Gordon-Hagerty as undersecretary for nuclear security at the Energy Dept., and John Gibson as Pentagon chief management officer.
U.S. and Japanese spacewalkers retrieved and externally restowed Latching End Effectors (LEE) on Feb. 16 that were removed and replaced on the International Space Station’s (ISS) 58-ft.-long Canadian robot arm during spacewalking upgrades in January and October.
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