The North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile tested on July 4 is a two-stage derivative of the intermediate-range weapon that made its first flight in May.
The facility is used by the 96th Test Wing to assess aircraft and large components in various climatic conditions, including heat, snow, rain, wind, sand and dust.
Piaggio has resumed flight testing of its P.1HH Hammerhead medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned air system after a May 2016 crash resulted in the loss of the first prototype.
The MQ-9 Reaper, one of France's six currently in operation, will provide an additional layer of security to the celebrations which will also include French and U.S. Air Force flypasts of the Thunderbirds display team and two F-22 Raptors.
North Korea’s test of a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile has been met by renewed calls in Washington for a space-based missile defense layer.
Reflecting the importance of the Wedgetail to the RAAF, this program has been announced only two years after the type achieved final operational capability.
Based in Duluth, Georgia, RTL specializes in safety-critical and high integrity systems, software and hardware development, as well as safety-certification services for mission-critical applications.
The U.S. Air Force appears to be accelerating plans to develop and field a non-nuclear hypersonic-speed strike missile to arm its fighters and bombers.
NASA’s vision of future human deep space explorers working hand in hand with robots has achieved a milestone through the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Space Robotics Challenge.
The Nikkei newspaper reports Lockheed Martin is offering an improved version of the F-35 Lightning for Japan’s requirement for a fighter to deploy in the 2030s.
Failure of a Long March 5 launcher on the type’s second mission has dealt a possibly severe blow to China’s space program, at least casting doubt over the timing of planned missions that rely on the rocket.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $257m U.S. Navy contract for alternate mission equipment for lot 10 F-35 Lightning II for the U.S. military and international partners. BOEING has $70m Australian Ministry of Defense contract to sustain Australia’s C-17A Globemaster fleet. ASTRO AEROSPACE delivered mid-boom assemblies for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
The Israeli defense ministry has completed a deal worth hundreds of millions of shekels to centralize its computer infrastructure to centralized data centers, prime contractor Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) says in a statement. “This represents the largest technological tender in the history of the [Israeli Defense Force] and defense establishment,” according to the statement.
In observance of the U.S. Independence Day holiday, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report will not publish issues dated July 4 and 5. The next issue will be dated July 6.
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The planned four-day test of World View's Stratollite high-altitude balloon over Arizona ended after 17 hr. due to a small leak in an altitude control system.
The council will convene a Users' Advisory Group composed of non-government representatives of industries and other persons involved in aeronautical and space activities, according to President Trump's executive order.
The agreement, signed in Brussels during a meeting of NATO defense ministers, comes as Britain and Norway pave the way for the introduction of the Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.
Lockheed Martin Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Pentagon’s leading contractor, said it is making a “strategic investment” in nanosatellite provider Terran Orbital.
