In a $10.7 billion wish list of items submitted to Congress June 2, the U.S. Air Force is asking for 14 Lockheed Martin F-35As and three Boeing KC-46As.
The U.S. intelligence community’s venture capital group has invested in Arevo, a composites additive manufacturing (AM) innovator that has targeted the aerospace and defense sector.
The Swiss defense ministry has been advised to purchase a single fleet of new fighter jets and a ground-based air defense system to protect the country’s airspace into the 2030s.
Aerospace advanced composites provider Hexcel said June 1 that it is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Structil SA, a Safran-Mitsubishi joint venture that produces and supplies high-performance composites to the aerospace, defense and industrial markets in Europe.
The U.S. Navy is asking Congress directly to fund a boost in Super Hornet and Lockheed Martin F-35 procurement to address the strike fighter shortfall.
In a $12.7 billion wish list of items the U.S. Army submitted to Congress June 1, the service is asking for additional funding for missile defense systems, munitions and rotorcraft.
Intelsat bondholders have stopped a proposed merger with upstart OneWeb, including an outside investment from Japan’s SoftBank Group, Intelsat announced June 1.
With a record wingspan of 385 ft., the Stratolaunch satellite launching aircraft has rolled out of the assembly hangar at Mojave, California, to begin ground testing.
Ground tests of a proposed initial core upgrade package for Pratt & Whitney’s F135 Joint Strike Fighter engine have confirmed the potential for fuel reductions up to 6% and as much as 10% higher thrust.
The Senate Armed Services Committee last week unanimously voted to report 818 pending military nominations in U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) successful May 30 intercept of an intercontinental ballistic missile (IBCM) target by the Ground-based Midcourse Defense System will help the U.S. outpace the threat of ICBM attacks from Iran or North Korea—at least through 2020, the agency’s director says.
Lockheed Martin’s potential new arms deals to Saudi Arabia could include integrated air and missile defense systems, helicopters, naval ships, radars, aerostats and space-related “elements”.
Indonesia looks unlikely to induct into service a $55 million Leonardo AW101 helicopter that it received in February but now says fails to meet its specifications and was acquired in a corrupt process.
Australian defense scientists are trying to nail down what happens if aircraft are kept in service with composite structural damage that exceeds the conservative allowances set by manufacturers.
But on May 30, the Missile Defense Agency declared victory in its first test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system since June 2014, and the first time firing against an ICBM.
Bigelow Aerospace’s bedroom-sized, experimental expandable habitat module crossed the midpoint of its planned two-year stay aboard the International Space Station over the Memorial Day weekend.
