The launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/NASA Joint Polar Satellite System-1 spacecraft has been rescheduled for early Nov. 15 following the call for a 24-hr. delay late in the first countdown on Nov. 14.
Incumbent and legacy providers will remain under pressure as the latest annual defense policy bill solidifies Washington’s march toward more open and commercially oriented acquisition.
Leading Northrop Grumman executives said Nov. 15 their company had prevailed in a contract bid dispute over a potential 10-year award from the U.S. Army.
Launch of the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 spacecraft was tentatively rescheduled for early Nov. 16 after strong winds prompted the latest halt in the countdown on Nov 15.
The Rand Corp., Santa Monica, California, has been awarded a $21,281,475 modification (0020) to contract W91CRB-15-D-0022 for 35 individual research studies on matters of strategic importance to the U.S. Army.
Airbus is preparing to test fire precision-guided missiles and bombs as well as the Eurofighter Typhoon’s cannon from its C295 as part of its development work for an armed version of the airlifter.
The program will remove obsolescence and add new capabilities to the fleet, senior UAE officials told journalists here on the third day of the Dubai Airshow.
PAL Aerospace has unveiled a surveillance platform that it plans to offer on an on-demand basis for governments urgently needing additional reconnaissance capabilities.
Orbital ATK’s eighth NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission capsule reached the International Space Station early Nov. 14 with a 7,400-lb. cargo intended to support a wide range of activities.
Launching of the NOAA/NASA Joint Polar Satellite System-1 spacecraft was rescheduled for early Nov. 15 following the call for a 24-hr. delay late in the first countdown on Nov. 14.
Japan will delay a decision scheduled for the fiscal year beginning in April 2018 on how to procure a replacement for its Mitsubishi Heavy Industries F-2 fighters, Reuters reports.
In what might be an example of the industrial effect of subdued U.K. defense spending, England’s Ultra Electronics said Nov. 10 that CEO Rakesh Sharma “stepped down” immediately.
The U.S. Defense Department is on course to begin a three-year pilot program to charge losers of contract bid protests under a provision of the recently agreed on defense authorization compromise for fiscal 2018.
Japan’s defense technology organization is proposing a five-year research program for an electric laser for missile defense of ships and ground targets.
Approval of the UAE’s request to buy the F-35 hinges on the Gulf nation’s agreeing to take steps to protect the fighter’s sensitive technology and vast data bank of critical information.
