U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved $10.5b foreign military sale to Poland of Phase 1 of an Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System-enabled Patriot Configuration-3+ air defense with modernized sensors/components. AUSTRALIA is budgeting AUS$659m ($499m) for RAAF Base Edinburgh to support BOEING P-8A Poseidon—$250m for simulator training system and $409m for facility improvements. Completion in early 2019.
JWST TESTING — Harris Corporation has partnered with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to successfully complete thermal vacuum testing for the James Webb Space Telescope
Bell-Boeing JPO, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded $10,056,839 for modification P00008 to a previously issued cost-plus-fixed-fee task order 0112, placed against basic ordering agreement N00019-12-G-0006.
Sikorsky’s CH-53K King Stallion helicopter is set to make its international debut at Berlin’s ILA air show in 2018 as the manufacturer and U.S. Marines intensify their marketing efforts for the heavy-lift rotorcraft.
New findings from NASA’s 12-year-old Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggest sliding sand and dust rather than seasonal flows of briny water are responsible for the 2011 discovery of recurring slope linae on Mars.
The U.S. Air Force’s $7 billion decision whether to replace the Northrop Grumman E-8C J-Stars with another radar-carrying aircraft or take another path comes down to survivability, and how long it might take to field something better.
The U.S. Air Force’s 47th Flying Training Wing suspended flying operations through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend at Laughlin AFB, Texas, following the fatal crash of a T-38 Talon training jet near the base on Nov. 20.
NanoRacks LLC logged the first deployments from the International Space Station of 6U CubeSats in the more mission-capable 2U-by-3U form factor early Nov. 21.
The latest concept design of Japan’s proposed indigenous fighter may have moved a little away from the bias toward long range and endurance over flight performance of the previous preliminary design.
The U.S. State Department has approved Poland’s request to purchase a so-called “tailored” version of Raytheon’s Patriot air missile defense system for $10.5 billion.
Facebook is working with Airbus to advance spectrum and aviation policy that will enable high-altitude pseudo-satellites—stratospheric unmanned aircraft—providing broadband wireless connectivity.
AUSTRALIA announced a series of industry days in November/December across the continent for small-to-medium businesses interested in subcontracting to RAYTHEON on the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (Nasams).
President Donald Trump’s threats in response to North Korea’s missile tests have lawmakers on Capitol Hill debating whether he should be allowed to singlehandedly direct a first nuclear strike.
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As Sikorsky begins assembly of the first two operational CH-53Ks for the U.S. Marine Corps, GE Aviation has been awarded a $143 million contract for production of 22 more engines for the “King Stallion” heavy lifter.
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), the developer of the Airlander 10 hybrid airship, has begun an investigation into why the aircraft broke free from its mooring mast and deflated.
