A large portion of the amended request, $2.1 billion, would support missile defense efforts, including building a new ground-based interceptor field at Fort Greely, Alaska.
ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES has first order for its ELK-1882T satcom terminal with conformal electronic-steered antenna for fighters from undisclosed Western customer. First deliveries in 2021.
A new European engine test rig is allowing the interaction between the combustion chamber and the turbine to be examined in realistic conditions for the first time.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Raytheon will greatly improve detection range and sensitivity of the X-band TPY-2 missile defense radar through the introduction of gallium nitride semiconductor components.
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Orbital ATK’s eighth resupply mission to the ISS will carry a number of forward-looking scientific research and technology demonstrations to be staged aboard microsats.
Australia has given its clearest indication so far of the timing of a submarine program that will dominate its defense budget until the middle of the century.
A possible visit to Jakarta by Russian President Vladimir Putin is raising the possibility that Indonesia will sign a contract for 11 Sukhoi Su-35 Flankers this month.
The $1.2 trillion cost of modernizing the nation’s nuclear arsenal over the next 30 years has renewed debate about whether all of the Pentagon’s new programs are actually necessary.
CAE Defense and Security is working with the Canadian government to test its new sensor on the Royal Canadian Air Force’s submarine-hunting Lockheed CP-140 Aurora.
Key goals are accelerating the safe integration of beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations, including package delivery, and addressing safety and security concerns with operations close to people and critical infrastructure.
The head of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center forecasts a significant funding bump in the service’s fiscal 2019 space budget for more prototyping, demonstration and experimentation programs.
Development of a system designed to convert any helicopter to autonomous operation for unmanned resupply or medevac missions is entering the final stages of demonstration.
