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.
LEONARDO signed AW101 agreement with Thailand’s Defense Technology Institute Nov. 8 covering technology transfer and establishment of helicopter MRO facilities in the country if the AW101 wins Thai competitions.
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The major supplier to China’s space program says it is conducting tests in preparation for space launches from a ship starting next year and also plans to fly a spaceplane around 2020.
In developing the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation fighter capability, the service’s No. 2 military officer is backing a return to a “Century Series” model.
Sierra Nevada Corp. plans to conduct a series of progressively higher-altitude drop tests of its Dream Chaser spacecraft following the successful completion of the flight at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Edwards, California.
A top UAE air force general stressed the importance of information sharing between international partners on the battlefield at a gathering of air chiefs around the world, just a day after U.S. military brass confirmed the U.S. is considering selling the network-centric F-35 to Gulf allies.
Russian exporting company JSC Rosoboronexport has built up a defense order backlog worth nearly $45 billion, the company`s director general Alexander Mikheev tells Aviation Week.
