The Indian Navy’s three Tupolev Tu-142M long-range maritime patrol aircraft were decommissioned on March 29 after 30,000 hr. of accident-free flying over nearly three decades.
The Philippines’ forthcoming pair of Leonardo AW159 Wildcats will be armed with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Spike NLOS missiles for anti-ship missions.
A review of Japan’s military strategy will consider whether the country should acquire a strike capability in case North Korea miscalculates the seriousness of the U.S. commitment.
Tuesday afternoon the House Armed Services tacair subcommittee will discuss the state of U.S. naval strike fighters with U.S. Marine Corps aviation chief Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, U.S. Navy Air Warfare Director Adm. Dewolfe Miller and Navy Program Executive Officer for Tactical Aircraft Rear Adm. Michael Moran. Wednesday afternoon the HASC’s personnel subcommittee will discuss military pilot shortages with witnesses from across the services. That same afternoon the Senate Armed Services airland subcommittee convenes a panel on U.S.
LOCKHEED MARTIN will expand production of F-35 Lightning II components with a new facility in Johnstown, PA, including more than 40 new jobs by the end of 2018. RAYTHEON has $12.6m U.S. Air Force contract for MQ-1 and MQ-9 support through March 24, 2020. OCCAR plans to establish AIRBUS A400M satellite office in Seville, Spain.
The U.S. Navy has bumped its P-8A Poseidon procurement objective back up from 109 operational aircraft to the original “warfighting requirement” of 117.
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan is set to retire as the head of the F-35 Joint Program Office and be replaced by U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mathias Winter.
The U.S. Marine Corps is considering purchasing turboprop light attack aircraft and expanding its F-5 Tiger fleet to address an uptick in operational training.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN delivered Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator to SAAB AB to conduct testing on JAS 39 Gripen multirole fighter. PT DIRGANTARA INDONESIA delivered 50th H225 rear fuselage to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS.
China and Russia are engaging in hybrid warfare in space, a former member of President Ronald Reagan’s National Security Council says. “They are conducting probing, provocative actions just below the threshold of any meaningful U.S. or allied response,” charges Roger Robinson, who heads RWR Advisory Group, a security and business consultancy. Like the “little green men” who helped provoke conflict in Ukraine, the techniques—using cyberattacks, radio-frequency interference and orbiting satellites that linger near U.S.
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NASA’s Mission Control remotely commanded the International Space Station’s Canadian robot arm to move Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 from the Node 3 Tranquility module to the Node 2 Harmony module on March 26.
The Indian Space Research Organization is carrying out studies to support the “best use of satellite-derived information to develop methodologies” for making predictions about natural disasters.
